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VA TRX 01-091 (2003-2008, Valerie A Lawrence, PI). "Systematic Review and Tracking Database for CPG Implementation Research" $735,400. Co-investigator. Systematically review the literature on organizational strategies of implementing evidence-based medicine into clinical practice; designed to improve the quality of care provided to veterans with QUERI diseases – high prevalence, chronic conditions (e.g., diabetes, CHF, colon cancer, schizophrenia, depression).
VISN Implementation Project XVA 66-011 (2005-2008, Stephen L Holliday, PI). "Implementing Integrated Behavioral Health Care for Predominantly Hispanic OEF/OIF Veterans," $586,442. Co-Investigator. Provide comprehensive, integrated care for returning OEF/OIF veterans, including screening and treatment for substance abuse (alcohol, tobacco, other drugs), depression, PTSD, and medical care as well as job services. The target population lives in an underserved region of South Texas near the Texas-Mexico border. Outreach efforts and sensitivity to cultural issues will characterize the 3-year evaluated implementation project.
VISN Implementation Project XVA 66-012 (2005-2008, Stephen L Holliday, PI). "Improving Substance Abuse Treatment in the Borderland: Early Intervention and Follow-up in Remote Primary Care Clinics," $736,990. Co-Investigator. Provide substance abuse interventions in a stepped care program for veterans in remote clinics near the Mexico-Texas border. This demonstration project will seek out at-risk veterans to engage them in treatment for substance abuse (alcohol, tobacco, other drugs). The 3-year evaluated implementation project will augment and integrate with clinical care currently being offered in three VA satellite clinics in an impoverished, largely Hispanic population.
VA HSR&D Career Development Award MRP 05-145-2 (JAN 2006-MAR 2009, Laurel A Copeland). “Patterns of Late-Life Healthcare among VA Patients with Schizophrenia,” $300,000. Study current patterns of inpatient and outpatient medical, psychiatric, and other care for VA patients over age 50 with schizophrenia with or without diabetes, and the relationship of care patterns to mortality.
VA HSR&D Project IIR 05-121 (APR 2006-JUN 2009, Polly H Noel, PI). “Obesity Care Practices in the Veteran’s Health Administration,” $518,100. Co-Investigator. Describe variations in the provision of obesity care practices in the VHA and examine system, provider, and patient-level factors that predict these variations; examine the impact of obesity care practices on BMI and other important clinical outcomes; and identify longitudinal patterns (latent classes) of BMI trends over time and predictors of latent class membership.
VA HSR&D Project IIR 05-326 (JUL 2006-MAR 2010, Laurel A Copeland, PI). “Patterns of Late-Life Healthcare among VA Patients with Schizophrenia.” $314,200. Analyze administrative data (FY02-FY05) on veterans age 50 or older receiving VA care for schizophrenia, diabetes, or both schizophrenia and diabetes to compare patterns of care (inpatient, outpatient, medical, psychiatric), compare prescription profiles (e.g., use of antipsychotic or antidiabetic agents) and clinical indicators (e.g., blood glucose, A1c testing, lipids), and assess the impact of patterns of care and intermediate measures on mortality among the three groups of patients.
VA HSR&D Project IIR 06-062 (2007-2010, Mary Jo V Pugh, PI). “Inappropriate Drug Use for Seniors: Should VA adopt new HEDIS measures?” $704,800. Co-Investigator. Recently, the National Committee on Quality Assurance developed measures to identify potentially inappropriate prescribing in the elderly (PIPE). These measures (2006, 2007 HEDIS PIPE) are controversial and not strongly linked to patient outcomes. Because of methodological problems with prior studies this study will assess the link between HEDIS PIPE exposure and patient outcomes in cohorts of older veterans with incident exposure to drugs included in these measures.
NINR R01 1R01NR010828-01A1 (2007-2010, Eric M Mortensen, PI). "Impact of Statins and ACE Inhibitors on Outcomes for Pneumonia and Sepsis" $323,538. Co-investigator. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and sepsis are leading causes of death in the US. This study will determine the impact of statins, ACE inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor
blockers (ARBs) on CAP- and sepsis-related mortality.
