Previously Featured Projects
For 90 years, the Veterans Affairs Research and Development program has been improving Veterans’ lives. VA Research is unique in that it is the only program in the United States focused entirely on conducting research to address the full spectrum of Veterans’ health needs.
FAVER is actively engaged in the Veteran community, administering groundbreaking research aimed to improve overall healthcare. To read more about the types of research projects being conducted at the Atlanta VA Medical Center, click the information below.
Defining how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives and prevented serious medical consequences from infections since their introduction in the mid-20th...
Optimizing care for older Veterans and those living with Parkinson disease
Parkinson disease, while known for the motor symptoms such as tremor, slowness of movement and stiffness, is also associated with non-motor symptoms...
Prevention of Fractures: A significant health intervention that may improve longevity and quality of life in the aging veteran population
The human skeleton performs numerous functions critical to overall health. A decline in bone health, which can occur in response to disease, medical...
Strategies to prevent vision loss in patients with retinal disease
Blinding retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma affect over 10 million people in the United...
Novel edible treatments for inflammatory bowel diseases and associated colon cancer
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a broad term that describes conditions with chronic and recurring inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract....
Improving treatments for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder
A major disorder affecting veterans in the 21st century is post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. Many patients with PTSD never seek effective...
Enhancing Resilience and Adaptive Factors to Ease PTSD and Depression
Aliza Wingo, MD, MSc is a Staff Psychiatrist and Investigator at the Atlanta VA Health Care System. Many veterans whom she sees in her clinic have...
Preventing Fracture by Enlisting the Immune System to Counteract Osteoporosis
Bone fractures are a serious medical problem for older Americans, including veterans. Almost one-half of all women and one-third of all men are...
A Novel Mechanism Regulating Virulence in Acinetobacter baumanni
Microbiologists have identified a component of a genetic switch, which they call a potential "Achilles' heel", for a type of bacteria often...