CMC3 Weaver

Frances M. Weaver, PhD

Dr. Weaver completed her masters and doctoral training in Applied Social Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago in 1984 and 1987, respectively; and her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh in 1981. Dr. Weaver joined the Hines VA HSR&D COE in 1983 as a project manager for one of the first HSR&D funded IIR’s, the evaluation of the VA’s hospital based home care program. Dr. Weaver currently serves as the Acting Principal Investigator/Director of the Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, COE at Hines, IL; is the Research Coordinator of the Spinal Cord Injury Quality Enhancement Research Initiative and is an HSR&D Career Scientist Awardee. She holds a Research Associate Profession Appointment in the Departments of Neurology and Institute for Healthcare Studies at Northwestern University. She serves as mentor to career development, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students. Dr. Weaver serves on the editorial board of Evaluation and the Health Professions, is a member of the Scientific Merit Review Board for VA HSR&D, and is a member of the steering committee for the White River Junction VA’s REAP in health services research and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Rehabilitation Research Training Grant.

Dr. Weaver’s major research interests include patient outcomes and quality of care with a particular interest in neurologic diseases. Her other primary interest relates to implementation of best practices to improve patient care. Currently, Dr. Weaver is co-principal investigator of a cooperative trial funded by VA and the National Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke to evaluate the outcomes of deep brain stimulation for persons with Parkinson’s Disease at 7 VA and 6 university sites. She is principal investigator on a grant to assess variability in respiratory care and barriers to best practices in veterans with SCI&D.