A. Lenore Ackerman Email and Phone Number

Clinical Trials I have been involved in multiple trials of novel therapeutics in the treatment of benign uroloic diseases, serving as site coordinator for industry-sponsored trials of oral and local therapies for interstitial cystitis and overactive bladder. My primary interest, however, is the application of machine learning to the diagnosis and phenotyping of benign urologic diseases to provide more objective diagnostic schemata and effective screening in the primary care setting as well as better prognostication in treatment decision-making. Basic Research I have a particular interest in the relationship between genitourinary microbial communities and host inflammatory responses and how the interactions between them influence lower urinary tract physiology and pathology. My laboratory is focused on identifying the associations of particular microbial communities with benign urologic disease phenotypes and modeling these phenotypes in in-vitro systems and animal models.