Anna Barker Email & Phone Number

Bedford, MA

I am the lead project manager for the center Evaluating Patient-Centered Care at VA (EPCC-VA), where we run multiple large-scale, multi-center quality improvement evaluation projects for our national program office. Working closely with the center director, I am responsible for budget and staffing, compliance, status reports, and communication with both.

Researcher for the VA's Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research in Bedford. We look at issues related to patient-centered care - for vets, but with implications for the broader population. The work involves recruitment of subjects, data collection, data management, data analysis and report writing. Findings are generally reported in.

Marketing support services for local small businesses. Wrote marketing collateral, developed and updated sales contact management systems, designed newsletters, edited articles, etc. Broad client base ranging from a small farm, to a health foods market, to a market research firm.

Analyzed mass media for information relevant to practice. Prepared industry-specific reports for business development purposes. Designed research hierarchies for company's intranet system. Trained consulting staff to use intranet. Supervised in-house librarians in conducting online research.

Researched companies and industries, wrote profiles for clients. Conducted online research and translated data into easily readable charts and graphs. Analyses allowed clients (mostly venture capital firms) to educate themselves on new industries, quickly and thoroughly.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Health Communication

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Political Science And Government