Below are links to clinical, basic research, and professional organizations in the benign urology sphere:
- The Urinary Stone Disease Research Network (USDRN) PUSH study (Prevention of Urinary Stones with Hydration) is accepting remote participants. Information about getting your patients involved is HERE.
- NIDDK Information Network (dkNET)
- GenitoUrinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project (GUDMAP)
- Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP Research Network)
- Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN)
- Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium
- Pediatric KIDney Stone (PKIDS) Care Improvement Network
- Society for Basic Urologic Research (SBUR)
- Society of Benign Prostate Disease (SoBPD)
- Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU)
- Endourological Society
- Research on Calculus Kinetics (ROCK) Society
- American Urological Association (AUA)
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Available for download
- NIH/NIDDK – Annual report from the National Institute of Digestive, Diabetes and Kidney Diseases (January 2021): Recent Advances & Emerging Opportunities
- NIH/NIDDK – Pervasive myths commonly encountered by NIDDK Program Officers (POs) are addressed in this article from J Urol (2019): Strengthening research in benign urology: dispelling myths that impede success
- PLUS Research Consortium – Published in Neurourol Urodyn (2020): Is the juice worth the squeeze? Transdisciplinary team science in bladder health
- American Geriatrics Society and National Institute on Aging Urinary Incontinence Planning Committee and Faculty for the conference, “Bedside-to-Bench Conference on Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults” – Review article published in J Am Geriatr Soc (2018): A translational research agenda for a complex geriatric syndrome
- American Urological Association – A Urology Care Foundation “roadmap for priorities in urologic disease research,” produced in 2010: National Urology Research Agenda