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Welcome to Standing Ready: An Inside Look at the Untold History of the VA's Medical Innovations. Join us as we elevate and highlight significant medical and scientific contributions of the nation's largest healthcare system. Join us for interviews with VHA innovators and pioneers, exploring how VHA has changed the landscape of medicine over 75 years with topics on the history of prosthetic limbs, adaptive sports, how history has influenced VHA’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and more! The Department of Veterans Affairs does not endorse or officially sanction any entities that may be discussed in this podcast, nor any media, products or services they may provide.

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Genomics & the Million Veterans Project

2022/06/17

Over ten years old now, MVP is truly history in the making. MVP is a national research program to learn how genes, lifestyle, and military exposures affect health and illness.

The Engineering of Rehabilitation

2022/06/03

Katie and Shawn explore the evolution of VA medical devices throughout history. Our conversation with guest Dr. Rory Cooper explores his career as a VA senior research career scientist at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories which includes the VA Center for Wheelchairs and Assistive Robotics Engineering.

VA's Research & Development

2022/03/25

On this episode, we talk with the Acting Director of Communications for the Office of Research and Development, Mitch Mirkin. We explore a macro view of the role VA has played in current, past, and present medical innovations, as well as discuss Mitch's role in ORD.

Competitive Adaptive: History of Sports in VA

2021/06/07

Welcome to the Season One Finale! A look at the past, present, and future of adaptive sports within VA. From the very beginning of federal health care for Veterans at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, sports have played a role in the healing and rehabilitation.

Innovating Volunteers

2021/05/24

A look at how volunteers have built communities of care and support throughout history and continue to meet the needs of Veterans today. Katie and Shawn talk with Sabrina Clark and Prince Taylor about how volunteer efforts that are deeply rooted in history are still evolving and how they have been shaped by the COVID 19 pandemic.

Battlefields of Bureaucracy

2021/05/07

An insightful discussion with Acting Undersecretary of Health, Dr. Richard Stone on the 75th Anniversary of the Veterans Health Administration.

The Academic Advancement

2021/04/23

Focusing on 75 years of VA’s affiliation with the nation’s medical schools. Through this historic collaboration, VA has become the largest single provider of medical training in the country and 70% of all doctors receive their training from VA hospitals.

Provenance: Origins of the VHA

2021/04/09

Katie and Shawn are joined by Dr. Michael Gambone professor of history at Kutztown University and author of The Greatest Generation Comes Home: The Veteran in American Society and VA Chief Historian Michael Visconage for a discussion surrounding origins of the VHA’s forerunner, the Department of Medicine and Surgery, 75 years ago.

The Prosthetic Progression

2021/03/26

Katie reveals how the Civil War created an unprecedented number of Veterans with amputated limbs, Fred Downs, Jr. discusses his experiences as Vietnam War amputee and how he helped other Veterans as National Director of the VA’s Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service (PSAS), and Dr. Glenn Klute explores the active research he is involved with on lower limb prosthetics for Veterans.

The Teaser Episode!

2021/03/12

Katie and Shawn want to welcome you to "Standing Read," the podcast that give you an inside look at the untold history of the VA's medical innovations!