VHA\VISN 17 XVA-66-016 (AUG 2007-JUL 2009, John E Zeber, PI). "Perioperative Outcomes and Safety in the Seriously Mentally Ill Elderly (POSSE)" Co-Investigator. Goal: Assess surgery rates and complications among VA patients with and without serious mental illness.
Department of Defense (2008-2013, Alan Peterson, PI). "STRONG STAR (South Texas Research Organizational Network Guiding Studies on Trauma And Resilience)" $25,000,000. Co-investigator. STRONG STAR is a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research consortium dedicated to the development and evaluation of prevention and treatment approaches for combat-related PTSD in active-duty military and recently discharged veterans.
VA HSR&D Short-Term Project SHP-08-0140 (APR-SEP 2008, Laurel A Copeland, PI). "Tracking OEF/OIF Transition from DOD to VA" $35,600. Establish feasibility of PHI transfer between DOD and VA medical treatment facilities on a local level; track transition of seriously wounded warriors from BAMC into VA; determine healthcare use in VA by OEF/OIF veterans focusing on mental health care.
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Research Grant for Junior Faculty HE-021 (JUN 2009-MAY 2010, Laurel A Copeland, PI). "Mental Health Treatment Preferences of OEF/OIF Veterans in South Texas". $14,995. Characterize mental health care associated with optimal outcomes for post-deployment veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan and receiving care in the South Texas Veterans Health Care System.
VA HSR&D Project IIR 09-335 (APR 2010-MAR 2013, Laurel A Copeland, PI). “Surgical Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Psychiatric Disorders (STOPP).” $792,500. Analyze surgery experiences of VA patients with and without severe mental illness (i.e., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder).
DOD CDMRP #09090014 (SEP 2009-MAR 2010, Toby Cooper, PI). "Drug Related Overdoses Among a Military Population" $282,040. The study will analyze epidemiological data on prescription medication abuse for a cohort of active-duty OEF/OIF and non-OEF/OIF soldiers, examining comorbid PTSD and TBI from combat exposure to identify risk factors of self-poisoning in the population of military personnel.
VA HSR&D DHI-09-237 (10/2010-09/2014, M J Pugh - PI). "Identifying and Validating Complex Comorbidity Clusters in OEF-OIF Veterans." $1,099,071. TRACC will study trajectories of physical and psychiatric comorbidity clusters for our new veterans receiving care in the VHA, identifying factors in stable vs deteriorating trajectories and their association with resiliency, coping and social support.
NIH CTSA 1U54RR026100-01A2 (OCT 2011-SEP 2016; D P Huston - PI). $21M. "Texas A&M Clinical Science and Translational Research (CST*R) Institute".
NIDA (10/2011-09/2015, S Reif - PI). "Pain and addiction: pain care, behavioral healthcare utilization, and outcomes."
VA HSRD IIR-11-024 (07/2012-06/2015, L A Copeland - PI). $736,300. "Post-surgical Outcomes for Traumatically Injured Military Patients (POTIMP)".
NIH R21 (07/2012-06/2014, L A Copeland - PI). $253,000. "Children Adapting to PTSD and TBI in Parents (CAPTIP)".
NIMH/NIDDK R01 (07/2012-06/2017, J Bolin - PI). $2,370,022. "Evaluating Youth Antipsychotic Management in a Patient-Centered Medical Home".
Submitted Manuscripts
Other Publications
Blow, Frederic C; Barry, Kristen Lawton; Copeland, Laurel A; Visnic, Stephanie; Ullman, Esther. Nature and extent of repeat assaults by patients in VISN 11 of the Veterans Health Administration. Report to VISN 11, Veterans Administration from the Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), December 6, 1996.
Blow, Frederic C; Barry, Kristen Lawton; Visnic, Stephanie; Ullman, Esther; Copeland, Laurel A. Nature and extent of repeat assaults by patients in the Veterans Health Administration. Report to the Office of the Inspector General, Veterans Administration from the Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), March 20, 1997.
Blow, Frederic C; Barry, Kristen Lawton; Ullman, Esther; Brockmann, Laurie B; Copeland, Laurel A; Visnic, Stephanie. Nature and extent of patient abuse in the Veterans Health Administration. Report to the Office of the Medical Inspector and the Under Secretary of Health, Veterans Administration from the Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), September 30, 1997.
