Webinars

July 9th, 2025 at 12-1PM EST

Translating Research into Clinical Work: Practical Strategies

with Dr. Ariana Dichiara

Purpose Statement:
This live, virtual knowledge-based presentation will help provide practical strategies and recommendations for interprofessional healthcare teams and clinicians to incorporate current research into their clinical work. It will introduce 3 novel psychotherapeutic research interventions that have been or are currently ongoing at the VISN 2 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). It will also provide an opportunity to discuss translating ongoing research and applying it to clinical work. Despite the abundance of clinical research in psychotherapy, significant barriers remain in translating research evidence into clinical practice. This training will inform audience of current ongoing clinical research and help provide practical strategies and recommendations for clinicians to incorporate current research into their clinical work and increase their use of clinical research evidence to inform their clinical work.

Outcome/Objectives:
At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:
1. Describe 3 current/recent research studies here at JJPVAMC;
2. Identify 3 ways to find treatment research articles; and
3. Identify 2 barriers to applying clinical research.

Program Description: 
The VISN 2 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers (MIRECC) pursues a discovery-to-recovery approach to determine the causes, identify predictors, and develop treatments for individuals with SMI, with emphasis on psychosis and on suicide. The topics for this series consist of innovative treatments that we have created/tested and insights from research that have helped to inform clinical care.

Target Audience:
Physicians, Psychologists, Social Workers, Nurses, Counselors, and Therapists

Accreditations (1 CE): ACCME, ACCME-NP, APA, ASWB, JA IPCE, NBCC, NYSED SW, NYSED Psychology

Registration:
VA Attendees (TMS #131014492)
Non-VA Attendees (TRAIN #1130462)

PRESENTER: 

Ariana Dichiara, PsyD is a licensed clinical psychologist with a doctorate in school and clinical psychology. She works at the VISN 2 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center as a clinical research psychologist and interventionist. She has worked on several studies and programs aimed at addressing issues such as suicide prevention, psychosis, Long COVID, and more. She has extensive training in the use of evidence-based practices and utilizes this to inform her work as a study clinician.

 

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Additional Information for TMS Registration:

Questions?
Non-VA employees, please contact the VHA TRAIN Help Desk by email at VHATRAIN@va.gov.
VA employees, please contact Ainelda Alfred at ainelda.alfred@va.gov.

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