Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology
The 2026 CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group Summer Meeting provided opportunities for trainees to showcase their projects. Trainees who presented the best abstracts, lightning talk, and posters were recognized for demonstrating exceptional scientific communication.
Question: How do you stay accountable to your writing goals, and what advice do you have for trainees? As trainees and faculty, one of the biggest challenges we face is writing. Manuscripts, dissertations, fellowship applications, grants, and abstracts all compete for attention alongside experiments, coursework, mentoring, teaching, and service. Unfortunately, we frequently postpone or procrastinate writing until the deadline is near. Consequently, …
Question: What inspired you to pursue a career in research, and when did you realize it was the right path for you? For the first 15 years of my life I was convinced I was going to be an actress. However, somewhere between middle school and my first pipette I realized my stage was going to …
Quentin Clemens, MD, MS, was first author on a recent paper, “Transitions From Regional to Widespread Pain in Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain II Research Network Study.” The well-designed prospective study featured a 3-year follow-up, multiple participating sites, and standardized data collection and included both …
The CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group Summer Meeting will convene in Madison, WI on July 30-31. This in-person meeting will bring together investigators and trainees from within the CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group (U-RIG) community to share research, nurture collaboration, and innovate solutions to the major challenges faced within the nascent field. Highlights include a keynote lecture by …
CAIRIBU Collaboration Awards support 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, the CAIRIBU Interactions Core was able to offer three additional awards this year. Each award provides up to $120,000 total costs for one year. The three …
The CAIRIBU Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Research Interest Group (BPH RIG) has officially launched. Kazumi Taguchi, MD, PhD (The University of Alabama at Birmingham), Petra Popovics, PhD (Old Dominion University), Scott Quarrier, MD, MPH (University of Rochester), and Renee Vickman, PhD (NorthShore University Health System), will lead the RIG. The group connects investigators from a variety …
1. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposes a major revision to how federal grants are administered across all federal agencies. Proposed OMB changes that would impact scientific research include how research funding applications are selected for funding. 2. The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) research portfolio for FY 2027 is under review …
Calling all trainees! Join us for a fun, trainee & early stage investigator (ESI) only social event where you can take a break from research and make new connections in a relaxed setting. Whether you’re looking to expand your network, swap research stories, or just enjoy good conversation, this is a great chance to connect …
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 CAIRIBU P20 Center at Duke University. Recently, Drs. Chen and Zhong published an article together comparing the differences between holmium:YAG and thulium fiber …