Mortensen EM, Restrepo MI, Copeland LA, Pugh MJ, Anzueto A (2006). Statins and outcomes in patients with pneumonia:
not only healthy user bias. BMJ 333(7578): 1123. Online: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7578/1123-c PMID 17124232. [ltr]
Copeland LA, Lawrence VA, Zeber JE. Major depressive disorder as an occult risk factor for postoperative cardiac complications. Annals of Surgery 2009 Feb;249(2):354-354. [ltr]
Velligan DI, Weiden PJ, Sajatovic M, Scott J, Carpenter D, Ross R, Docherty JP; Expert Consensus Panel on Adherence Problems in Serious and Persistent Mental Illness. The expert consensus guideline series: adherence problems in patients with serious and persistent mental illness. J Clin Psychiatry 2009;70 Suppl 4:1-46; quiz 47-8. PMID 19686636.
Educational Materials
Selected Published Abstracts
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development - Annual Meeting, February 13, 1997, Washington, DC: "Longitudinal outcomes of veterans with co-occurring serious mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders." Paper presentation. Barry, Kristen Lawton; Blow, Frederic C; Copeland, Laurel A; Ullman, Esther.
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development - Annual Meeting, February 13, 1997, Washington, DC: "Longitudinal assessment of functioning and service use of older seriously mentally ill veterans." Poster presentation. Blow, Frederic C; Barry, Kristen Lawton; Copeland, Laurel A; Ullman, Esther.
Symposium on Trajectories and Profiles of Self Esteem in Adolescence, Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, April 3-6, 1997, Washington, DC: "A longitudinal study of self-esteem: Implications for adolescent development." Paper presentation. Zimmerman, Marc A; Copeland, Laurel A; Shope, Jean T.
Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Scientific Meeting, July 18-24, 1997, San Francisco, CA: "Comparison of physical and mental health functioning among middle aged and older hazardous drinkers." Poster presentation. Barry, Kristen Lawton; Blow, Frederic C.; Walton, Maureen; Coyne, James; Mudd, Sharon; Gomberg, Edith SL; Copeland, Laurel A.
Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Scientific Meeting, July 18-24, 1997, San Francisco, CA: "Correlates of alcohol involvement among injured adolescents." Poster presentation. Shope, Jean T; Copeland, Laurel A; Maio, Ronald F; Blow, Frederic C; Brockmann, Laurie M.
Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Scientific Meeting, July 19-24, 1997, San Francisco, CA: "Older hazardous drinkers who change drinking habits without intervention compared to those who continue drinking at hazardous levels." Poster presentation. Hegedus, Andrea M; Blow, Frederic C; Barry, Kristen Lawton; Walton, Maureen A; Coyne, James C; Copeland, Laurel A.
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine - 41st Annual Proceedings, Nov. 10-12, 1997, Orlando, Florida: "Alcohol use and misuse among injured adolescents." Poster presentation. Shope, Jean T; Maio, Ronald F; Copeland, Laurel A; Blow, Frederic C; Brockmann, Laurie M.
Department of Veterans Affairs Journey of Change Conference, December 8-11, 1997, Baltimore, MD: "Prevalence and characteristics of repeat assaulters in VHA facilities." Poster presentation. Barry, Kristen Lawton; Blow, Frederic C; Copeland, Laurel A; McCormick, Richard; Lehmann, Laurent; Bingham, C Raymond; Ullman, Esther.
The 4th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 17-20, 1998: "Alcohol-Related Trauma in Adolescent Emergency Department Patients." Poster presentation. Maio, Ronald F; Shope, Jean T; Copeland, Laurel A; Blow, Frederic C; Gregor, MaryAnn; Brockmann, Laurie M. Book of Abstracts (Vol. 1), 4th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control, p. 214.
American Psychiatric Association, June 1998, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: "Collaborative care of depressed patients in the community: current clinical practices, attitudes, and barriers to implementation." Poster presentation. Valenstein, Marcia; Barry, Kristen Lawton; Blow, Frederic C; Copeland, Laurel A.
