Members of the Division:
Shawna L. Johnston, MD, Associate Professor, Department Head
Sophia Badowski, MD, Assistant Professor
Staff:
Angela Tessier RN, Continence Advisory Nurse
Areas of Research Focus:
• Genital prolapse
• Urinary incontinence
• Childbirth-related trauma to pelvic floor
Grants and Awards:
| 2015 | Restorelle® Transvaginal Mesh versus Native Tissue Repair for Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Restorelle 522 Study. Sponsor: Coloplast Corp. (01/01/2015 – 31/12/2017). $ 148189 over 3 years. |
| 2010 | Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR). Optimizing treatment outcomes for women with stress urinary incontinence through the identification of factors contributing to successful interventions. 5 years operating grant, $237 484/yr (total $989 975). (PI: Linda McLean) (2011/06 - 2016/05) |
| 2009 | Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR). Biomechanical assessment of the female continence mechanism in women with and without stress urinary incontinence. 5 years. $ 213 995 (PI: Linda Mclean) (2009/10 to 2010/09) |
| 2009 | NSERC. A novel evaluation to guide treatment decisions in cases of stress urinary incontinence. (PI: Linda Mclean) (Submitted – declined) |
| 2007 | Physician Services Incorporated Foundation. (PSI). Effect of the Incontinence Ring on Urodynamic Stress urinary incontinence: A Randomized trial. 1 years, $49 000. |
| 2004 | Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR). Biomechanical mechanisms associated with stress urinary incontinence in older women. 1 year, $49,982 (PI: Linda Mclean) |
| 2004 | Physician Services Incorporated Foundation. (PSI). Motor Control Deficits of the Pelvic Floor of Stress Incontinent Women. 2 years, $110 000. (Co-PI: Linda McLean, Graduate student on project: Stephanie Madill) |
| 2003 | Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada Research Award. Differences in pelvic floor pressure and pelvic muscle activation amplitudes between urinary continent and incontinent women. (PI: Linda McLean Graduate student on project: Stephanie Madill). $5000. |