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Innovating for Continence Conference Poster

April 20, 2017

SWHR staff presented a poster, Urological Health in Women Across the Lifespan: An Interdisciplinary Research Network, at the Innovating for Continence Conference in Chicago on April 20-21, 2017. The poster highlighted the work of SWHR’s Interdisciplinary Network on Urological Health in Women.

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SWHR staff presented a poster, Urological Health in Women Across the Lifespan: An Interdisciplinary Research Network, at the Innovating for Continence Conference in Chicago on April 20-21, 2017. The poster highlighted the work of SWHR’s Interdisciplinary Network on Urological Health in Women.

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