Dr. Hanmer's primary research focus is on health-related quality of life measurement, particularly health utility measurement. Her previous work has focused on the use of legacy measures. Are the measures comparable? What happens if modes of administration are mixed? What are population averages for these measures? She has often worked with population-based datasets, such as the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey.
Dr. Hanmer's recent work has focused on developing a new health utility score for the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). This work combines item response theory and econometric theory. In addition, Dr. Hanmer is the Medical Director for Patient Reported Outcomes at UPMC where she oversees the design and implementation of patient reported outcome measure collection in clinical settings through Epic. In this role, she evaluates patient reported outcomes in clinical populations and the effect of measure collection on practices.
Janel Hanmer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical Director of the UPMC Patient Reported Outcomes Center