Research Seminar
July Research Seminar featuring Mahesh Thakkar, Ph.D.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Mahesh Thakkar, Ph.D. will be the featured speaker at the July Research Seminar Series in VA Hospital Room E111 from Noon - 1:00. Dr. Thakkar's presentation is entitled "Sleep: Time to Wake Up". Thakkar is a VA Research Health Scientist, as well as, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology University of Missouri-Columbia.
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Recent Publications
Dhand published in Current Opinion in Critical Care
Dhand R. "Inhalation Therapy in Invasive and Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation." Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2007;13(1):27-38.
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Four R&D researchers present at FASEB 2007
Fisher JP, Junor C, Ahmed A, Gallagher KM, Fadel PJ. "The Influence of Statin Therapy on Resting Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Patients with Heart Failure," FASEB 2007.
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Announcements
 Bonnie Wakefield, PhD, RN was chosen to deliver a plenarary presentation at theVA Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) National meeting on February14,2008, in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Wakefield's presentation entitled, "A Comparison of Low- and High-intensity Monitoring in Veterans with Co-morbid Diabetes and Hypertension" represented the result of research that she conducted in collaboration with the Iowa City, IA, VA HSR&D Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice. The study compared the effects of a high-intensity intervention, a low-intensity intervention, and usual care on blood pressure control, diabetes control, and medication adherence. One of the study's findings was that a high-intensity intervention resulted in improved blood pressure control when compared to a low-intensity intervention or usual care. Plenary presentations represent the five highes-rated abstracts submitted to the VA HSR&D meeting nationwide, so being chosen to present at the plenary session is quite an honor and indicative of the highest-quality research. Congratulations to Dr. Wakefield! [Read More]
The manuscript entitled "[Cu-64-NOTA-8-Aoc-BBN(7-14)NH2] targeting vector for positron-emission tomography imaging of gastrin-releasing peptide receptor-expressing tissues" authored by Adam Prasanphanich, Prasant Nanda, Tammy Rold, Lixin Ma, Michael R. Lewis, Jered C. Garrison, Timothy J. Hoffman, Gary L. Sieckman, Said D. Figueroa, and Charles J. Smith. (PNAS, July 24, 2007), was  published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Dr. Charles J. Smith is a VA Research Scientist at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital studying radiopharmaceutical development including isotope processing and purification, tracer level and macroscopic metallation of small ligand frameworks and various bioconjugates, and in vitro and in vivo diagnotic/terapeutic radiopharmaceutical applications. Congratulations to Dr. Smith!
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