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Our Mission: Advancing Veterans Health Through Research

NCIRE – The Veterans Health Research Institute is the leading nonprofit research institute in the United States devoted to advancing Veterans health research.
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	Prestigious Honor for Michael Weiner, MD NCIRE/SFVA Investigator Selected as One of Three Recipients of 2013 Potamkin Prize for Alzheimer's Research Michael W. Weiner, MD, Director, Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC), is one of three physicians to be awarded the 2013 Potamkin Prize for Alzheimer's Research.

	One Veteran's Story Christopher Loverro, US Army (Ret.) Talks About the Spirit of Military Service, His Transition Home, and NCIRE While working as a Berkeley Police Officer, Christopher Loverro joined the Army Reserves in 2001 and volunteered for a deployment to Iraq in 2003.

	Medical Challenges of Commercial Space Travel UCSF/NCIRE/SFVA Researchers Prepare Doctors for Medical Implications of Space Travel With the prospect of space travel for tourists looming, clinicians could soon be asked to advise on medical clearance for their patients, says a paper published in a recent edition of BMJ.

	Are Female Troops More Likely to Get PTSD? Sabra Inslicht, PhD NCRE Researchers continue to explore the biological response to traumatic stress in women warriors.

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Jan 4, 2013
New Website Launched to Help Patients Prepare for Complex Medical Decisions

Oct 12, 2012
Study Shows Higher Prevalence of Reproductive and Physical Health Problems in Women Veterans with Mental Health Diagnoses

Jul 27, 2012
San Francisco VA Psychiatry Researcher Honored by Behavioral Medicine Society

Events

The Brain at War

June 20, 2013

The sixth annual meeting of the leading national conference on the neurological and psychological wounds of war.

Featured Supporters

JM Wristbands – Music Fans Supporting Veterans Health

Kristy Marcus, Sue Ammons, and Brenda Butts (left to right) – devoted John Mayer fans and best friends – are the founders and organizers of JM Wristbands. Wristbands, they explain, are a customary way for dedicated music fans to identify each other at concerts; sales proceeds are donated to NCIRE.