United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

VA GAPS Center

About Us

As a partnership of clinicians, administrators, and experts in human performance, the VA GAPS Center collaborates to improve patient safety in healthcare.  To learn more about individual members and their 

varying backgrounds, please click on their names below. 

 

Marta L. Render, MD
Director

Mercedes Falciglia, MD
Clinical Researcher

Suzanne Brungs, RN, MSN, MBA
Project Coordinator

David D. Woods, PhD
Associate Director

Emily Patterson, PhD
Research Specialist

Rachael Hasselbeck, RN, MSN, MBA

Project Coordinator

Richard I. Cook, MD
Associate Director

Michelle Rogers, PhD
Research Scientist

Donna Shupe
Administrative Officer

 

Jennifer Wissman, MS
Usability Engineer