About the PFDN
PFDN members come from six medical centers across the United States, along with a coordinating center. The PFDN members work together to develop and perform research studies related to women with pelvic floor disorders. In this way, studies can be done more quickly than if the medical centers were working alone. Doctors, nurses, other health care workers, and support staff all play important roles.The PFDN team wants to learn more about how to help women with pelvic floor problems. Treatments are available, but there are still questions about how best to take care of women with pelvic floor problems. The PFDN was started to study pelvic floor problems and come up with answers to these questions.
Participating Sites
The PFDN consists of six research sites, a data coordinating center, and NICHD:
- Duke University - Durham, North Carolina
- University of California at San Diego - San Diego, California
- Kaiser Permanente (affiliated with UCSD) - San Diego, California
- Kaiser Permanente - Downey (affiliated with UCSD) - Downey, California
- University of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas, Texas
- University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Women and Infants Hospital (Brown University) - Providence, Rhode Island
Research Studies
The PFDN wants to learn more about how to help women with pelvic floor problems. Treatments are available, but many questions about how best to take care of women with pelvic floor problems are still unanswered. The PFDN was started to study pelvic floor problems and come up with answers to these questions. Our current research studies are shown in the box to the right. Click the link to find out more about each study.
Steering Committee
The PFDN Steering Committee has primary responsibility for the development and conduct of protocols and the preparation of publications. The Steering Committee membership is limited to the Principal Investigator from each Clinical Center, the Principal Investigator from the Data Coordinating Center, and the NICHD Program Scientist.
Katherine E. Hartmann, MD, PhD from Vanderbilt University Medical Center is the Steering Committee Chair.
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