Hello CAIRIBU community! For this issue of the CAIRIBU Trainee Newsletter, I’d like to take the opportunity to introduce a new and very welcomed member of the NIDDK Urology Program, Dr. William Stuart (Stu) Reynolds. Dr. Reynolds comes to the NIDDK with a wealth of clinical and research expertise. Here I’ve asked Dr. Reynolds to walk us through his background and goals for the NIDDK Urology Program and ultimately for broad urologic research and training….
William Stuart Reynolds, MD, MPH
Program Director, Urologic Training and Career Development Programs
Program Director, Clinical and Translational Urologic Research, Women’s Urology
Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases (KUH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2 Democracy Plaza, Room 6081
6707 Democracy Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20892-5458
E-Mail: stuart.reynolds@nih.gov
Thanks to CAIRIBU for this opportunity to meet you all as the newest member of the NIDDK Urology Program team. Before joining the NIDDK, I was an Associate Professor of Urology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. As an academic Urologist and surgeon-scientist, I spent about half my time in clinical practice and half as a researcher. I was also the director of the Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (URPS) fellowship, overseeing clinical training of fellows as well as urology residents. My background is in Urology with clinical subspecialty training in URPS, having completed medical school at Penn State Hershey School of Medicine (Hershey, PA), urology residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center (Chicago, IL), and fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, TN). My clinical expertise is in complex urologic reconstruction, neurourology, and women’s urologic health. My research focused on clinical and translational aspects of lower urinary tract dysfunction, primarily related to psychosocial factors and overactive bladder syndrome. Over the years, I have successfully competed for a variety of grants and awards from institutional, organizational, and Federal sources, including a K23 Career Development Award, a Loan Repayment Program Award, and two R01 Research Project Grants, all through the NIDDK.
With this background, it was a natural transition to join the NIDDK Urology Program. Here, my grant portfolio includes clinical and translational research focused on Functional Urology and Neurourology, Women’s Urology and Reconstruction, Aging Urology, and Pediatric Urology. I also oversee training and career development programs for urology, both for individuals (K23 Career Development Awards) and for institutions (Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research (KURe) Career Development Program; Urological Epidemiology (UroEpi) Institutional Research Career Development Program). My goals for the NIDDK Urology Program are to foster early career scientists and clinician-scientists and to support and grow the research community investigating non-cancerous urinary conditions.
Thanks, Stu, for that introduction and again, on behalf of all the Urology Program Officers, welcome to the NIDDK. The NIDDK and the Urology Community are fortunate to have Dr. Reynolds in this important position and we all look forward to many collaborations ahead!
Best regards,
Chris Mullins, PhD
Director of Cell Biology Programs in Urologic and Kidney Diseases
Project Scientist for the Urology Centers Programs/CAIRIBU
Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases (KUH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2 Democracy Plaza, Room 6135
6707 Democracy Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20892-5458
E-Mail: mullinsC@mail.nih.gov