AUGS Foundation Research Grant Award Past Winners
2010
AUGS Foundation Research Grant
Cara Grimes, MD, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
Measures of Posterior Vaginal Compartment Prolapse and Defecatory Dysfunction: Which is Best to Assess Impact of Treatment?
AUGS Foundation/Astellas Research Grant:
Nazema Siddiqui, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Health Seeking Behaviors in Racially-Diverse Women with Urinary Incontinence
Philip Smith, MD, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
Mechanotransduction and Bladder Sensations: A Pilot Methodology Study
AUGS Foundation Surgical Award
*Support provided through an education grant from American Medical Systems
Mitchell Berger, MD,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Urinary Biomarkers of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Women with Cystoceles
June Allyson Award
Laura Skoczylas, MD, Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Impact of Vaginal Estrogen in the Treatment of Symptomatic Mild Pelvic Organ Prolapse with Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Thomas Benson Award in Neuromodulation Grant:
*Support provided through an educational grant from Medtronic Corporation
Stephanie Jacobs, MD, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
Curved vs. Straight Stylet in InterStim Lead Wire Placement: Is There a Difference in Amplitude, Requirement and Efficacy?
Peter Jeppson, MD, Women and Infants' Hospital, Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI
A Patient-based Educational Video for Sacral Nerve Stimulation
Courtney Lee, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Radiation Exposure to the Patient and Staff During Sacral Nerve Stimulation with the InterStim Device
Pamela Levin, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Psychosocial Factors Related to the Use of Sacral Neuromodulation Therapy for the Treatment of Overactive Bladder
Mona McCollough, MD, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Creation of a Novel Technique for Ultrasound-Guided Interstim Lead Placement
Salim Wehbe, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Clinical Efficacy of Changing the InterStim Parameters in Patients with Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome
Dena White, MD, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Edmond, OK
Vaginal Electrical Stimulation vs. Sacral Neuromodulation for the Treatment of Refractory OveractiveBladder: A Pilot Study
2009
AUGS Foundation/Astellas Research Grant
Heidi Harvie, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Development of Efficacy, Adherence and Utility Instruments for Pragmatic Clinical Trials for Urge Urinary Incontinence
Sujatha Pathi, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Recovery of the Anal Sphincter Complex from Birth Trauma: Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Sarah Hammil, MD, University of New Mexico
Validating a New Measure of Informed Consent for Midurethral Sling Surgery
AUGS Foundation Research Grant
Anna Frick, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Patients Undergoing Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Incontinence Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Thomas Benson Award in Neuromodulation Grant
Jonathan Gleason, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sacral neuromodulation effects on periurethral sensation, urethral sphincter activity,cystometry and pressure flow
Brent Parnell, MD, UNC Chapel Hill
Pudendal Nerve Function as a Predictor of Female Sexual Function with Sacral Neuromodulation
Leise Knoepp, MD, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Sacral Neuromodulation and MRI Safety: A hot topic? An investigation of MRI, sacral neuromodulation, and potential effect on patient safety
Jennifer Lee, MD, University of California Irvine
A Retrospective Review of Interstim for Non-obstructive Urinary Retention: Does Nerve Testing Predict Successful Trial Stimulation?
Heidi Chen, MD, Yale New Haven Hospital
The integrity of afferent sensory fibers of the pudendal nerve as a predictor of sacral neuromodulation success
AUGS Foundation Research Grant Awards History
Astellas Research Award
2008 - Chiara Ghetti, MD
2008 - Vivian Sung, MD
2008 - David Rahn, MD
2007 – Amy Park, MD
2007 – Jerry Lowder, MD
2007 – Kathleen Connell, MD
2006 – Matthew Ho, MD, PhD
2006 – Andrew Sokol, MD
2006 – Marianna Alperin, MD, MS
AUGS Foundation Research Grant
2008 - Danielle Markle, MD
2007 - Emily Whitcomb, MD
2006 – Christian Twiss, MD
Benson Award in Neuromodulation
2008 - Danielle Markle, MD
2008 - Jocelyn Craig, MD
2008 - John Judd, MD
2008 - Ene George, MD
2008 – Taji Yazdany, MD
June Allyson Memorial Research Grant
2008 -Andrea Staack, M.D., Ph.D.
2007 – Matthew Ho, MD, PhD
2007 – Tola Omotosho, MD
2006 – Lee Epstein, MD
2005 – Maria Canter, MD
2004 – Clifford Wai, MD
2003 – James L. Whiteside, MD
2002 – Michael Vardy, MD
2001 – Muriel Boreham, MD
2000 – Matthew Barber, MD
1999 – Lennox Hoyte, MD
1998 – Mary Pat Fitzgerald, MD
1997 – Padma Malipeddi, MD
