This webinar will focus on health services research, defined as the study of quality of care, costs of care, and access to care in FPMRS. There will be a focus on how one obtains access to specific research databases and how to conduct research with and without funds.

1. To review research methods in quality of care
2. To review research methods in access to care
3. To review research methods in costs of care
4. To review key HSR studies in FPMRS

Dr. Jennifer Anger, MD, MPH is currently a Professor of Urology and OB/GYN and the Director of Benign Urological Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. After her fellowship in FPMRS/urologic reconstruction at Duke University, Dr. Anger completed her Master’s degree in Public Health at UCLA under the mentorship of Dr. Mark Litwin, a pioneer in urological health services research. She has over ten years of research experience using administrative claims, including data from the VA. She received a mentored career development award (K23) from the NIDDK to develop quality-of-care indicators for women with pelvic floor disorders, “Evaluating the Quality of Urinary Incontinence and Prolapse Treatment” (EQUIPT). She was administrative PI for the Cedars-Sinai Multi-disciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) site, in which she led two basic science (genomics and proteomics) teams, and she is currently PI on a CDC funded study of the epidemiology of interstitial cystitis.