Office of Research & Development |
![]() ![]() |
Research on women Veterans' health has expanded in recent years in breadth and depth. Historically, the majority of research among women Veterans was focused on mental health conditions, chiefly in the areas of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the consequences of military exposures, including military sexual trauma. Now, efforts to build a broader and more robust evidence base across the lifespan have yielded new research on primary care and prevention, reproductive health, access/rural health, and the care for complex chronic conditions and the long-term care needs of older women Veterans. Deployment and post-deployment health research is now a significant portion of the VA women's health research portfolio, extending knowledge into the health and healthcare needs of women returning from Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND) as well as women still in active duty service. New initiatives to accelerate women Veterans' healthcare research and its impacts include the VA Women's Health Research Network, the Women Veterans' Healthcare CREATE, and the EMPOWER Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI). The longitudinal study of long-term health outcomes of women's services during the Vietnam Era has also been recently completed, with published findings starting to become available.
8/26/2024 - 12:00pm EST
2024 VA Reproductive Health Conference:
9/24/2024 - 12:00 EST
Improving Access to Urinary Incontinence Treatment through Mobile Health
10/29/2024 - 2:00pm EST
Updates on the state of LGBTQ+ Veteran data and research
Past Sessions
7/31/2024 - Veterans’ Experience of Menopause and Menopause-Related Care: State of the Research and Future Directions
7/8/2024 - Women Veterans’ Healthcare Provider Workforce Experiences
5/7/2024 - Perinatal Depression among Veterans: State of the Research and Future Directions