Foundational science and mechanistic insights for a shared disease model: an expert consensus : Developed by the AUGS Basic Science Subcommittee and IUGA Special Interest Group

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. malperin@health.ucsd.edu.
• ² Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA. malperin@health.ucsd.edu.
• ³ Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
• ⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
• ⁵ Sector of Urogynecology, Department of Gynecology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
• ⁶ McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
• ⁷ Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
• ⁸ Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Surgery, The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
• ⁹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
• ¹⁰ Advanced Platform Technology Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
• ¹¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
• ¹² The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
• ¹³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
• ¹⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam UM, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• ¹⁵ Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics, Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
• ¹⁶ Division of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
• ¹⁷ Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• ¹⁸ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.
• ¹⁹ Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Magee Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
• ²⁰ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
• ²¹ Division of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
• ²² Division of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. gina.northington@emory.edu.