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 awards were offered. Each award provides up to $120,000 total costs for one year. The 2026 recipients are: 1) Nicole Gilbert, PhD – …
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 Kameny, the Duke KURe program recruits talented clinical, translational and basic science researchers from diverse disciplines who are interested in building an independent …
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. Clemens.
The CAIRIBU 2025 meeting, held December 3rd-5th in Madison, WI, was a huge success! The meeting featured a trainee and early-stage investigator pre-meeting, six scientific sessions, various breakout sessions, and two poster sessions. All poster presenters were scored on the quality of their posters and their presentation skills. See the top-rated posters in twelve categories that were awarded the title of Best Poster.
Alexandra Polasko, PhD, received a 2025 Recognizing Individuals for Support and Empowerment (RISE) Award. These awards celebrate faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars, and residents who have exemplified exceptional mentorship for visiting medical students from Historically Black Medical Colleges (HBMCs).
All 98 abstracts submitted to the 2025 CAIRIBU Annual Meeting were reviewed and scored by leaders in the CAIRIBU community. The top 3 abstracts were submitted by: (1) Ashika Goel, graduate student, Michigan State University; (2) Ananya Pinnamaneni, undergraduate student, Duke University; and (3) Hannah Anderson, graduate student, Medical College of Wisconsin
Jean-Phillipe Gourdine, PhD, MS, was awarded a $249,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support his project, “Exploring the Role of Urinary Host N-Glycans as a Nutrient Source for Bladder Bacteria Metabolism.”
David Chu, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, co-investigator with Gregory Tasian, MD, MSc, for the CAIRIBU P20 Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, was awarded $10M from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study strategies for improving bowel continence in people with spina bifida. Maryellen Kelly, DNP, CPNP, MHSc, will serve as Associate Director.
Indira Mysorekar, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Basic and Translational Research at Baylor College of Medicine and PI of a prior CAIRIBU P20 Exploratory Center at Washington University, was awarded an R01 research grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health for the project “Mechanisms of age- and sex-dependent changes in urinary bladder immunity.”
Rafael Tomoya Michita, PhD, a postdoctoral associate in the lab of Indira Mysorekar, PhD, was awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health for the project titled “The Role of Tunneling Nanotubes and Mitochondrial Programming in HIV-Associated Placental Dysfunction“.
