It’s a team effort to run a successful clinical trial!
Principal Investigator
Prof. Thierry Vancaillie
Professor Thierry Vancaillie is a gynaecologist and pain specialist, renowned for his role in developing minimally invasive procedures, including hysteroscopic and laparoscopic surgery. His expertise includes pudendal neuralgia, pelvic pain, post-surgical pain and the surgical treatment of infertility with Asherman’s Syndrome. Thierry has published over 100 papers, ranging from the application of electrosurgery to the world-first pilot study utilising Botulinum Toxin for pelvic floor muscle pain. He is a founding director of the Women’s Health and Research Institute of Australia working with our large interdisciplinary team.
WHIRA (pronounced wi-ree-a) is led by Clinical Professor Thierry Vancaillie and is conveniently located opposite Town Hall Train Station at 97 Bathurst Street in the Sydney CBD. WHIRA is home to a dedicated group of physicians, pelvic floor physiotherapists, osteopaths, psychologists, obstetricians and research team.
Principal Investigator
Dr Ailsa Wilson Edwards
Dr Ailsa Wilson Edwards is a urological surgeon specialising in functional and female urology.
After graduating with Honours from the University of Adelaide Medical School she undertook her specialist urology training in Brisbane. This was followed by her high profile fellowship at University College London Hospital at the Institute of Urology (London) where she subspecialised in Female and Reconstructive Urology, developing expertise in surgical treatments for urinary incontinence, fistula, urethral diverticulum, neuromodulation, pelvic pain, and fluoroscopic urodynamics. In 2012 she returned to Adelaide, working across Calvary North Adelaide Hospital and setting up the Functional Urology Service for the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN).
Dr Wilson Edwards has published internationally in her subspecialty. She was awarded the inaugural USANZ Arnold-Low Prize in 2016 for her work as national lead investigator on the randomised controlled trial of biofeedback devices for pelvic floor muscle training.
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