Guest Editorial:Discovery and Collaboration for Exceptional Health Care: Research Week celebrates research progress through partnership

摘要

This year's Research Week (May 26, 2011) continues a longstanding annual tradition of both celebrating the achievements of exceptional Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and paying tribute to Veterans who generously volunteer to participate in VA studies. Dating back to 1995, Research Week has spotlighted the vital contributions of VA investigators to medical understanding and patient care. This year's dualpronged theme, "Discovery and Collaboration for Exceptional Health Care," also paid special tribute to VA's eminent partners, including the academic affiliates nationwide that collaborate with VA and our invaluable Federal partners such as the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense.