The CAIRIBU 2025 meeting, held December 3rd-5th in Madison, WI, was a huge success! The meeting featured a trainee and early-stage investigator pre-meeting, six scientific sessions, various breakout sessions, and two poster sessions. All poster presenters were scored on the quality of their posters and their presentation skills.
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, UT Southwestern and UW-Madison O’Brien Center
- Clinical – diagnostics, imaging, therapy, devices: Maureen Pelissero, grad student, Chang lab, Mayo Clinic (Hon mention: Om Patel, high school student, CHOP P20)
- Clinical – patients and practice patterns: Haley Lange, post-bac/gap year/research intern for Vinaya Bhatia, MD, K12 Scholar, UW-Madison 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 UW-Madison O’Brien Center)
- Experimental techniques and approaches: Acacia White, PhD, postdoc, Hannan Lab, UW-Madison
- Hormonal mechanisms: Shreya Nair, grad student, Vezina Lab, UW-Madison O’Brien Center (Hon mention: Gabbie 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)
Competition for these awards was fierce; over 90 posters were presented at the meeting. Congratulations to all winners!