CAIRIBU News
CAIRIBU NEWS
CAIRIBU News is your source for the latest updates from across our research community, from groundbreaking discoveries and newly funded projects to investigator highlights and upcoming events. Stay connected with announcements, achievements, and opportunities that advance collaboration and accelerate scientific progress within CAIRIBU.
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Investigator Spotlight
See features of accomplishments by CAIRIBU Investigators.
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Personnel Updates
See announcements of individuals added to CAIRIBU centers or of new funded centers.
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Award Recipients
See announcements of CAIRIBU investigators securing new funding or awards given at conferences.
Investigator Spotlight
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Dr. Pei Zhong and Dr. Junqin Chen’s Milestone Kidney Stone Study
Junqin Chen, PhD, post-doctoral scholar at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Pei Zhong, studies the mechanism of stone fragmentation in laser lithotripsy. Dr. Zhong is the PI of a prior…
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Indira Mysorekar Named Vice Dean For Research, Basic Science And Graduate Studies
Indira Mysorekar, PhD was appointed vice dean for research, basic science and graduate studies at Penn State College of Medicine. She will also be the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck…
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From Conversation to Collaboration: The CAIRIBU P20 Urology FORWARD Center at Endeavor Health
What began as a conversation between investigators during a CAIRIBU K12 Scholar Seminar evolved into a collaborative center addressing one of benign urology research’s biggest challenges: understanding how different experimental models can…
Personnel Updates
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New Duke K12 Scholar – Christina Bergemann, PhD
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…
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New UMich UroEPI Scholar
Catherine Nam, MD was recently appointed as a K12 Scholar for the CAIRIBU Urological Epidemiology Career Development Program (UroEPI) at the University of Michigan. Congratulations, Dr. Nam!
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New UW-Madison KURe Scholars
Lindsey Felth Tanaka, PhD and Marcela Ambrogi, PhD were recently appointed as K12 Scholars for the CAIRIBU Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research Career Development Program (KURe) at UW-Madison.
Award Recipients
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2026 Collaboration Awardees
The CAIRIBU Collaboration Award supports short-term, novel, high-risk, non- malignant urologic research. The April application deadline saw a record number of applications. Based on reviewers’ comments and NIDDK Program Officers’ review, 3…
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CAIRIBU Travel Awards for 11th Annual Duke Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Symposium
The Duke K12 Urologic Research Career Development Program hosted its 11th Annual Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Symposium on April 17th, 2026. Under the leadership of Drs. Cindy Amundsen, Friederike Jayes, and Rebecca…
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J. Quentin Clemens AUA Victor A. Politano Award
J. Quentin Clemens, MD was recently awarded the American Urological Association’s Victor A. Politano Award for outstanding leadership and groundbreaking research in the fields of urinary incontinence and interstitial cystitis. Congratulations Dr.…
Other
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IC/BPS Global Consensus Meeting
See information and the complete recorded proceedings of the April 2025 IC/BPS Global Consensus meeting at Wake Forest University. 7 review articles from the consensus meeting are are available in PubMed: Wolff…
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10th Annual Duke KURe Symposium
The Duke KURe Program hosted its 10th Annual Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Symposium on April 9th, 2025. Read more to see the CAIRIBU-affiliated trainees awarded CAIRIBU Interactions Core Travel Awards to attend this meeting.
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CAIRIBU Machine Learning Interest Group at AUGS
Members of the CAIRIBU Machine Learning interest group were invited to participate in a panel discussion at the 2024 AUGS Pelvic Floor Disorders Week in Washington DC in October 2024.