AGENDA9:00am Registration, Coffee, and Networking 9:30am Welcome by Perry Jefferies – TexVet Cornelius Blackshear – United Way Military Affairs 2-1-1 9:45am Keynote: “Why We Study” – Dr. Jaqueline Maffucci, IAVA

10:15am Break

10:30am Engaging Veterans in Care – Natalie Hundt, Ph.D. Developing Treatments – Lilian Dindo, Ph.D. Supporting Families in Treating Veterans – Suzannah Creech, Ph.D.

11:55am Submit questions for presenters

Noon Lunch Special Presentation – Identifying Needs and Challenges of Veterans in the Houston Metropolitan Statistical Area – Blackshear, Burnett,Cantu,

12:45pm Break

1:00pm Treating Moral Injury in the Real World – Shelia Frankfurt, Ph.D.

1:30pm Q&A Panel (questions collected during earlier presentations)

2:15pm Announcements & Closing

TEXVETAn Initiative of the Texas A&M University Health Science Center

TexVet’s mission is to improve the lives of Texas military, veterans, and family mem-bers by ensuring that they have access to the right services at the right time and place, and facilitate the delivery of those services by empowering TexVet partners and re-sources with coordination, information, and feedback. This will aid in transition, reduce veteran suicides, and other consequences of war.

OUR MISSION: •Operate an information and referral service portal that promulgates veteran resources down to the

local level, organized by type, place, and time period. •Identify, document, support, and promote Texas P2P networks and other providers offering similar

services to Texas military, veterans, and family members.•Foster community collaborations, reduce redundancy, and help create a sense of community for

veteran organizations of all types across Texas.

TEXVET.ORG • CONTACTUS@TEXVET.ORG • (512) 341-4924

Jacqueline Maffucci is the Research Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Neuroscience from The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to her position at IAVA, Dr. Maffucci spent nearly four years as a consultant to the Pentagon focusing on behavioral health policy for the Army. This included over two years spent on the Army Suicide Prevention Task Force. Among other responsibilities, she acted as the liaison to the Department of Defense research community working to translate research into policy. Additionally, she was Editor in Chief for The Journal of Washington Academy of Sciences from 2010-2013.

Dr. Jaqueline Maffucci

WHY WE STUDY

Lilian joined the Houston VAMC in early 2015. She earned a doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Iowa, completed her internship at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and then completed a fellowship at the Iowa Depression and Clinical Research Center. When she completed her training, she began working with patients who have chronic medical conditions and were experiencing significant stress. She runs workshops for these patients to help them learn new ways to cope with their difficulties and improve their quality of life. She has found working with Veterans very rewarding and has learned a great deal from them about their experiences. She is deeply committed to helping returning Veterans live full and meaningful lives after their return from deployment.

Lilian Dindo, Ph.D.

DEVELOPING TREATMENTS

Dr. Natalie Hundt is a clinical psychologist at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine. A current recipient of a VA Career Development Award, Dr. Hundt conducts research regarding factors associated with low engagement or drop out from PTSD treatment, which will inform the VA’s efforts to increase help-seeking in Veterans with PTSD.

Natalie Hundt, Ph.D.

ENGAGING VETERANS IN CARE

Dr. Sheila Frankfurt is a postdoctoral research fellow at the VISN 17 Center of Excellence. Her research focuses on post-deployment re-adjustment and reintegration, including moral injury and PTSD.

Dr. Creech is a Research Psychologist at the VHA VISN 17 Center of Excellence and an Assistant Professor (research) in the Department of Psychiatry at Brown Medical School. She conducts research focused on mental health and interpersonal functioning in veterans and military families

Suzannah Creech, Ph.D.

Shelia Frankfurt, Ph.D.

VISN 17 CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR RESEARCH ON RETURNING WAR VETERANSOBJECTIVES:

•Study post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions experienced by veterans returning from Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and New Dawn.

•Leverage the relationship between the Waco VA Medical Center and Fort Hood to further research on post-traumatic stress disorder.

•Serves as a specialized facility for mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder, supporting Waco and the Central Texas Health Care System with clinical expertise and educational support.

“We stay true to our mission by remaining clinically focused on new and innovative treatments for those mental health conditions common among returning veterans, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI).”

VISN 17 CoE also conducts several education and training programs for health profession students to enhance the quality of care provided to veteran patients within the Veterans Health Administration healthcare systems. In accordance with the mission, “To educate for VA and for the Nation,” education and training efforts are accomplished through coordinated programs and activities with academic affiliates in our community. Affiliates include institutions of higher education where the VISN 17 CoE has developed tiered training programs for undergraduate students to post-doctoral graduates, developing high quality future clinical providers and research professionals to meet patient care needs within VA and the nation. See more at: http://www.mirecc.va.gov/visn17/

TREATING MORAL INJURY IN THE REAL WORLD

SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN TREATING VETERANS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

Thanks to the Texas A&M University Health Science Center (TAMHSC) for its support of Texas veterans and leadership in the field.

Thanks to the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans.

Thanks to the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 16

Thanks to the United Way of Houston, The Harris County Veteran Service Office, and Combined Arms Houston for their hospitality.

THIS PRESENTATION MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS DONATION FROM: