Applications will be evaluated by the UrogynCREST Advisory Board who will then recommend applicants to the UrogynCREST PI for final appointment. Criteria for selection include the following:
- Candidate’s prior research training and productivity including competency in basic research concepts such as study bias, interpretation of Type I and Type II errors, use of appropriate statistical methods, interpretation of confidence intervals and the limitations of studies
- Quality of candidate’s concept proposal and career development plan
- Potential to contribute to depth and/or breadth of pelvic floor disorders
- Institutional commitment to support their time
- Potential for candidate's stated educational goals & research interests to be furthered by UrogynCREST participation and their potential for contribution to the Program
UrogynCREST Principal Investigator
Cindy L. Amundsen, M.D.
Roy T. Parker Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Associate Professor Surgery, Division of Urology
Duke University Medical Center
Advisory Board
David Rahn, MD
University of Texas--Southwestern
Raymond Foster, MD
University of Missouri School of Medicine
Anne Suskind, MD, MS
University of California, San Francisco
W. Stuart Reynolds, MD, MPH
UCSF Medical Center
Leslee Subak, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Leslie Rickey, MD, MPH
Yale School of Medicine
Duke Program Coordinator
Rebecca Kameny, PhD - rebecca.kameny@duke.edu
AUGS Program Coordinator
Colleen Skau, PhD - skau@augs.org