Pre- and Post-Doctoral Competition of the Eighteenth Annual VA HSR&D Meeting, Washington, DC, March 22-25, 2000: "Use of Depot Antipsychotic Medication in Seriously Mentally Ill Schizophrenic Patients." Poster presentation. Laurel A Copeland, MPH; Marcia Valenstein, MD, MS; Richard Owen, MD; Frederic C Blow, PhD; Stephanie Visnic, BS. Recognition Award winner.
SAEM Annual Meeting, May 22-25, 2000, San Francisco, California: "Frequency of Firearm Ownership in the Households Of Injured Adolescents Presenting to the Emergency Department." Poster presentation. Cunningham, Rebecca; Shope, Jean T; Copeland, Laurel A.
Racial Disparities in Mental Health Care for African Americans with Schizophrenia Conference, Baltimore, MD, September 17, 2001: "Racial disparity in the use of atypical anti-psychotic medications: Is it still a problem?" Poster presentation. Laurel A Copeland, PhD.
Thirteenth Annual Albert J. Silverman Conference, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. May, 2002. "Healthcare Utilization by Older Alcohol-Using Veterans: Effects of a Brief Intervention to Reduce Risky Drinking." Laurel A Copeland, Kristen Lawton Barry, Frederic C Blow.
Thirteenth Annual Albert J. Silverman Conference, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. May, 2002. "Changes in Stress-Related Diagnoses and Health Services Use in Response to 9/11." Laurel A. Copeland and Carol E. Fletcher
Thirteenth Annual Albert J. Silverman Conference, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. May, 2002. "Refractory Patients with Schizophrenia and Trials of Depot Medications, Clozapine, or Other Atypical Antipsychotic Medications." Laurel A Copeland, Marcia Valenstein, Frederic C Blow.
VA Health Services Research and Development 2003 National Meeting, Washington, DC, February 13-15, 2003. "Aging and utilization patterns among veterans with mental illnesses." John E. Zeber, Laurel A. Copeland, Kyle M. Grazier.
American Academy of Health Behavior, Sedona, Arizona, February 29th - March 3rd, 2004; also Eighth International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Mainz Germany, August, 2004. "Smokeless Tobacco and Depression" Poster presentation. Sonia A Duffy, Laurel A Copeland, David L Ronis.
American Psychiatric Association 2004 Annual Meeting, New York, NY, May 1-6, 2004; also Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, June 5-8, 2004, San Diego, CA: "Veterans' Perceptions of their Health and Access to Care the Year Following 9/11." Poster presentation. Laurel A Copeland, Carol E Fletcher, Judith E Patterson.
26th Annual meeting of the American Brachytherapy Society, San Francisco, CA, June 1-3, 2005. “The impact of prostate brachytherapy on regional, racial and age related patterns of treatment for clinically localized prostate cancer.” Oral presentation. Mohamed A Elshaikh, Laurel A Copeland, James Jackson, Lou Penner, and Willie Underwood III. Abstract published in Brachytherapy
4(2): 84.
Gerontological Society of America 58th Annual Scientific Meeting, November 19-20, 2005. “Racial Variations in the Use of Specific Prostate Cancer Treatment Modalities.” Willie Underwood, III, Laurel A Copeland, Mohamed A Elshaikh, James Jackson, Lou Penner.
HSR&D National Meeting, Washington DC: February 15-17, 2006. “Ethnicity, Perceptions of Therapeutic Alliance, and Adherence in Patients with Bipolar Disorder.” Zeber JE, Copeland LA, Xu X, Good CB, Fine M, Kilbourne AM
HSR&D National Meeting, Washington DC: February 15-17, 2006. “The Role of Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions on Health Status in Veterans with Epilepsy.” Zeber JE, Copeland LA, Cramer JA, Amuan M, Pugh MV
HSR&D National Meeting, Washington DC: February 15-17, 2006. “Ethnicity and the Impact of Higher Medication Copayments among Veterans with Schizophrenia.” Zeber JE, Copeland LA, Miller AL, Kilbourne AM, Velligan D, Mortensen EM
HSR&D National Meeting, Washington DC: February 15-17, 2006. “Race, Polypharmacy, and Metabolic Risk Factors in Veterans with Bipolar Disorder.” Kilbourne AM, Good CB, Zeber JE, Copeland LA, Xu X, Fine MJ, Pincus HA
American Geriatrics Society 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago IL: May 2-7, 2006. "Propoxyphene: Is it really inappropriate?" Horton M, Pugh MJ, Copeland LA. Winner, Presidential Poster Session for Geriatric Syndromes.
