2025 Annual Meeting
The 2025 Annual CAIRIBU Meeting was held on December 3-5 in Madison, WI.
See below for highlights including photos, lists of abstract and poster winners, meeting materials, and links to information about the 2025 CAIRIBU Annual Meeting.

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)

Congratulations to the following awardees for the CAIRIBU 2025 Awards:
- Outstanding Abstract Reviewer Award
- Muthuvel Jayachandran
- Nathan Tykocki
- Collaboration Catalyst Award
- Indira Mysorekar
- Outstanding Community Builder Award
- Cindy Amundsen
- Engagement Award
- Jashkaran Gadhvi
- Alexandra Polasko
- Distinguished Speaker Award
- Aruna Sarma
- Mentorship Award
- LaTasha Crawford
- Outstanding Leadership Award
- Jonathan Pollack

Congratulations to the winners of the CAIRIBU Games during the 2025 Annual Meeting:
- CAIRIBU Cornhole 2025 Champions – Kaitlin Forsythe & Jashkaran Gadhvi
- Lab Family Feud – Ricke Lab
Breakout Sessions Executive Summaries
Download the executive summaries from each of the breakout sessions during the 2025 CAIRIBU Annual Meeting.
