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Janis Miriam Miller, PhD, ANP-BC
Associate Research Scientist/Assistant Professor 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

Selected Honors (past 10 years)
  • 2003 J. Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses Publisher’s Manuscript of the Year Award
  • 2003 International Continence Society Best Clinical Abstract Award
  • 2008 University of Michigan Workplace 2008 Exemplary Team
  • 2009 The NIH-NIDDK Symposium Clinical Research Poster Honorable Mention
  • 2009 American Urogynecology Best Poster Award, senior author of abstract
  • 2009 American Urogynecology Best Paper Award, senior author position on abstract

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 and Recent Research (ongoing or completed last three years)

NIH/NINR, 2U01NR004061 15A1 Perimenopause, Bone and Arthritis in African Americans 5/1/09 – 4/30/14

NIH/NICHD/ORWH, P50 HD HD044406-05 Maternal Birth-Related Neuromuscular Injury and Recovery II 09/31/07 – 07/31/12

Pfizer, Bringing simple urge incontinence diagnosis & treatment to providers 01/01/09 – 12/31/09

MICHR/CTSA, Events of Second Stage labor Predictive of PFD 11/08 – 10/09

NIH, 1 R01 HD/AG41123 Races Differences in Female UI: Epidemiology & Biology 09/01/2001 – 08/31/2007

NIH/NICHD/ORWH, 1 P50 HD44406-03 003 Selection Criteria for Pelvic Muscle Therapy in SUI (Project 2 of P50: Office for research on women’s health specialized centers of research (SCOR) on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women’s Health) 09/01/2002 – 05/31/2008

NIH/NICHD, R21 HD049818-0 1 Maternal Birth-Related Neuromuscular Injury and Recovery 05/01/05 – 04/30/08

Pfizer, GA6120A8 Overactive bladder and potentially “irritating” beverage intake: A randomized controlled trial 01/01/07 – 3/31/08

NIH, Nursing Research Center Core, Michigan Center for Health Interventions, P30 NR 009000-01 pilot study Feasibility Study on Events of Second Stage labor Predictive of PFD 8/07 – 8/08

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

Selected Publications (selected from over 40)
Note: *Denotes data based articles, **Denotes award-winning articles.

