Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology
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 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 – …
Jim Hokanson, PhD is the 2024 CAIRIBU Collaboration award recipient for his project "Neuroanatomical basis for tibial neuromodulation".
Kim Keil Stietz, PhD is the 2024 CAIRIBU Collaboration award recipient for her project "Genetic origin of incontinence linked to Shh signaling.".
Maryellen Kelly, DPNP, CPNP, MHSc, Tatyana Sysoeva, PhD, Lisa Karstens, PhD, MBI, and Teresa Liu, PhD are the 2021 Recipient of the CAIRIBU Collaboration award.
Betsy Salazar, PhD, is the 2022 Recipient of the CAIRIBU Collaboration award for her proposal, "Characterization of spinal neural networks involved in the control of the lower urinary tract: a novel spinal fMRI feasibility trial".
Nazema Siddiqui, MD, MHSc, is the 2022 Recipient of the CAIRIBU Collaboration award for her proposal, "Development of humanized mouse models for studies of the urogenital microbiome".
Alejandro Roldán-Alzate, PhD, MS, is the February 2023 Recipient of the CAIRIBU Collaboration award for his proposal, "A multidisciplinary, non-invasive assessment of the bladder response to filling".
Rose Khavari, MD, PhD is the August 2023 award recipient for the "Optimization of onabotulinumtoxinA (BTX-A) injection for the treatment of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction".
LaTasha Crawford, VMD, PhD, DACVP is the February 2023 award recipient for, "An ex vivo platform for the study of sensory neuroplasticity as a link between bladder disease and referred pain".
