Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital

Combined Research and Development Service

Hines VAH is proud to house one of the VA’s premier Research Programs.  Researchers at Hines VAH have publications in medical journals and have received national and international news media attention for their groundbreaking research on traumatic brain injury treatment, Parkinson’s, ALS, spinal cord injury, clostridium difficile and much more.  Research conducted by Hines investigators helps ensure Veterans access to cutting-edge medical and health care information and technology. The Research & Development Program is an integral part of the hospital’s mission and plays an important role in the health care Veterans receive.  There are about 160 investigators working on the approximately 550 ongoing research projects.  The nearly $20 million Research Service annual budget is divided among a number of premier research programs. Hines VAH has a combined Research & Development program serving Hines VAH and the newly created James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center (Lovell FHCC) http://www.lovell.fhcc.va.gov (formerly North Chicago VAMC).

Research Centers at Hines include:

• Center for the Management of Complex Chronic Care (CMC³)
  http://www.cmc3.research.va.gov
• VA Information Resource Center (VIReC)
  http://www.virec.research.va.gov
• Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center
  http://www.research.va.gov/programs/csp

Investigator Information for Conducting Research

See Recent Publications of Researchers

Veteran's Information for Participating in Research

Brochure: Download a web-friendly version (1.8 MB, PDF)

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Clinical.trials.gov http://www.clinicaltrials.gov has up-to-date information for locating federally and privately supported clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions. Clinical trials (also called clinical research) are generally considered to be biomedical or health-related research studies in human beings that follow a pre-defined protocol. To better understand clinical trials go to http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/info/understand.

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