2025 Annual Meeting

The 2025 CAIRIBU Meeting was a tremendous success! Thank you to everyone who participated. Photos from the event are now available for download. Below, you’ll find all key information and materials from the annual meeting.

Meeting Information

See the Meeting Outline and the Full Program for the 2025 Annual Meeting.

Pre-Meeting Agenda

See the full agenda for the 2025 Trainee and Early Stage Investigator Pre-Meeting.

Previous Meetings

See information for all previous Annual Meetings.

Abstract Booklet

See the full abstract booklet for the 2025 meeting.

Meeting Photos

View and download photos from the annual meeting and poster presenters.

Meeting Awards

Below are the three best abstracts as selected by the CAIRIBU abstract review committee.

Neurokinin A Increases Bladder Mechanical Compliance And Augments Transient Pressure Events – Ashika Goel, Sara Roccabianca, Nathan R. Tykocki

Estrogen-dependent Mechanisms Elevate Urothelial C-fiber Density And Drive To Overactive Bladder Pathogenesis In Female Type 1 Diabetic Akita Mice – Ananya Pinnamaneni, Francis Hughes Jr. PhD, J. Todd Purves MD/PhD, Michael Odom PhD

Angiotensin Ii Type 2 Receptor Agonism Elicits Sex Differences In Murine Bladder Contractile Responses Ex Vivo – Hannah A Anderson, Firoj Alom, Bhavana Talluri, Aaron D Mickle

The top-rated posters in twelve categories were awarded the title of Best Poster:

Bladder physiology: Jennifer Hammel, PhD, K12 scholar, Duke KURe (Hon mention: Jason Rengo, PhD, Univ Vermont)
BPH – lower urinary tract symptoms: Mariah Jensen-Wachspress, grad student, Popovics Lab, Virginia Health Sci/Old Dominion and Endeavor Health System P20 Center (Hon mention: Han Zhang, grad student, Ricke Lab and UW-Madison O’Brien Center)
BPH – molecular mechanisms: Kaitlyn Forsythe, grad student, Strand Lab, UTSW and UWMadison O’Brien Center
Clinical – diagnostics, imaging, therapy, devices: Maureen Pelissero, grad student, Chang lab, Mayo Clinic (Hon mention: Om Patel, HS student, CHOP P20)
Clinical – patients and practice patterns: Haley Lange, post-bac/gap year/research intern for Vinaya Bhatia, MD, K12 Scholar, UW-Mad KURe (Hon mention: Alexandra Bicki, MD, K12 Scholar, UCSF KUroEpi)
Environmental exposures, injury, sex differences: Sumiran Kasturi, Baylor College, Mysorekar Lab and CAIRIBU Uro-Aging RIG (Hon mention: Julia Tlapa, grad student, Stietz Lab and UWMadison O’Brien Center)
Experimental techniques and approaches: Acacia White, PhD, postdoc, Hannan Lab, UWMadison
Hormonal mechanisms: Shreya Nair, grad student, Vezina Lab, UW-Madison O’Brien Center (Hon mention: Gabi Robilotto, grad student, Mickle Lab, Medical College of Wisconsin)
Neuro-urology: Natasha Wilkins, PhD, K12 scholar, Duke KURe (Hon mention: Ajinkya Limkar, MD-PhD candidate, Ricke lab and UW-Madison O’Brien Center)
Renal physiology: Felipe Rodriguez-Tirado, PhD, Nationwide Childrens, Jackson Lab (Hon mention: Boxing Su, PhD, postdoc, Mayo Clinic P20 Center)
Urobiome – basic science: Ibrahim Salaudeen, grad student, De Nisco Lab, UT Dallas and CAIRIBU Urobiome RIG
Urobiome – clinical and translational: Michael Neugent, PhD, postdoc, De Nisco Lab and CAIRIBU Urobiome RIG (Hon mention: Alex Polasko, PhD, K12 Scholar, Stanford KURe and Stanford O’Brien Center)