This is IQuESt! .We are proud to be the largest Health Services Research Center in the Southwest USA. IQuESt is the home to 200 faculty, post-doctoral fellows, trainees, and research staff in the Texas Medical Center. We are a combined Baylor College of Medicine Section in the

Dr. Andrew Zimolzak, Assistant Professor & IQuESt Investigator, has been elected to the Baylor College of Medicine Faculty Senate as a representative for the VA affiliate! We are so proud to have one of our own representing the VA and VA Research. 👨‍⚖️🗳️.---.@AndrewZimolzak

On June 18th, Dr. Laura Petersen presented Melissa Knox with the National VA Health Systems Research Staff Special Recognition Award!🏆. This award recognizes Melissa's significant and longstanding contributions as a specialist on VA research projects. Since 2013, Melissa has

From June 7–10, Health Services Research faculty and staff headed north to Minneapolis, MN to represent IQuESt at the @AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. Below are some of the insightful poster presentations our team proudly shared. 👩‍🏫 Aisha Khan, PhD: "Workforce

On June 12th, IQuESt hosted a special graduation ceremony to celebrate this year’s fellowship graduates and their dedicated faculty mentors. As part of the celebration, we proudly recognized two outstanding faculty members for their exceptional contributions to education and

On June 12th, IQuESt hosted a special graduation ceremony to honor this year’s fellowship graduates. Each graduate was recognized with a certificate of completion and celebrated alongside their mentors, marking a milestone in their academic and professional journey. Please join

RT @VAHouston: Houston VA held a cancer survivor celebration which included stories of recovery and gratitude from several Veterans. “They….

RT @SJHysong: So proud of @IQuEStHouston @vahsrd fellow Dr. Mario Venegas, whose "superstar work" on asynchronous focus groups just got a….

We’re proud to spotlight Melia J. Wichmann, BA, CCRP, Program Specialist & Project Coordinator, for her heartfelt efforts to bring comfort to Veterans. Melia and her sister, Theresa, regularly crochet and donate blankets to local charities and recently, they sent a special

On May 30th, Dr. Grace Lo, IQuESt Investigator and Associate Professor of IAR, attended the ACSM Annual Meeting, where her publication, “Bicycling over a Lifetime is Associated with Less Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative,” was announced as

On May 8, Neena Patel, Research Administration Specialist, and Abirami Srivarathan, Post Doc Associate, presented at the Baylor College of Medicine 11th Annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference, an event dedicated to advancing healthcare quality through innovation

On May 21, Baylor College of Medicine hosted the 2025 Faculty Awards ceremony, where 4 IQuESt faculty members received awards. Join us in congratulating our faculty award recipients!. 🏆Dr. Jessica Davila - Clark Faculty Service Award.🏆Dr. Kyler Godwin - Norton Rose Fulbright

RT @JHospMedicine: 🚑🏥 Veterans in rural areas face higher rates of AUD—and greater barriers to treatment. Read how we can close the gap. 🔗:….

RT @bcm_gihep: Wow guys! Great GI presence in the @bcmhouston awards .@GiJawaid @GCholankeril @avegailf @ReenaChokshiMD @NataliaKhalaf @ru….

What a way to wrap up #VAResearchWeek 2025 & celebrate #ClinicalTrialsDay! On May 16th, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston Research Service Line hosted a Veteran Engagement Panel—100 Years of Research: Saving Lives, Limbs, & Lungs. The panelists

RT @DeptVetAffairs: VA’s #MillionVeteranProgram is making health discoveries in areas that matter to Veterans—including mental health, PTSD….

This week the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs celebrated the 100th Anniversary of VA Research! Houston VA hosted a #VeteranExperienceFair, where our VA researchers had the opportunity to interact face-to-face with Veterans to showcase active research studies and recruit

⭐🎉 Join us in congratulating Dr. Ynhi Thomas, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and IQuESt Investigator, for receiving two prestigious national awards!! She is the recipient of the 2025 Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Research and the 2025 American

RT @DeptVetAffairs: This Mother’s Day, we honor the strength, service, and sacrifice of all mothers — especially the Veterans who wear the….

Dr. Hardeep Singh’s research article, “Bringing Environmental Sustainability into the Quality Agenda: Time to Act on Reducing Health Care Pollution and Waste” (PMID: 37024422), has earned international recognition through its citation in Policy Brief 71 from the World Health

As Seen Around IQuESt (and Houston, TX): Dr. Vivian Ho, was recently awarded the Rice University Faculty Award for Excellence in Professional Service and Leadership. Congratulations, Dr. Ho!🌟🏆