CHEST 2006, Annual Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, Salt Lake City UT: October 21-26, 2006. "Impact of statin and angiotesin II receptor blocker use on mortality for patients hospitalized with sepsis." Mortensen EM, Restrepo MI, Copeland LA, Anzueto A, Pugh JA, Pugh MJ. Abstract published in CHEST 2006; 130(4):135S.
HSR&D Career Development/Research Career Scientist Meeting, Arlington VA: February 21, 2007. “First Year of the VA HSR&D Career Development Award: 'Patterns of Late-life Healthcare among VA Patients with Schizophrenia'” Copeland LA. Faculty presentation.
International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado Springs, CO: March 26–April 1, 2007. Abstracts published in Schizophrenia Bulletin 2007 33: 203-631; doi:10.1093/schbul/sbm004.
Seventh International Conference on Bipolar Disorder, Pittsburgh, PA: June 7-9, 2007.
Copeland LA, Zeber JE, Pugh MJ, Mortensen EM, Restrepo MI, Lawrence VA. SGIM 31st annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2008. "Postoperative complications in the seriously mentally ill: A systematic review of the literature" (poster).
Society of General Internal Medicine 31st Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2008.
HSR&D Career Development/Research Career Scientist Meeting, Arlington VA: February 12, 2008, "Personal-Professional Balance", Copeland LA - oral presentation with Panel on the CDA Middle Years, led by Val Lawrence & Linda Ganzini
2008 HSR&D National Meeting, Baltimore, MD, Feb 13-15, 2008
Parchman ML, Copeland LA, Lawrence VA, Zeber JE. Academy Health 2008 Annual Research Meeting, Washington DC: June 8-10, 2008. "Identifying pre-diabetes among veterans with schizophrenia" (poster presentation).
Copeland LA, Miller AL, Lawrence VA, Hosek BJ, Parchman ML, Zeber JE. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, San Diego CA: March 28-April 1, 2009. "Pre-diabetes and Diabetes Assessment in Veterans with Schizophrenia" (oral presentation).
Copeland LA, Zeber JE, MacCarthy DJ, Lawrence VA. Society of General Internal Medicine 33rd Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN: Apr 28-May 1, 2010. "Perioperative Outcomes of Non-Cardiac Surgery for Seriously Mentally Ill Elderly (POSSE)" (poster presentation).
HSR&D National Meeting on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, Little Rock AR: Apr 27-29, 2010:
Copeland LA. "Health Services Research: Outcomes of Severely Mentally Ill Veterans". Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: May 4, 2010.
Copeland LA, Zeber JE, MacCarthy DJ, Lawrence VA. Academy Research Meeting, Boston: Jun 27-29, 2010. "Perioperative Outcomes of Non-Cardiac Surgery for Seriously Mentally Ill Elderly (POSSE)" (poster presentation).
Copeland LA et al. HMO Research Network, Boston: Mar 23-25, 2011. "Readmission and 30-day Mortality among CAP Patients in Two Systems of Care" (poster presentation).
Copeland LA, Zeber JE et al. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado Springs CO: Apr 2-6, 2011. "Epidemiology of Three Common Surgeries in Veterans with Schizophrenia" (poster presentation).
Zeber JE, Copeland LA et al. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado Springs CO: Apr 2-6, 2011. "Surgical Rates of Common Procedures in Veterans with Schizophrenia and Other Mental Illness" (oral presentation).
Copeland LA, Zeber JE et al. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Seattle WA: June 12-14, 2011. “Epidemiology of Three Common Surgeries in Veterans with Serious Mental Illness” (poster).
Copeland LA, “The STOPP Study and Other CAHR Collaborations”, Research Grand Rounds, Regional (VISN 17 Center of Excellence, Temple VHCS, North Texas VHCS, South Texas VHCS, UT Southwestern Medical
Center, Baylor University, Scott &White); 27 October 2011, Temple, Texas.
