Funded Research

Investigator     

Study

2009 to 2011

• Funding Source: UMass Chan Medical School/Department of Ob/Gyn
• Study: "Live Sutures for the Repair of the Damaged Pelvic Floor"

10/01/2007 – 09/30/2012 

• National Children's Study: NIH-NICHD-NCS-07-11. Contract HHSN267200700024. 
• Funding Source: NICHD-NIDDK
  The National Children’s Study Center – MassChild (Massachusetts Child Health Indicators and Life Determinants) in Worcester County.
• Principal Investigator: Marianne E. Felice, MD.
• Co-investigator: Moore Simas T.
  
  
• Study Purpose: The NCS is a longitudinal study of children’s health, their families, and their environment. This study will examine the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of approximately 100,000 children drawn from a nationwide sample. Subjects will be followed from before birth to age 21 years.

• UMass Faculty Research Grant, 2009-present. Pelvic pressure during Valsalva and Cough during Pelvic Floor Prolapse Quantification.  [Principal investigator]
  
  
• US Food and Drug Administration, 2009-present. New England Urogynecologic Mesh Registry. [Co-Investigator].
  
  
• Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society Research Grant, 2005-2006. Pelvic pressure during activity and exercise. [Principal investigator]
  
  
• ForHealth Consulting Research Grant, 2004-2005. Pelvic floor care needs and preferences for women in long-term care.  [Principal investigator]
  
  
• Rehabilitation Nurses Foundation Research Grant, 2004-2005. Pelvic floor care needs and preferences for women in assisted living. [Principal investigator]