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Neuromodulation Research Grant Winners

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2021

Glenn Werneburg, Cleveland Clinic
Sacral neuromodulation device biofilm microbial and metabolic composition and association with infection

2020

Zhina Sadeghi, MD, University of Michigan
Impact of Pudendal Nerve Stimulation on the Refractory Underactive Detrusor Patients’ Urinary Symptoms, Health Related and Sexual Quality of Life

2020

Christine Wang, PhD, Stony Brook University
EFFECT OF COMBINED PERCUTANEOUS TIBIAL NERVE STIMULATION AND ACUTE INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA THERAPIES ON REFRACTORY OVERACTIVE BLADDER

2019

A. Lenore Ackerman, MD, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
The Role of the GU Microbiota in predicting Responses to Sacral Neuromodulation for Overactive Bladder in Older Women

2019

Ron Ron Cheng, MD, Virginia Mason Medical Center
Leveraging digital health and patient engagement to increase health literacy and improve symptom outcomes in sacral neuromodulation for voiding symptoms

2019

Jacqueline Speed, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine
Determining Patient Preferences in the Treatment of Medication-Refractory Overactive Bladder

2019

Varun Talanki, MD, Stony Brook University
Efficacy of Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS) in the Treatment of Female Sexual Dysfunction

2018

Giulia Lane, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Impact of Percutaneous Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation on Urinary and Global Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis

2018

Jessica Rueb, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Effect of Pulse Width on Efficacy of Sacral Neuromodulation, A Randomized Cross Over Study

2018

Katherine Shapiro, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Superficial Peroneal Nerve Neuromodulation for Non-Obstructive Urinary Retention

2017

Tara Cohen, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Improving Patient Experience with Sacral Neuromodulation: A Human Factors Approach

2017

Evgeniy Kreydin, MD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Characterization of Brain Activity During the Micturition Cycle

2017

Shannon Wallace, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Optogenetic Neuromodulation in the Diabetic Cystopathy Rat Model

2016

Dennis Bourbeau, PhD, MetroHealth, Cleveland, OH
AUTOMATED CLOSED-LOOP STIMULATION TO INHIBIT NEUROGENIC BLADDER OVERACTIVILTY

2016

Robert Kelley, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC MAPPING OF THE URINARY BLADDER

2016

Justina Tam, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
EFFECT OF PERCUTANEOUS TIBIAL NEUROMODULATION WITH THE NURO SYSTEM ON BRAIN ACTIVITY

2015

Javier Pizarro-Berdichevky, Cleveland Clinic
NON-HEAD 1.5 TESLA MRI COMPATIBILITY WITH SACRAL NEUROMODULATION

2015

Blayne Welk, Western University
A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION FOR NEUROGENIC BLADDER PATIENTS

2015

Dominique Malacarne, New York University Medical Center
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF PTNS VERSUS SHAM EFFICACY IN TREATMENT OF BLADDER PAIN SYNDROME

2014

Daniel Paul Casella, Fellow, Vanderbilt University
MODULATION OF THE RAT MICTURITION REFLEX WITH TRANSCUTANEOUS ULTRASOUND

2014

Steven Weissbart and Ariana Smith, Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
CHANGES IN BRAIN FMRI IN WOMEN WITH OVERACTIVE BLADDER TREATED SACRAL NEURMODULATION

2014

Yahir Santiago-Lastra, Fellow, University of Michigan
COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF SACRAL NEUROMODULATION AND PERCUTANEOUS TIBIAL NERVE STIMULATION

2014

Kevin Gioia, Fellow, Virginia Mason
DETERMINE WHETHER INTRAOPERATIVE AMPLITUDE AND OPTIMAL LEAD PLACEMENT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR SACRAL NEUROMODULATION

2013

Megan Bing, MD, University of Iowa
SACRAL NEUROMODULATION AND CYTOKINES: AN INVESTIGATION INTO INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS

2013

Gene Huang, MD, LOMA Linda University
INTERMITTENT VERSUS CONTINUOUS STIMULATION IN BILATERAL INTERSTIM IMPLANTATION FOR OVERACTIVE BLADDER

2013

Forrest Jellison, MD, UCLA
UNILATERAL VERSUS BILATERAL SACRAL NEUROMODULATION FOR IDIOPATHIC REFRACTORY OVERACTIVE BLADDER