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VISTAR, Inc.
700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL
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Primary Contact |
Mr. James Palmer |
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Executive Director |
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Phone: 205/933-8101, ext. 1-6725 | Fax:
205/558-7061 |
james.palmer@va.gov |
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Year Founded |
1989 |
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Designated
Voter Signatory |
Mr. Warren Blackburn |
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Affiliated VAMC 1 |
Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL |
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Total Facility
Research Space
(Square Feet) |
20,000 |
Total Number of PIs
at all Facilities |
50 |
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Research |
Education |
Administration |
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Number of NPC Employees
(Full Time) |
2 |
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0 |
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Number of NPC Employees
(Part Time) |
3 |
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2 |
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NPC Employees
(Total) |
5 |
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2 |
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Brief Description |
The types of research typically conducted at the Birmingham Veterans
Administration Medical Center (BVAMC) are clinical investigations of the
cause, evaluation, assessment, treatment, or outcome of medical and
psychiatric illnesses. The human research program at the BVAMC offers
volunteer participation in numerous research studies. As of March 22,
2010 the BVAMC had 67 active human research projects that are being
conducted by 37 active principal investigators, which include MD.'s,
PhD's, PharmD's, RN's, and LCSW's. The categories of participants
typically covered by the BVAMC Human Research Protection Program (HRPP)
are adults (any age over 19 years), any race or ethnicity, any gender,
and non-prisoners. The BVAMC does not conduct research with children,
prisoners, pregnant women (as the focus of the study), fetuses, or
neonates. Currently, there are 14 Principal Investigators who conduct
animal research funded by the VA and conducted at our affiliate
University where we have an MOU for oversight by the IACUC and Animal
Resource Program. Additionally, there are 10 investigators involved with
basic bench research at the BVAMC. The funding sources include VA
(Biomedical and Clinical Research, Health Services Research and
Development, Rehabilitative Research and Development and theCo-Operative
Studies Program), NIH, investigator-initiated industry, and industry
sponsored grants. Current palliative care research studies are focused
on epidemiology of hospice eligibility in the long term care setting. In
addition, the facility is a site for VA Cooperative Studies in the
prevention of prostate cancer, treatment of chronic PTSD, smoking
cessation for veterans with PTSD, the Homeless Initiative and Rural
Health Initiatives. |
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Major Areas of Research Interest |
Cardiology / Vascular Disease, Dental / Maxillofacial Surgery, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Psychiatry / Psychology, Musculoskeletal, Rheumatology, Nephrology/ Urology |
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Additional Areas of Interest |
Pulmonary |
| Does your NPC receive federal grants in its own name (Yes/No)? |
Yes |
| Does your NPC receive federal subawards (yes/No)? |
No |
| With what medical school is your VAMC affiliated? |
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL |
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