Standing Ready Department of Veterans Affairs

Katie and Shawn end season 2 with a look at cardiology’s past and future at VA in conversation with Dr. Josef Stehlik, Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine.

Part two of our look at cancer research at VA includes a conversation with Dr. Khalil Ahmend, Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota

VA’s first tumor laboratory was established at the Hines VA Hospital. Since then, VA has gone on to become a lead in cancer care, establishing studies, linking cigarette smoking with cancer, and creating breakthroughs for veterans and the world.

VA hospitals and the nation’s top medical schools have been linked together since 1946 and since then VA health has benefited immensely from the research and teaching talents of these hospitals while also training 70 percent of the nation’s medical workforce.

Over ten years old now, MVP is truly history in the making. MVP is a national research program to learn how genes, lifestyle, and military exposures affect health and illness.

Katie and Shawn explore the evolution of VA medical devices throughout history. Our conversation with guest Dr. Rory Cooper explores his career as a VA senior research career scientist at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories which includes the VA Center for Wheelchairs and Assistive Robotics Engineering.