Health Services Research Fellowships & Training

HSR FELLOWSHIPS
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MENTORS
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FELLOWS

HSR faculty mentors are committed to the professional development of early-career scientists and fellows who will innovate and lead in the science of continually improving healthcare delivery systems and health outcomes for all patients. Two postgraduate fellowships offer advanced training in Medical Informatics and VA Learning Health Systems.

Learn about each unique training pathway.

Medical Informatics Fellowship

to prepare graduates for careers in medical informatics, with particular research skills in health information exchange, health care analytics, human-computer interaction, and patient-physician communication

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VA HSR Advanced Fellowship in the VA Learning Health System

to develop the skills of the VA HSR embedded workforce to conduct rigorous research of the VHA LHS, to foster systematic improvements in areas prioritized by VHA leadership, and to improve Veteran health and wellbeing

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Hosted in two unique research environments and networked to a vibrant community of research scholars from the IU School of Medicine, the Regenstrief Institute and the entire IU Indianapolis campus, learn more below about the HSR Fellowship & Training Program.

Faculty Leadership

Teresa Damush, PhD

VA Learning Health Systems Fellowship Co-Director
Senior Research Professor of Medicine, IU School of Medicine

Leading in the design, implementation, and evaluation of patient-centered programs in both primary and specialty care

Teresa M. Damush, PhD

David Haggstrom, MD, MAS

Medical Informatics Fellowship Director
Associate Professor of Medicine, IU School of Medicine

Leading in measurement and improvement of the quality of health care delivery across the cancer continuum and including personal health records and portals, clinical decision making, and cancer survivorship

David A. Haggstrom, MD, MAS

Marianne Matthias, PhD

Patient Safety Fellowship Co-Director
and
VA Learning Health Systems Fellowship Co-Director
Senior Research Professor of Medicine, IU School of Medicine

Leading in relationship-centered care and its effect on health care processes and outcomes, patient-provider communication, patient activation, and clinical decision making

Marianne S. Matthias, PhD

LeeAnn Cox, MD

Patient Safety Fellowship Co-Director
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, IU School of Medicine

Hospitalist at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs

United States Citizenship or permanent resident
Completion of a terminal degree (PhD, MD, PharmD, PsyD, PhD, DNS, or EdD)

- See each full description for each fellowship to determine specific degree requirements

Demonstrated interest in the fellowship training core

Current Fellows

Cathy Kelty — T32 Postdoctoral Fellow
Regina Pessagno — VA Advanced Learning Health System Fellowship
Madison Stout — VA Advanced Learning Health System Fellowship
Christina Wyles — VA Advanced Learning Health System Fellowship

HSR Fellowship Alumni

VA MEDICAL INFORMATICS FELLOWSHIP

Patricia Ebright, PhD, CNS, RN, FAAN — 2004-05 VA Medical Informatics Fellow
Mindy Flanagan, PhD — 2005-06 VA Medical Informatics Fellow
Karen Chang, PhD, RN — 2005-07 VA Medical Informatics Fellow
Laura Jones Myers, PhD — 2006-08 VA Medical Informatics Fellow
Eric Sherer, PhD — 2008-10 VA Medical Informatics Fellow
Nareesa Mohammed-Rajput, MD, MPH, FACP — 2009-10 VA Medical Informatics Fellow
Thomas A. Carr, MD — 2011-13 VA Medical Informatics Fellow
Cherie Luckhurst, PhD — 2016-2018 VA Medical Informatics Fellow
Khoa A. Nguyen, PharmD — 2015-18 VA Medical Informatics Fellow
Sarah Shue, PhD — 2019-21 VA Medical Informatics Fellow
Maya Story, PhD — 2020-2022 VA Medical Informatics Fellow
Jill Inderstrodt, PhD, MPH — 2021-2023, VA Medical Informatics Fellowship

VA PHYSICIAN POST-RESIDENCY FELLOWSHIP

Theresa Bayt, MD — 2007-08 VA Physician Post-Residency Fellow

VA PATIENT SAFETY FELLOWSHIP

Catherine Amber Welsh — 2007-08 VA Patient Safety Fellow
Andrew Carlstrom, MS — 2010-11 VA Patient Safety Fellow
Elizabeth Sternke, PhD — 2011-2013 VA Patient Safety Fellow
Siying “CiCi” Chen, PharmD — 2011-2012 VA Patient Safety Fellow
Rohit Das, MD, MPH —
2016-2018 VA Patient Safety Fellow
Parth Patel, PharmD — 2021-2022, VA Patient Safety Fellowship

SURGICAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Signe Braafladt, MD, 2022-2024, Surgical Health Services Fellowship

INDIANA HSR FELLOWSHIP

Jeanne Ballard, MD, FACOG — 2011-13 Indiana HSR Fellow
Jason Cadwallader, MD — 2011-13 Indiana HSR Fellow
Tammy Toscos, PhD — 2011-13 Indiana HSR Fellow
Alicia Bergman, PhD — 2009-11 Indiana HSR Fellow
Po-Ching DeLaurentis, PhD — 2009-11 Indiana HSR Fellow

IU SCHOOL OF NURSING /WALTHER FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP

Shelley Johns, PsyD, ABPP — 2009-12 IUSN/Walther Post-Doctoral Fellow
Jennifer Bernat, PhD — 2013-15 IUSN R25 Post-Doctoral Fellow
Will S. Tarver, MLS, DrPH — 2015-16 IUSN R25 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Regenstrief HSR Fellowship
Himani Aggarwal, PhD — 2012-15 Regenstrief HSR Post-Doctoral Fellow, Health Economics

VA AMBULATORY CARE FELLOWSHIP

M’an Abdullah, MD — 2004-06 VA Ambulatory Care Fellow

VA ASSOCIATED HEALTH FELLOWSHIP