{"id":2303,"date":"2012-04-02T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/research\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:42:10","slug":"research-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/research-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Current Research<\/h2>\n<p>Click on a study below to find out more information.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"\/ppru\/research\/current-research-1\/a-necessary-multi-parametric-evaluation-of-vulvodynia\">A Necessary Multi-Parametric Evaluation of Vulvodynia<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<!---\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>If you are interested in enrolling in one of the studies list above, click the button below and fill out a registry form. By filling out a registry form you give our research team permission to contact you about our studies. Once you have submitted your registry, form a study coordinator will contact you very soon.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/apex.ad.unc.edu\/redcap\/surveys\/index.php?hash=4e732ced3463d06de0ca9a15b6153677\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"109\" class=\"image-inline size-full wp-image-2273\" title=\"Pink registry button without star.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/898\/2018\/10\/Pink-registry-button-without-star.png\" alt=\"Pink registry button without star.png\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n---><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Previous Research<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/research\/current-research-1\/participating-in-research\/\">Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome (VVS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/research\/current-research-1\/postpartum\/\">Postpartum Pain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/research\/current-research-1\/vulvar-pain-online-study\/\">Vulvar Pain Online Study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/research\/previous-research\/k23\/\">Refining Diagnostic Criteria of Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/research\/previous-research\/5-lidocaine\/\">Use of 5% Lidocaine in the Treatment of Vulvar Vestibulitis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/research\/previous-research\/thalidomide\/\">Open Label Trial of Thalidomide in the Treatment of Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<p>Click here if you interested in reading some of the<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/publications\/\"> articles published by the Pelvic Pain Research Unit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Resource Station<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to learn more about resources that could help you, click <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/research\/resources\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Research Click on a study below to find out more information. A Necessary Multi-Parametric Evaluation of Vulvodynia &nbsp; Previous Research Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome (VVS) Postpartum Pain Vulvar Pain Online Study Refining Diagnostic Criteria of Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome Use of 5% Lidocaine in the Treatment of Vulvar Vestibulitis Open Label &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/research-2\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Research Studies\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1369,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2303","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2537,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2303\/revisions\/2537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}