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Vets First Podcast

Vets First Podcast

32 Episodes • By Department of Veterans Affairs • blogs.va.gov
The Vets First podcast is a research-based podcast that focuses on the VA healthcare system and its patients. Instead of being just another research podcast, the Vets First podcast was created with a primary focus on the Veterans and their stories. The hosts, Levi Sowers PhD, and Brandon Rea work to ...more
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Louis Kolling: From the Army to Science, How an Army Veteran found a career in science
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Apr 9 2024 47m
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A Discussion with Neil Andrews From the Migraine Science Collaborative
In this episode of the Vets First Podcast, Dr. Levi ... more
Jan 12 2024 41m
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Season 3 Episode 6: Connecting sight loss, TBI, the importance of building a care network: Dr. Eric Singman
 In this episode of the Vets First Podcast, hosts Dr... more
May 26 2023 46m
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Season 3 episode 9: Navigating life with glaucoma related vision loss: Liz Holmes
In this episode of the Vets First Podcast Dr. Levi S... more
May 26 2023 39m
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Season 3 Episode 11: Advocating for Veterans and families with sight loss: Dr. Thomas Zampieri and the Blinded Vete...
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May 26 2023 40m
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Season 3 episode 10: A look into the optic nerve and vision loss: Dr. Oliver Gramlich
In this episode of the Vets First Podcast, hosts Dr.... more
May 26 2023 36m
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Season 3 Episode 12: Building bridges in international veteran vision research: Dr. Renata Gomes and Bravo Victor
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May 26 2023 29m
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Season 3 Episode 3: Investigating visual disfunction in blast traumatic brain injury: Dr. Steven Fliesler
In this episode of the Vets First Podcast, hosts Dr.... more
May 26 2023 46m
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Season 3 Episode 2: Guiding the way to meaningful research for Veterans: Dr. Lina Kubli
In this episode Dr. Levi Sowers and Brandon Rea inte... more
May 26 2023 37m
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Season 3 episode 4: Resilience and growth through traumatic vision loss: Tim Hornick
Warning before the podcast, this episode contains gr... more
May 26 2023 48m
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Season 3 Episode 8: Understanding diabetes and vision loss: A walkthrough with Dr. Randy Kardon
In this episode Dr. Levi Sowers and Brandon Rea inte... more
May 26 2023 21m
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Season 3 Episode 7: Life and independence after diabetic vision loss: Loretta Phillips
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May 26 2023 37m
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Season 3 episode 5: Providing support and community with sight loss: Dr. Laura Peters
In this episode of the Vets First Podcast, hosts Dr.... more
May 26 2023 35m
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Season 3 Episode 1: Introduction to season 3
We are finally back! It has been almost 2 years sinc... more
May 25 2023 12m
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Season 2 Bonus Episode – First-hand experience in the trenches of Covid-19: Dr. Alejandro Pezzulo
In this episode of the Vets First Podcast, Levi and ... more
Mar 8 2022 53m
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Season 2 Episode 3 – Aiding vision-impaired Veterans through experience: Iowa City VA VIST Coordinator Keith Queen
            In this episode Levi and Brandon intervi... more
Sep 20 2021 39m
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Season 2 Episode 9 – Supporting our active-duty military, Veterans, and first responders: Jim Ravella and the Gary ...
In this episode, hosts Levi and Brandon welcome Jim ... more
Sep 20 2021 42m
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Season 2 Episode 4 – Two candid discussions about drug use disorders: Trever Siver and Henry Uken
In this first part of the episode, podcast hosts, Le... more
Sep 20 2021 1h 18m
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Season 2 Episode 8 – Exploring treatment of PTSD, headache, and depression through brain stimulation: Wave Neuro an...
In this episode, podcast hosts Levi Sowers and Brand... more
Sep 20 2021 35m
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Season 2 Episode 2 – Not broken, just doing things differently: Director of Disability in Education for the Student...
In the opening of season two interviews of Vets Firs... more
Sep 20 2021 46m
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Season 2 Episode 7 – Perseverance through care and routine: Dr. Carolyn Turvey and Dr. Anne Sadler discuss research...
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Sep 20 2021 58m
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Season 2 Episode 6 – The ongoing battle: Josh Marino and Rob Otto share about PTSD, depression, and suicide
In episode six, Levi and Brandon interview Army Vete... more
Sep 20 2021 1h 23m
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Season 2 Episode 1 – Kicking off Season 2 of the Vets First Podcast
In the first episode of the second season, podcast h... more
Sep 20 2021 10m
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Season 2 Episode 5 – Learning about drug use disorders from origin to treatment: Dr. Anthony Miller and Dr. John We...
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Sep 20 2021 57m
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A life turned upside down: One Veteran’s story of life after traumatic brain injury.
This is part one of a two-part series on traumatic b... more
Apr 22 2020 1h 3m
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