Christina Bergemann, PhD, was recently appointed as a K12 Scholar in the CAIRIBU Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research Career Development Program (KURe) at Duke University, led by Cindy Amundsen, MD.
Duke’s KURe Program is a K12 Institutional Career Development Grant that provides scholars with career development training and support to develop the skills necessary to become outstanding independent investigators able to lead multidisciplinary research teams.
Dr. Bergemann is a postdoctoral associate in the lab of Nazema Siddiqui, MD, MHSc. Her KURe research project is titled “Investigating mechanisms behind Lactobacillus crispatus colonization in the urinary microbiome.” She received her doctoral degree from Duke University in 2025 and her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015. Congratulations, Dr. Bergemann.