COIN Investigators & Staff
COIN Investigators
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Leah M. Haverhals, PhD, MA, BA - Title: Investigator, Health Research Scientist
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine - Contact: Leah.Haverhals@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- University of Colorado webpage
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Dr. Leah Haverhals is a core investigator, health services researcher, qualitative methodologist, and implementation scientist at the Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Aurora, CO, which is part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Eastern Colorado Health Care System. She is also an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Healthcare Policy & Research at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Haverhals contributes both subject-matter knowledge and analytic expertise to research, evaluation, and operational projects. She has an extensive background in studying various health phenomena related to Veteran and non-Veteran issues and has focused specifically on alternatives to institutional long-term care in favor of home-based long-term care options for Veterans and non-Veterans who require such care. She has expertise in using multiple qualitative methods and analytic approaches (e.g., interviews; narrative inquiry; focus groups; ethnographic approaches; fieldwork; participant and non-participant observation; content analysis; rapid analysis; thematic analysis; PhotoVoice; journey mapping). Throughout her 23 years as a researcher, she has conducted site visits to over 30 VA Medical Centers and community-based clinics, has often conducted research in the homes of Veterans, patients, and caregivers, and has written several grants which have been successfully funded as both Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator. As a social and behavioral scientist, she has expertise in describing and explaining how various social determinants of health influence patient-centered outcomes for patients and caregivers in a variety of situations with special emphasis on geriatrics and extended care. As a career researcher, she has fostered multiple partnerships within the VA as well as cross-institutional and cross-site collaborations to address complex problems critical for both Veteran and non-Veteran populations, and specifically for older and disabled persons and their caregivers. She has extensive experience mentoring and teaching colleagues to conduct research, evaluation, and quality improvement projects with a specific focus on teaching academic writing and qualitative methods and analysis.
Research Interests
- Geriatrics and Extended Care
- Telehealth and Health Technology
- Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
- Care Coordination
Links to Publications and External Websites
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/leah.haverhals.1/bibliography/public/
https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/health-care-policy-and-research/faculty/Haverhals-Leah-EXTRUDY5C
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahmhaverhals/
VA Operational Partners I have worked with:
- VA Office of Geriatrics & Extended Care
- VA Office of Rural Health
- VA Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
- VA Office of Veterans Access to Care
- VA Office of Connected Care
