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Dr. Tamara Bavendam MD, MS

Senior Scientific Advisor, NIH/NIDDK

Tamara Bavendam joined the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in October 2012 as a Senior Advisor for Women’s Urologic Health. As a urologist, the focus of her career has been to reduce the impact of lower urinary tract conditions on the lives of women. Dr. Bavendam received her training at the University of Iowa. She was a full-time faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle and Drexel University in Philadelphia. After 20 years of direct patient care, Dr. Bavendam joined Pfizer where she was involved in the clinical trial programs for sexual dysfunction and overactive bladder. At the NIDDK Tamara is building a portfolio of investigator initiated research in all aspects of women’s urologic health and conditions. She is a project officer for the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium launched in 2015. The PLUS Consortium will identify and test promising strategies for promoting bladder health and preventing lower urinary tract conditions in women throughout their lifespan using both qualitative and quantitative research. The focus will be on obtaining the necessary information to plan future educational efforts to promote bladder health and prevention of conditions associated with LUTS such as urinary incontinence, urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome and interstitial cystitis.

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