Workshop on Modifiable Risk Factors for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms/Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Goals and Objectives

To assemble epidemiologists, urologists, health outcomes researchers, basic scientists, and other interested researchers to consider the importance of modifiable risk factors in the etiology of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS)/Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) and its progression with the long-range goal of embarking on intervention studies.
To explore our current knowledge of the epidemiology, including the natural history, of this condition.
To review various measures in use clinically and for epidemiological studies, including addressing the utility/feasibility and validity/reliability of the measures.
To review the epidemiology of modifiable risk factors, including identifying data gaps.
To consider novel approaches to uncover the etiology of LUTS/BPH, including studies of inflammation and gene expression.
To identify and prioritize future research in endpoint definition and measurement, modifiable risk factors, epidemiology, and basic research aimed at future efforts of prevention.

NIDDK Workshop Contact:
John W. Kusek, Ph.D. (Primary Contact)
301-594-7735
kusekj@extra.niddk.nih.gov

Dr. Leroy M. Nyberg
301-594-7717
nybergl@extra.niddk.nih.gov

Workshop Logistics Coordinator:
Mary Compton
301-670-4990
mcompton@scgcorp.com