Jean Hay-Smith

Elizabeth Jean Carleton Hay-Smith is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Otago in Wellington, specialising in research on non-surgical treatments for pelvic organ prolapse and bladder problems.

E. Jean C. Hay-Smith
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Otago Faculty of Medicine, University of East London, Auckland University of Technology
Thesis
  • Pelvic floor muscle training for female stress urinary incontinence (2003)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago

Academic career

Hay-Smith was born and brought up in Te Awaroa, and originally trained and worked as a physiotherapist before moving into academia.[1][2] During her work as a physiotherapist at The London Hospital, obstetrician Wendy Savage began referring women experiencing dyspareunia (painful sex after childbirth) to her. Encouraged to pursue academia by obstetric physiotherapist Jill Mantle, Hay-Smith then studied dyspareunia for her master's degree.[2] Returning to New Zealand, Hay-Smith completed a PhD titled Pelvic floor muscle training for female stress urinary incontinence at the University of Otago in 2003.[3] Hay-Smith then joined the faculty of the University of Otago in Wellington, rising to associate professor in 2014 and full professor in 2020.[4][5][6] Hay-Smith is an honorary associate professor at the University of Stirling. She is part of the Flourishing Together research project on health policy for disabled people.[7][8]

Hay-Smith's research focuses on people with pelvic organ prolapse and bladder issues, such as incontinence. She uses clinical trials to investigate non-surgical treatments, and qualitative research to understand patient perspectives. She has also researched bladder management after stroke. Hay-Smith has contributed to Cochrane reviews on research to improve rehabilitation for bladder leakage and prolapse.[5][9][10]

Selected works
  • Chantale Dumoulin; Licia P Cacciari; E Jean C Hay-Smith (4 October 2018). "Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 10: CD005654. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005654.PUB4. ISSN 1469-493X. PMID 30288727. Wikidata Q57026006.
  • P Abrams; K E Andersson; L Birder; et al. (1 January 2010). "Fourth International Consultation on Incontinence Recommendations of the International Scientific Committee: Evaluation and treatment of urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and fecal incontinence". Neurourology and Urodynamics. 29 (1): 213–240. doi:10.1002/NAU.20870. ISSN 0733-2467. PMID 20025020. Wikidata Q34089190.
  • Stephanie J Woodley; Peter Lawrenson; Rhianon Boyle; June D Cody; Siv Mørkved; Ashleigh Kernohan; E Jean C Hay-Smith (6 May 2020). "Pelvic floor muscle training for preventing and treating urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 5: CD007471. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007471.PUB4. ISSN 1469-493X. PMC 7203602. PMID 32378735. Wikidata Q94602702.
  • Ghulam Nabi; June D Cody; Gaye Ellis; Jean Hay-Smith; G Peter Herbison (18 October 2006). "Anticholinergic drugs versus placebo for overactive bladder syndrome in adults". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD003781.PUB2. ISSN 1469-493X. PMID 17054185. Wikidata Q24243870.
  • Peter Herbison; Jean Hay-Smith; Gaye Ellis; Kate Moore (1 April 2003). "Effectiveness of anticholinergic drugs compared with placebo in the treatment of overactive bladder: systematic review" (PDF). The BMJ. 326 (7394): 841–844. doi:10.1136/BMJ.326.7394.841. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 153465. PMID 12702614. Wikidata Q34950386.
  • L C Berghmans; H J Hendriks; K Bo; E J Hay-Smith; R A de Bie; E S van Waalwijk van Doorn (1 August 1998). "Conservative treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials". British Journal of Urology. 82 (2): 181–191. doi:10.1046/J.1464-410X.1998.00730.X. ISSN 0007-1331. PMID 9722751. Wikidata Q77173600.
  • Hay-Smith J; Herderschee R; Dumoulin C; Herbison P (7 December 2011). "Comparisons of approaches to pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 48 (4): 689–705. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD009508. ISSN 1469-493X. PMID 22161451. Wikidata Q24234222.

References
  1. Health, Department of Women's and Children's (13 December 2017). "Associate Professor Jean Hay-Smith". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. The wow factor: strengthening the well-being of women | Professor Jean Hay-Smith. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  3. Hay-Smith, Elizabeth Jean Carleton (2003). Pelvic floor muscle training for female stress urinary incontinence (PhD thesis). University of Otago.
  4. Gibb, John (2 January 2014). "12 staff to become professors". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  5. Biochemistry, Department of (10 December 2019). "30 new Professors for the University of Otago". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  6. "Dunedin". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  7. "Professor Jean Hay-Smith | University of Stirling". www.stir.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  8. "Meet The Team". Flourishing Together. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  9. Otago, University of (9 February 2022). "Jean Hay-Smith, Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  10. "ICS | Dr E Jean C Hay-Smith". www.ics.org. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
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