Copeland LA, Zeber JE, Phillips KL, Beswick R. "Metabolic Monitoring for Black vs White Veterans with Schizophrenia", 3rd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference, Apr 14-18, 2012, Florence, Italy.
Laurel A. Copeland
Center for Applied Health Research
Scott & White Healthcare; Central Texas Veterans Health Care System
2102 Birdcreek Drive
Temple, TX 76502
LaurelACopeland@gmail.com
1972-1974 Phillips Exeter Academy, Diploma.
1974-1980 University of Michigan, English (Honors) & French, B.S.
1991-1993 University of Michigan, Health Behavior & Health Education, M.P.H.
1993-2000 University of Michigan, Health Behavior & Health Education, Ph.D.
1987-1990 University of Michigan, Department of Postgraduate Medicine, Research Assistant
1990-1993 University of Michigan, Department of Postgraduate Medicine, Research Associate
1993-1996 University of Michigan, UM Transportation Research Institute, Research Associate
1996-1998 University of Michigan, Department of Psychiatry, ad hoc Data Analyst
1996-1999 Department of Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research & Evaluation Center (SMITREC), Data Analyst/Programmer
1997-2000 Health Education & Behavior journal website, Webmaster
1998-2000 University of Michigan, Department of Emergency Medicine, ad hoc Data Analyst
2002 Sept. University of Washington, Northwest Institute for Public Health Practice, Teaching Assistant for GIS Analysis: Geographic Information Systems
1999-2004 Consultant in Research Design and Analysis
1999-2004 Department of Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Data Analyst/Programmer
2003 National Academies of Science Study of US Poison Control Centers, Data Analyst.
2004-2010 VERDICT Research Program, Audie L Murphy Division of South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Research Health Scientist
2005-2009 Department of Psychiatry, Division of Schizophrenia and Related Disorders, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Assistant Professor in Research
2009-2010 Department of Psychiatry, Division of Schizophrenia and Related Disorders, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Assistant Professor in Research & Service
2010-2010 Department of Psychiatry, Division of Schizophrenia and Related Disorders, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Associate Professor in Research & Service
2010-ongoing Center for Applied Health Research, Scott & White Healthcare System, Temple TX, Associate Director
2010-ongoing Research Service, Olin Teague VA Division of Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple TX, Research Health Science Specialist
2011-ongoing Department of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan TX, Associate Professor Tenure-In-Name-Only
The National Dean's List, 1980
School of Public Health, Dept. of Health Behavior & Health Education Scholarship, Sept. 1991-April 1993
Exceptional Reviewer 2008, Medical Care
Exceptional Reviewer 2009, Medical Care
1995-present University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center (UMSARC)
2006-present National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
2010-ongoing: Mentor to Jack Y Tsan, PhD, Research Fellow, to develop health services methodology expertise, grantsmanship, and publication experiences.
2009-ongoing: Mentor to Neela Patel, MD, Geriatric Fellow, to acquire health services research knowledge, research skills, and produce abstracts and papers in anticipation of developing a career development award application.
08/2008 – 08/2009: Mentor to Kristin Reed, PharmD, South Texas Veterans Health Care System. For fulfillment of her residency research requirement, work with pharmacy resident Dr Reed to develop a protocol for her study of hip fractures and their association with prior use of proton pump inhibitors. Advise on Institutional Review Board application. Supervise data extraction by VERDICT data analyst. Assist with analysis and interpretation.
11/2006-05/2008: Project mentor to J Glenn Forister, PA-C, to complete requirements for a Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation,
investigating patient complexity and provider productivity of MDs compared to NPs and PAs in primary care.
Spring-summer, 2003: Mentor to Kyung Hee Bae, Ph.D., visiting scholar from Catholic University,
Seoul, Korea, to the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture & Health,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Assisted her in the preparation of
three manuscripts for submission to scholarly journals, in journal
selection, in using the internet and library resources for research
endeavors, and in English language writing.
NATIONAL
04/2006-Present: MOVE! Evaluation Working Group (Member) - Develop methods to evaluate the effectiveness of the VA’s national weight management program, MOVE!, with respect to patient health outcomes, the program’s implementation process, and the program’s cost-benefit profile. MOVE! stands for Motivating Overweight Veterans Everywhere.
