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Wade Bushman is a Robert Delores Schnoes Professor in Urology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research primarily focuses on lower urinary tract dysfunction in patients with diabetes. Bushman's work addresses critical knowledge gaps regarding how changes in bladder voiding function occur early in the development of diabetic cystopathy in humans. He examines the coordination of voiding reflexes in diabetic patients, postulating that diabetes-induced dyscoordination of detrusor contraction and impaired relaxation at the bladder outlet are key factors contributing to the development of voiding symptoms and impaired bladder emptying. Bushman has developed an MRI-based non-invasive dynamic imaging protocol to study bladder outlet voiding in young adult men and women with type 1 diabetes, aiming to assess the symmetry of detrusor contraction and coordination in opening the bladder outlet. His research is expected to yield a comprehensive evaluation of the early stages of diabetic bladder dysfunction and uncover previously unknown features of dysfunction that may inform the use of established medical interventions to prevent clinical progression.
Department: Department of Computer Sciences