Goals and Objectives
The purpose of this meeting is to convene an international group of clinical, translational, and basic researchers to discuss urologic complications of obesity and diabetes including bladder (LUTS and UI), UTI, BPH, and erectile dysfunction. The meeting is planned as a series of short presentations on the current state of knowledge, knowledge gaps, public awareness of the issues, and future directions for research on urologic complications among men and women with obesity and/or diabetes. The primary goal is to identify areas of priority for future research (clinical trials, translational research, and basic research) to reduce the health care burden of these complications. By virtue of the relatively small size of this meeting, we hope that investigators will form international collaborative research working groups and initiate potential new areas of research. It is very likely that an eventual result of this meeting will be an NIDDK program announcement.
Planning Committee
Chair: Jeanette S. Brown, M.D.
University of California at San Francisco
Co-Chair: Fiourz Danesghari, M.D.
Upstate Medical University
George J. Christ, Ph.D.
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
John Kusek, Ph.D.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Leroy M. Nyberg, M.D., Ph.D.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Aruna V. Sarma, Ph.D., M.H.A.
University of Michigan
Leslee L. Subak, M.D.
University of California at San Francisco
John T. Wei, M.D., M.S.
University of Michigan
Hunter Wessels, M.D.
University of Washington School of Medicine
Yining Xie, M.D.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
For questions concerning logistical information, contact:
Mary Compton
The Scientific Consulting Group, Inc.
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