2021 Annual CAIRIBU Meeting Slides

Session 1: Knowledge Gaps in Benign Genitourinary Research

• Jill Macoska, PhD (University of Wisconsin-Madison U54 O’Brien Center, UMass Boston), Health disparities in benign urology: gaps and bridges
• Don DeFranco, PhD (University of Pittsburgh U54 O’Brien Center), Roles of mitochondria in BPH
• Wenkuan Xin, PhD (University of Tennessee Health Science Center P20 Exploratory Center), G protein-coupled bitter taste receptors suppress BK channels and enhance urinary bladder smooth muscle contractibility
• John Knight, PhD (University of Alabama at Birmingham P20 Exploratory Center), Sources of urinary oxalate: unknowns and future research directions

Session 2: Resources for Benign Genitourinary Research

• Kevin Wang, PhD (Duke University P20 Exploratory Center), Computational modeling of shockwave and laser lithotripsy
• Justin Ziemba, MD, MSEd (Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP)-University of Pennsylvania P20 Exploratory Center), The promise of machine learning analysis of diagnostic imaging to augment clinical decision making for the treatment of renal stone disease

Session 4: Therapeutic Advances in Benign Genitourinary Research

• Jonathan Barasch, MD, PhD & Cathy Mendelsohn, PhD (Columbia University U54 O’Brien Center), Repair of the healthy and diseased urothelium
• Naoki Yoshimura, MD, PhD (University of Pittsburgh U54 O’Brien Center), NGF-targeting therapy for prostatic inflammation and LUTS

Session 5: Collaborative Research in Benign Genitourinary Research

• Kristina Penniston, PhD (UW-Madison CAIRIBU U24 Interactions Core), Collaborative research in benign urology – challenges and potential
• Laura Pascal, PhD (University of Pittsburgh U54 O’Brien Center), Cdh1+/- mouse as a model for BPH and LUTS
• Simone Sanna-Cherchi, MD (Columbia University P20 Exploratory Center),
• Grace Morales, PhD candidate (Vanderbilt P20 Exploratory Center), Collaboratively-developed pipeline for analysis of microbial genomes
• Joan Neuner, MD (Medical College of Wisconsin P20 Exploratory Center), Developing a women’s incontinence registry: collaboration between primary care, subspecialty, and informatics research
• Jonathan Pollack, MD, PhD (Stanford University U54 O’Brien Center), Stanford O’Brien Center update

Concurrent Sessions

1. Building Psychologically Safe Teams: Betsy Rolland, PhD, MLIS, MPH (Director of Team Science, UW-Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research),
2. Translational Teams: Allan Brasier, MD (Executive Director, UW-Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research), Translational teams: impact, developmental stages and leadership
3. What Does Benign Urology Research Need? 
   • James Brooks, MD (Stanford University U54 O’Brien Center), Benign GU research needs a clinical/translational approach to benign prostate research
   • Gregory Whittemore, MD/MS Candidate (Columbia University P20 Exploratory Center), What does benign bladder research need?