Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 54, Issue 12, Supplement 1 , Pages S9-S11, December 2001

Veterans aging cohort study (VACS) meeting summary

  • M.E. Danielson

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive C 11E-124 (130-U), Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
    • Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Center, Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • A.C. Justice

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive C 11E-124 (130-U), Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
    • Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Center, Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 412-688-6957; fax: 412-688-6916.(A.C. Justice)
    • ,
  • for the VACS Project Team

Received 24 July 2001; received in revised form 17 August 2001; accepted 17 August 2001.

Abstract 

The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) planning meeting was the first of a series of organizational meetings and VA-sponsored conference calls designed to build the scientific foundation and methodological infrastructure for a multisite, longitudinal study of HIV and chronic disease outcomes among aging veterans. More specifically, it served as a consensus conference to determine scientific priorities, develop hypotheses, and to assemble working groups and committees to outline the specific methodological approaches needed. Scientists, physicians from 20 VA clinical facilities in the United States, community members, and experts in the fields of immunology, cancer, sociology, aging, cognition, psychiatry and mental health, epidemiology, large database analysis, and health services research gathered for an intense, 2-day meeting held in Pittsburgh, PA, November 8–9, 2000.

Keywords:  Veterans, Aging, Cohort Study

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PII: S0895-4356(01)00441-3

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 54, Issue 12, Supplement 1 , Pages S9-S11, December 2001

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