Seth Reasoner, MD/PhD, Reflects on CAIRIBU’s Lasting Impact as He Begins Next Chapter

Seth Reasoner recently completed his MD-PhD at Vanderbilt University. He is now entering an internal medicine/gastroenterology residency in the research pathway at Case Western University in Ohio. He was part of the CAIRIBU Community starting with Dr. Maria Hadjifrangiskou’s Urology P20 Center at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Reasoner was prolific during his training at Vanderbilt, publishing seminal articles related to the urinary microbiome in infants, in patients with neurogenic bladder, and in those with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.

Since then, he has continued his engagement via the CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group, CAIRIBU annual meetings, and other CAIRIBU Community activities. Seth credits his CAIRIBU Community engagement as a transformative experience that strengthened his collaborative network and contributed to his professional development.

He writes: “CAIRIBU has been a wonderful research community to be involved in. The community was welcoming and collaborative across disciplines. Many of my most fruitful scientific collaborations developed from conversations between CAIRIBU members. CAIRIBU also provided excellent sessions for my professional development, such as grant writing and interviewing. While my research will pivot towards a focus on the gastrointestinal microbiome, I hope to stay involved with CAIRIBU and forge collaborations about the interconnection between the gastrointestinal and urinary microbiomes.” recently completed his MD-PhD atVanderbilt University. He is now entering an internalmedicine/gastroenterology residency in the researchpathway at Case Western University in Ohio. He waspart of the CAIRIBU Community starting with Dr. MariaHadjifrangiskou’s Urology P20 Center at VanderbiltUniversity. Dr. Reasoner was prolific during his trainingat Vanderbilt, publishing seminal articles related to theurinary microbiome in infants, in patients withneurogenic bladder, and in those with interstitialcystitis/bladder pain syndrome (a list of his publicationsis available HERE). Since then, he has continued hisengagement via the CAIRIBU Urobiome ResearchInterest Group, CAIRIBU annual meetings, and otherCAIRIBU Community activities. Seth credits his CAIRIBUCommunity engagement as a transformative experiencethat strengthened his collaborative network andcontributed to his professional development. He writes:“CAIRIBU has been a wonderful research community tobe involved in. The community was welcoming andcollaborative across disciplines. Many of my mostfruitful scientific collaborations developed from conversations between CAIRIBU members. CAIRIBU alsoprovided excellent sessions for my professional development, such as grant writing and interviewing.While my research will pivot towards a focus on the gastrointestinal microbiome, I hope to stay involvedwith CAIRIBU and forge collaborations about the interconnection between the gastrointestinal andurinary microbiomes.”