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.”
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David Chu, MD, MSCE, awarded $10M from PCORI
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 awarded an R01 research grant from NIDDK
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 awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
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“.
Aaron Miller, PhD Presents at the 26th Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) Annual Fall Scientific Meeting
Aaron Miller, PhD, recently presented his research during the Robert Krane Lecture at the 26th Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) Annual Fall Scientific Meeting. His presentation was titled “Beyond Infection: Implications of Biofilms on Implantable Medical Devices.”
Ajinkya Limkar of UW-Madison O’Brien Center receives F30 fellowship from the NIH
Ajinkya Limkar, MD/PhD candidate at UW-Madison and research assistant at the UW-Madison George M. O’Brien Urology Cooperative Research Center, recently received a highly competitive F30 fellowship from the NIH. Ajinkya’s study aims to determine the role of senescent cells in BPH/LUTS pathogenesis and evaluate the therapeutic potential of senescent cell elimination.
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!
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.
David Bayne, MD, MPH Awarded a K23 Career Development Award from the NIDDK
David Bayne, MD, MPH, was recently awarded a K23 titled “Use of the electronic health record to target a patient navigation intervention preventing loss to follow up in the treatment of urinary stone disease.” Dr. Bayne is a K12 alumnus from the CAIRIBU UCSF-Kaiser Permanente KUroEpi Program.
Newest KURe Scholar at Stanford University – Jessie Ge, MD
Jessie Ge, MD was recently named the newest KURe Scholar at Stanford University. Dr. Ge completed medical school at Washington University in St. Louis and her urology residency at Stanford University.