CAIRIBU is a community of researchers studying benign urology diseases at U54 O’Brien Cooperative Research Centers, P20 Exploratory Centers, FORWARD P20 Centers, and K12 Career Development Programs funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), one of the institutes within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CAIRIBU Centers and Programs are united around the overall objectives of improving our understanding of the mechanisms of urogenital diseases and developing clinical therapies for treating them by building collaborative and interactive research platforms that span the gamut from basic to translational to population research.
CAIRIBU News
New CAIRIBU P20 FORWARD Centers Announced at NorthShore and CHOP
NorthShore University Health System and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia were recently announced as the sites for two new CAIRIBU P20 FORWARD Centers. Congratulations to all the investigators!
2024 Collaboration Award Recipients Announced
Jim Hokanson, PhD, prior K12 scholar in the Duke KURe program, and Kim Keil Stietz, PhD, Biomed Core Co-Director of the CAIRIBU Urology O'Brien Center, were both recently awarded CAIRIBU Interactions Core Collaboration Awards.
CAIRIBU-Affiliated Investigators at SBUR 2024
CAIRIBU is proud to feature its affiliated investigators presenting at various conferences. Four investigators are set to present at the upcoming SBUR conference. Check this post to see the schedule of presentations.
CAIRIBU Investigator Publications
Each month we feature newly published benign urology research from CAIRIBU-affiliated investigators and trainees. Our archive of publications goes back to 2020, when the CAIRIBU Community was officially formed. CAIRIBU investigators publish studies in all areas of the urinary tract, including infections and urobiome, non-malignant bladder and prostate conditions, surgical interventions and technologies, clinical and epidemiological studies, pharmacological and toxicological studies, and more. Click “Read More” to find featured publications from previous months.
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