Jon Ellison, MD, a co-investigator at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania FORWARD P20 Center, and valued member of the CAIRIBU research community, was featured on CTSI Discovery Radio, which aired Friday, April 18 on WMSE 91.7 FM.
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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.
The BackTable Podcast with Dr. Penniston and Dr. Monga
Dr. Kristina Penniston was recently featured on the BackTable Urology Podcast with Dr. Manoj Monga. They discussed the role of diet in kidney stone prevention and how urologists can partner with dietitians.
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.
New CAIRIBU P20 FORWARD Centers Announced at Endeavor and CHOP
Endeavor University Health System and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia were recently announced as the sites for two new CAIRIBU P20 FORWARD Centers. Congratulations to all the investigators!
Dr. Kisby Selected for Best Paper Award by AUGS
Cassandra Kisby, MD, MS, K12 Scholar, Duke University, was selected for the Best Basic Science Paper Award for her research project “Exosomes for Prevention of Mesh Complications in a Porcine Sacrocolpopexy Model.”
2024 Collaboration Award Recipients Announced
Jim Hokanson, PhD, prior K12 scholar in the Duke KURe program, and Kim Keil Stietz, PhD, Biomed Core Co-Director of the CAIRIBU Urology O’Brien Center, were both recently awarded CAIRIBU Interactions Core Collaboration Awards.
Thomas Chi, MD, MBA, Named Department Chair of UAB Urology
Thomas Chi, MD, MBA, PI of a prior CAIRIBU P20 Center and current collaborator with the UCSF- UroEpi K12 program, was recently appointed as the Chair of the Department of Urology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Vinaya Bhatia Appointed 2024-2026 NIDDK LEAP Fellow
Vinaya Bhatia, MD, pediatric urologist at UW Health Kids and CAIRIBU K12 Scholar in the University of Wisconsin – Madison K12 Urologic Research Career Development Program (KURe), has been appointed as a 2024-2026 LEAP Fellow.
Dr. Mysorekar Awarded Outstanding Women in Science Award
Indira Mysorekar, PhD is the recipient of this year’s Outstanding Women in Science award from the Association for Women in Science (AWIS). AWIS champions the interests of women in science across all disciplines.