10/2011-present: VIReC Technical Advisory Committee (Member) - Provide input from research point of view on EMR data processing methods, procedures and products
University
09/2007-2010: Institutional Review Board 3, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Member)
10/2008-09/2010: Women’s Faculty Association, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Chair, Public Relations; Webmaster)
05/2009-08/2009: Institutional Review Board 2, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Alternate Member)
10/2007-09/2008: Women’s Faculty Association, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (President)
10/2007-02/2008: P&T Workshop Steering Committee, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Member)
09/2007-08/2008: Institutional Review Board 1, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Alternate Member)
02/2007-09/2007: Women’s Faculty Association, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Vice-President)
01/2007-08/2007: Institutional Review Board 3, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Alternate Member)
09/2005-09/2009: Guest lecturer for Health Services course in the University of Texas Health Science Center Master's of Science in Clinical Investigation program (4 contact hours annually). Secondary data analysis; appropriate study designs; addressing bias; archival data; analysis approaches.
03/2011-present: Research Grants Mentor Award Program, ad hoc reviewer
07/2010-09/2010: Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Grant Development, Scott & White Healthcare System (Bioinformatics Key Function Group)
02/2011-present: Institutional Review Board, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (Member)
02/2011-present: Subcommittee for Information and Data Security (SIDS), Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (Chair)
09/2009-08/2010: Research Data Security Review Subcommittee, South Texas Veterans Health Care System (Chair)
01/2007-08/2010: VERDICT Open House for VA Annual Research Week, South Texas Veterans Health Care System (Developer)
05/2009-09/2009: Research Data Security Review Workgroup, South Texas Veterans Health Care System (Member)
09/2008-09/2008: Expert Consensus Panel on Adherence Problems in Serious and Persistent Mental Illness (Member)
07/2006-01/2007: Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Grant Development, South Texas Veterans Health Care System (Member of 3 Key Function Groups)
11/2005-Present: VA Health Services Research & Development annual meeting abstract reviews (Reviewer)
2011: Scott & White Research Grants Program Mentor Awards (Ad Hoc Reviewer)
2011: Veterans Health Administration QUERI RRP - (Ad Hoc Reviewer)
2007: Department of Defense CDMRP 2007 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Research (External Reviewer)
2006: ZonMW - The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development Prevention Programme (External Ad Hoc Reviewer)
Ad hoc reviewer:
03/2010-Present: General Hospital Psychiatry
02/2010-Present: BMC Public Health
09/2009-Present: Journal of Psychiatric Research
09/2009-Present: Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development
03/2009-Present: Pharmacopsychiatry
07/2008-Present: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
09/2005-01/2007: American Journal of Psychiatry
09/2005-Present: Psychiatric Services
04/2005-Present: Journal of General Internal Medicine
01/2005-Present: Medical Care
08/2004-Present: Archives of General Psychiatry
03/2004-Present: Mental Health Services Research
03/2004-Present: Bipolar Disorders
04/1996-07/1996: Health Education Quarterly
08/1995-07/1996: Journal of Studies on Alcohol
VA HSR&D Locally Initiated Project grant (SEP-DEC 2002, Laurel A Copeland, PI). "Changes in Stress-Related Diagnoses and Health Services Use in Response to 9/11," $10,000. Principal Investigator. Outpatients were randomly sampled and surveyed to assess veterans' perceptions of their health care in VA clinics in New York City and Ann Arbor, Michigan in the year following September 11, 2001. The study was designed to assess the effect of close proximity to the 9/11 disaster on perceptions of health, health services access, and satisfaction with care, among veterans who sought care for symptoms related to 9/11 and those who did not. Demographic characteristics and psychiatric symptoms of PTSD were measured as covariates.
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Copeland LA, Wang CP, Sako EY, Mortensen EM, Pugh MJ, Zeber JE, Flynn J, Restrepo MI, MacCarthy AA, Lawrence VA. Patients with and without Severe Mental Illness: Two Distinct Surgical Populations in the Veterans Health Administration
Mortensen EM, Nakashima BR, Cornell JE, Copeland LA, Pugh MJ,Anzueto AR, Good CB, Restrepo MI, Downs JR, Frei CR, Fine MJ. Population-Based Matched Case-Control Study of Statins, ARBs, and ACE inhibitors on Pneumonia-Related Outcomes. Submitted Oct 2011.
