About The Network

PFDN members come from seven 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.

This website is one way to let the public know the results of the studies. There are PFDN study results at the end of this page. Whether you are a woman with a pelvic floor problem -- or have a mother, sister, aunt, daughter or friend with one -- we want you to have the best and most up-to-date information when you need it most.

The centers that make up the PFDN are:

Network Sponsor:

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Anne M. Weber MD, MS, Project Scientist

Data Coordinating Center:

The University of Michigan
Morton B. Brown PhD, Principal Investigator

Clinical Centers:

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
Holly E. Richter PhD, MD, Principal Investigator

Loyola University
Chicago, Illinois
Linda Brubaker MD, Principal Investigator

Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Anthony G. Visco MD, Principal Investigator

University of California at San Diego
San Diego, California
Charles W. Nager MD, Principal Investigator

Kaiser Permanente (affiliated under UCSD)
San Diego, California
Shawn Menefee MD, Principal Investigator

Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Matthew Barber MD, Prinicpal Investigator

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Ingrid E. Nygaard MD, Principal Investigator

University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, Texas
Joseph Schaffer MD, Principal Investigator