# HSR&D Senior Research Career Scientist Award

> **NIH VA IK6** · VA BOSTON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM · 2020 · —

## Abstract

Background:
The Senior Research Career Scientist Award (SRCS) requires a strong and dedicated
commitment to the VA and to the care of Veterans. This award recognizes individuals who have
made significant contributions to the VA in their research, mentoring and teaching, service
activities, and scholarly productivity. Maintaining the SRCS requires not only a personal and
deep sense of commitment to the VA, but also an acute understanding of the needs of the
Veteran population. With rapidly changing VA national priorities, it is critical that awardees are
aware of these changes, realign their own research goals with those of the VA, and reflect the
latest priorities in their own research studies and professional commitments.
Specific Aims:
The overall goal of this renewal application is to continue to make important and productive
contributions that improve the safety and quality of care provided to Veterans through
leadership and service on VA local and national activities, obtaining independent funding,
maintaining scholarly productivity, and leading mentoring and training activities. The specific
aims are to: 1) mentor junior faculty, fellows, students, and project staff at both the VA and
university settings; 2) become a national expert and leader in evaluating the impact of
community care on Veterans’ health outcomes, as well as the quality and safety of care; and 3)
pursue research to advance the measurement of patient safety and quality, ultimately achieving
scientific distinction and national recognition in this area.
Methods:
To accomplish Aim 1, the applicant will dedicate specific time each week for mentoring and
training purposes. This will include one-to-one sessions as well as group meetings such as the
writing and mentoring group that occurs bi-weekly. Mentoring/training will involve discussions of
long- and short-term career goals, review of proposals, grants, and manuscripts, discussion of
potential service opportunities, and other topics as they arise. For Aim 2, current research on
evaluating Community Care program, with a focus on quality, safety, cost, and access, will
continue with HSR&D funding of a three-year grant. To accomplish Aim 3, the applicant will
continue research through work funded by the VA National Center of Patient Safety and also
HSR&D. Additional training and skills in implementation science, evaluation research, and
advanced statistical methods will be undertaken in order to provide the applicant with new skills
necessary for accomplishing this work in order to achieve scientific distinction and national
recognition.
Expected Results:
Scientifically rigorous and timely evaluation of the impact of VA’s changing national priorities,
including expansion in the use of Community Care, will provide VHA with critical information
needed on the quality and safety of care that Veterans receive in the community. Moreover, the
activities proposed in this SRCS renewal application will significantly contribute to improvin...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9773334
- **Project number:** 1IK6HX002839-01
- **Recipient organization:** VA BOSTON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
- **Principal Investigator:** AMY K ROSEN
- **Activity code:** IK6 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** VA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** —
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2019-01-01 → 2024-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9773334

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9773334, HSR&D Senior Research Career Scientist Award (1IK6HX002839-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9773334. Licensed CC0.

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