Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice (CRIISP)

New Grant
Catherine Bradley, MD, MSCE, Investigator at the Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Pratice (CRIISP), Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa has received a grant to define the prevalence and natural history of urogenital symptoms and their association with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in women veterans. The study was funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D).

This research is a longitudinal study of 2,127 OEF/OIF women veterans who completed service including war zone deployment within the past year. The study will define the frequency and natural history of urogenital symptoms and their association with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and deployment factors. This study will improve understanding of the association between these symptoms and mental health disorders in this growing population of women veterans.