  1. *Miller JM. Assessing urinary incontinence. J Gerontol Nurs. 1990;16(3):15-9.
  2. Miller J, Kasper C, Sampselle C. Review of muscle physiology with application to pelvic muscle exercise. Urol Nurs. 1994;14(3):92-7.
  3. *Sampselle CM, Miller JM, Mims B, DeLancey JO. Pelvic muscle exercise reduces transient incontinence during pregnancy and after birth. Obstet Gyneco. 1998;91(3):406-12.
  4. *Miller JM, Ashton-Miller JA, DeLancey JO. Quantification of cough-related urine loss using the paper towel test. Obstet Gyneco. 1998;91(5):705-9.
  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 Am Geriatr Soc. 1998;46:870-4.
  6. **Miller JM, Ashton-Miller JA, 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 Womens Health. 1999;8(2):157-62.
  7. *Miller JM, Perucchini D, Carchidi LT, DeLancey JO, Ashton-Miller J. Pelvic muscle contraction during a cough and decreased vesical neck mobility. Obstet Gyneco. 2001;97(2):255-60.
  8. **Miller J. Criteria for therapeutic use of pelvic floor muscle training in women. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2002;29(6):301-11.
  9. *Antonakos C, Miller J, Sampselle C. Indices for studying urinary incontinence and levator ani function in childbearing women. J Clin Nurs. 2003;12:554-61.
  10. *Miller JM, Umek WH, DeLancey JO, Ashton-Miller JA. Can women increase urethral closure pressures without their pubococcygeus muscles? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004;191(1):171-5.
  11. *Kearney R, Miller J, Ashton-Miller J, DeLancey J. Obstetrical factors associated with levator ani muscle injury after vaginal birth. Obstet Gyneco. 2006;107(1):144-149.
  12. *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.
  13. Low L, Miller JM. A clinical evaluation of evidence-based maternity care using the Optimality Index. JOGNN. 2006;36(6):786-793.
  14. *Armstrong SM, Miller JM, Benson K, Jain S, Panagopoulos K, Delancey JOL, Sampselle CM. Revisiting reliability of quantified perineal ultrasound: Bland and Altman analysis of a new protocol for the rectangular coordinate method. Neurourol Urodyn. 2006;25:731-738.
  15. *Thomason A, Miller J, DeLancey J. Urinary incontinence symptoms during and after pregnancy in continent and incontinent primiparas. Obstet Gyneco. 2007;18(2):147-51.
  16. *DeLancey JO, Morgan DM, Fenner DE, Kearney R, Guire K, Miller JM, Hussain H, Umek W, Hsu Y, Ashton-Miller JA. Comparison of levator ani muscle defects and function in women with and without pelvic organ prolapse. Obstet Gyneco. 2007;109(2):295-301.
  17. *Miller J, Ashton-Miller J, Perucchini D, DeLancey J. Test-retest reliability of an instrumented speculum for measuring vaginal closure force. Neurourol Urodyn. 2007; 26(6):858-63.
  18. *DeLancey JO, Miller J, Kearney R, Howard D, Reddy P, Umek W, Guire K, Margulies R, Ashton-Miller J. Vaginal birth and de novo stress incontinence; Relative contributions of urethral dysfunction and support loss. Obstet Gyneco. 2007;110(2 Pt 1):354-62.
  19. * Fenner D, Trowbridge E, Patel P, Fultz N, Miller J, Howard D, DeLancey J. Establishing the Prevalence of Incontinence (EPI) Study: Racial differences in women’s patterns of urinary incontinence. J Urol. 2008;179:1455-60.
  20. *Miller J, Sampselle C, Ashton-Miller J, Son G, DeLancey J. Clarification and confirmation of the effect of volitional pelvic floor muscle contraction to preempt urine loss (the Knack maneuver) in stress incontinent women. Int Urogynecol J. 2008;19:773-782.
  21. *DeLancey JO, Trowbridge E, Miller JM, Morgan D, Guire K, Fenner D, Weadock W, Ashton-Miller JA. Relative importance of urethral support and urethral closure pressure to stress urinary incontinence. J Urol. 2008;179(6):2286-90.
  22. *Low LK, Seng J, Miller J. Use of the optimality index-US in perinatal clinical research. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2008;53(4):302-309.
  23. DeLancey JOL, Lisa KL, Miller JM, Patel D, Tumbarello J. Graphic integration of causal factors of pelvic floor dysfunction: An integrated lifespan model. American Journal of Obstet Gyneco 2008;199(6):610.
  24. **Zielinski R, Low LK, Miller JM, Tumbarello J. Validation of a body image and sexuality instrument with women experiencing pelvic organ prolapse. Urol Nurs (in press).
  25. *Brincat C, Lewicky-Gaupp C, Patel D, Sampselle C, Miller JM, DeLancey JO, Fenner D. Fecal incontinence in pregnancy and postpartum. Int J Gynec Obstet, (in press).
  26. *Yousuf A, DeLancey JO, Brandon CJ, Miller JM. Pelvic Floor Recovery in Primiparous Women at 1 Month Compared to 7 Months After Vaginal Delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol (in press). (note award winning best poster from AUGS 2009)
  27. *Tolbert M, Chakravarth V, Garcia C, Miller J. Exploring caffeine intake in women with OAB and mental health disorders. Urol Nurs. 2009;29(2):125 (published abstract).
  28. *Thomas, A. Low LK, Tumbarello JA, Miller JM, Fenner DE, DeLancey JOL. Changes in self-assessment of continence status between telephone survey and subsequent clinical visit. Neuro & Urol 2009; 26:1–7. (note award winning abstract from ICS 2005)
  29. *Chakravarthy V, Tolbert M, Garcia CE, Miller JM. Exploring Caffeine Intake in Women with OAB and Mental Health Disorders. IJUN 2009; *** (in press).
  30. * Delancey JO, Fenner DE, Guire K, Patel DA, Howard D, Miller JM. Differences in continence system between community dwelling black and white women with and without urinary incontinence in the EPI study. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, in press. (note award winning best paper from AUGS 2009)
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