This webinar is designed to familiarize investigators with available resources for research. Learn about NIH resources as well as data currently available for public use from the PFDN and other large databases.

1. Describe different NIH funding mechanisms.
2. Learn about publicly funded research and the resources available to the public.
3. Identify big databases and how to use this available data for secondary analyses.

Donna Mazloomdoost, MD

Dr. Mazloomdoost completed her medical training at Emory University School of Medicine and pursued an OBGYN residency at the University of Cincinnati. Upon graduation, she joined the faculty at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC where she also served as the Assistant Clerkship Director for the medical students. She left Georgetown to pursue fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) at the TriHealth/Good Samaritan Hospital. She is currently clinically active at MidAtlantic Urogynecology, associated with INOVA Fairfax hospital outside of Washington, DC and is an Assistant Program Director for the Walter Reed FPMRS fellowship. She joined the NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) in 2017 as a Medical Officer and Project Scientist for the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network (PFDN), overseeing research conducted by the PFDN.