Jack Tsai, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Yale Division of Mental Health Services and Treatment Outcomes Research, has accepted a national position in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as Director of Research for the VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans.
The Center is based in Washington, DC, but Tsai will remain affiliated with the VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven and stay on as a Yale Department of Psychiatry faculty member.
In his new role, Tsai will help coordinate and expand research on homeless and at-risk veterans nationally. He will lead his own research but help other researchers with their work.
According to its website, the Center promotes recovery-oriented care for veterans who are homeless or at risk for homelessness. The Center conducts and supports research; assesses the effectiveness of programs; identifies and disseminates best practices and integrates those practices into policies, programs, and services for homeless or at-risk veterans; and serves as a resource center for all research and training activities carried out by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and other agencies with respect to veteran homelessness.