ABOUT
pelvic-inc
Pelvic -inc was created as part of a project to develop Pelvic and Women's Health in South Africa. The project is funded by the University of the Witwatersrand and the National Research Foundation.
A lack of resources, training and education, information and a referral system was only some of the multiple barriers and needs that were identified to develop sustainable and quality pelvic health services for all men, women and children.
The aim of this platform is to help address some of these needs, and to provide quality resources to clinicians, students, researchers and patients in the form of educational videos, articles, blogs and chats.
Her story
Prof Corlia Brandt
Principal investigator
She started working in private practice in 2000, whereafter she entered the academic field and obtained her Master`s and PhD degrees at the University of the Free State. Her main areas of research and interest are Neuromusculoskeletal, Sport, Pelvic and Women`s Health.
She is the South African International Urogynaecology Association Physiotherapy representative and on the IUGA Africa Advisory Board; the SA representative on the IOPTPWH; chair for the Professional Development Portfolio on the National Executive Committee (SASP), President-elect for the South African Sexual Health Association; on the editorial board for the African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine and the Scientific Chair for several congresses.
She has published several papers in international journals and has presented at many international congresses - where her research has also been nominated for awards.
She has facilitated the establishment of several pelvic floor units as a collaboration between academia, researchers and private practitioners. She is currently associate professor at the University of the Witwatersrand – continuing her passion for integrating research, clinical practice, and teaching – and developing Pelvic and Women`s Health clinics suitable for a South African context and as part of the WiSH research group.