Patel N, Copeland LA, Parchman ML, Lawrence VA. Physical activity level and functioning in older diabetes patients: Association with days of hospitalization. Submitted March 2010.
Pugh MJ, Zeber JE, Copeland LA, Mortensen EM, Gonzalez JM, Dersh JJ, VanCott AC, Amuan ME, Wang CP, Cramer JA. Exposure to antiepileptic drug monotherapy and suicidality in older veterans. Submitted Feb 2010.
Forister JG, Copeland LA. A comparison of physician and non-physician case-mix in community-based VA primary care clinics using adjusted clinical groups.
Blow, Frederic C; Barry, Kristen Lawton; Ullman, Esther; Copeland, Laurel A. Analysis of Patient Outcomes in Sustained Treatment and Rehabilitation (STAR II) Programs. Report to the Veterans Administration from the Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), August 13, 1996.
Shope, Jean T; Maharg, Ruth; Dielman, TE; Copeland, Laurel A (1990). Alcohol Misuse Prevention: A Curriculum Guide for Grade 7. Office of Educational Resources and Research, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor MI.
Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Scientific Meeting, June 21-24, 1996, Washington, DC: "A high school alcohol misuse prevention program reduces subsequent serious driving offenses." Poster presentation. Shope, Jean T; Copeland, Laurel A; Waller, Patricia F.
--“Surgery Rates among Veterans with Schizophrenia,” Copeland LA, Zeber JE, Mortensen EM, Lawrence VA (poster).
--“Impact of schizophrenia on inpatient pulmonary deaths,” Zeber JE, Copeland LA, Mortensen EM, Pugh MV, Restrepo MI, Dalack GW (poster).
-- “Treatment Adherence and Illness Insight in Veterans with Bipolar Disorder,” Copeland LA, Zeber JE, Salloum IM, Pincus HA, Fine MJ, Kilbourne AM (poster).
-- “Self-reported Access to Medical and Psychiatric Care in Patients with Bipolar Disorder,” Zeber JE, Copeland LA, McCarthy JF, Bauer MS, Kilbourne AM (oral presentation)
-- “Therapeutic Alliance Perceptions and Medication Adherence in Patients with Bipolar Disorder,” Zeber JE, Copeland LA, Good CB, Fine M, Bauer MS, Kilbourne AM (poster).
-- Lawrence VA, Copeland L, Zeber J, Pugh M, Mortensen E, Restrepo M. Postoperative complications in the seriously mentally ill: A systematic review of the literature (poster).
-- Mortensen EM, Restrepo MI, Copeland LA, Anzueto AR, Pugh MJ. Association of lipophilic and hydrophilic ACE inhibitor use with pneumonia-related mortality (poster).
-- Mortensen EM, Restrepo MI, Pugh JA, Anzueto AR. Impact of prior outpatient antibiotic use on mortality for patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia (poster).
-- Bates J; Copeland L, Lancaster B, Noel P, Perrin R. National Clinical Data for VA Research: The VA Corporate Data Warehouse (presentation).
-- Copeland LA; Zeber JE; Lawrence VA; Pugh MJ; Mortensen EM; Restrepo MI. Postoperative Complications in the Seriously Mentally Ill: A Systematic Review of the Literature (poster).
-- Zeber JE, Copeland LA. Patient characteristics affecting perceived access to medical and psychiatric care in veterans with bipolar disorder (poster).
-- Copeland LA, Zeber JE, Bingham MO, Pugh MJ, Lawrence VA. "Transition of Wounded Warriors into VA Care" (oral presentation, plenary session).
-- Copeland LA, Zeber JE, MacCarthy DJ, Lawrence VA. "Perioperative Outcomes of Non-Cardiac Surgery for Seriously Mentally Ill Elderly (POSSE)" (oral presentation).
-- Copeland LA, Zeber JE, Parchman ML, Downs JR, Miller AL, Lawrence VA. "Prediabetes Assessment and Follow-up in Older Veterans with Schizophrenia" (poster presentation).