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Janis Miriam Miller, PhD, APRN
Assistant Research Scientist in School of Nursing and
Research Assistant Professor in School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Room 3247
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
Telephone: (734) 764-4545
FAX: (734) 647-0351
janismm@umich.edu

Education
Post Masters Certification as an Adult Nurse Practitioner from the University of Michigan: 2000
Doctorate in Nursing from the University of Michigan: 1996
Masters in Nursing from Loyola University of Chicago: 1988
Bachelors in Nursing from Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana: 1981

Research Interests

• Mechanistic insights about why certain women fail to respond to behavioral treatment of urinary incontinence.
• Differential recovery of the pelvic floor after childbirth.
• The effects of dietary intake, type and amount of beverages, in relation to lower urinary tract symptoms.
• Race, posture and load related stressors as they affect the pelvic floor.

Current Research
NIH/NICHD/ORWH, 1 P50 HD44406-03 003, “Selection Criteria for Pelvic Muscle Therapy in SUI,” 09/01/2002 – 08/31/2007

NIH/NICHD, R21 01-HD049818-0 1, “Maternal Birth-Related Neuromuscular Injury and Recovery”, 05/01/2005 – 04/30/2007

Pfizer, GA6120A8 Detrol Competitive Grant, “Overactive bladder and potentially “irritating” beverage intake: A randomized controlled trial”, 01/01/2007 – 12/31/2007

NIH, 1 R01 HD/AG41123, “Races Differences in Female UI: Epidemiology & Biology” 09/01/2001 – 08/31/2007 (including no-cost extension)

NIH, #2UO1 NR04061-10A1, “Perimenopause, Bone and Arthritis in African Americans” 7/1/04 – 4/30/09

Selected Publications
Note: *Denotes data based articles, **Denotes award-winning articles.

1.      *Miller JM. Assessing urinary incontinence. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 1990;16(3): 15-19.

2.      *Sampselle CM, Miller JM, Herzog AR, & Diokno AC. Behavioral modification: group teaching outcomes. Urologic Nursing, 1996;16(2): 59-63.

3.      *Sampselle CM, Miller JM, Mims B, Ashton-Miller JA, & DeLancey JO. Pelvic muscle exercise reduces transient incontinence during pregnancy and after birth. J. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1998;91(3): 406-412.

4.      *Miller JM, Ashton-Miller JA & DeLancey JO. Quantification of cough-related urine loss using the paper towel test. J. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1998;91(5): 705-709.

5.      *Miller JM, Ashton-Miller JA & DeLancey JO. A pelvic muscle precontraction can reduce cough-related urine loss in selected women with mild SUI. J. of the American Geriatrics Society, 1998;46: 870 – 874.

6.      **Miller JM, Ashton-Miller JM, Carchidi, L. & DeLancey, JO. On the lack of correlation between self report and urine loss measured with standing provocation test in older stress incontinent women, J. of Women's Health, 1999;8(2): 157-162.

7.      *Howard D, Miller JM, DeLancey JO, & Ashton-Miller JA. Differential effects of cough, valsalva, and continence status on vesical neck movement. J. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2000;95(4): 535-540.

8.      *Miller JM, Perucchinni D, Carchidi L, DeLancey JO & Ashton-Miller JA. Pelvic muscle contraction during a cough and decreased vesical neck mobility. Obstet Gynecol 2000;95(4): 255-260.

9.      Antonakos C, Miller J, Caruso C. Critical elements of research documentation for data based studies. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2002; 24(1), 87-100.

10.  **Miller J. Criteria for therapeutic use of pelvic floor muscle training in women. J. of Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses, 2002; 29(6): 301 – 311.

11.  *Antonakos C, Miller J, Sampselle C. Indices for studying urinary incontinence and levator ani function in childbearing women. J. of Clinical Nursing, 2003; 12,554-61.

12.  Miller, J. for Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses Society. Identifying and treating reversible causes of incontinence. OWM 2003;28-33.

13.  **Miller JM, Umek WH, DeLancey, JO, Ashton-Miller JA. Can women increase urethral closure pressures without their pubococcygeus muscles? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Jul;191(1):171-5..

14.  Miller, JM. Childbearing-associated risks and strategies for the prevention and management of stress urinary incontinence. NPWH, 2005, (Feb suppl):4-7.

17. *Morgan DM, Kaur G, Hsu Y, Fenner DE, Guire K, Miller JM, Ashton-Miller JA, Delancey JOL. Does vaginal closure force differ in the supine and standing positions? Am J Obstet Gynecol., 2005, May;192(5):1722-8.

18. *Sampselle C, Miller J, Luecha Y, Fischer K, & Rosten L. Provider support of spontaneous pushing during second stage of labor. JOGNN, 2005; Nov/Dec 34: 695-702.

19. *Kearney R, Miller J, Ashton-Miller J, DeLancey J, Obstetrical factors associated with levator ani muscle injury after vaginal birth. Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Jan;107(1).

20. *Kearney R, Miller J, DeLancey J. Interrater Reliability and Physical Examination of the Pubovisceral Portion of the Levator Ani Muscle, Validity Comparisons using MR Imaging. Neurourol Urodyn. 2006;25(1):50-4.

21. *Adanu R, DeLancey J, Miller J, Asante A. Self report of urinary incontinence and the physical finding of stress urinary incontinence among African women in Ghana. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2006 17:581-5.

22. *Lowe L, Miller JM. Demonstration of evidence-based care using the optimality index: implications for nursing practice. JOGNN. 2006: 36(6): 786-793.

23. *Thomason A, Miller J, DeLancey J. Urinary incontinence symptoms during and after pregnancy in continent and incontinent primiparas. Obstet Gynecol. 1007; 18(2)” 147-51.

24 *Armstrong SM, Miller JM, Benson K, Jain S, Panagopoulos K, DeLancey JOL, and Sampselle CM. Revisiting reliabiilyt of quantified perineal ultrasound. Neurourology Urodyn. Neuro Urol 2006, 25: 731-38.

25 *DeLancey JO, Morgan DM, Fenner DE, Miller JM, Hussain H, Guire K, Kearney R, Umek W, Hsu Y, Ashton-Miller JA. Comparison of levator ani muscle defects and function in women with and without pelvic organ prolapse. Obstet & Gynecol. 2007; 109(2 Pt 1): 295-302.

26. *Miller J, Ashton-Miller J, Perucchini D, DeLancey J. Reliability and validity of the instrumented speculum in measuring vaginal closure force. Neuro Urodyn (in press)