Category: News

CTSI Discovery Radio with Dr. Jon Ellison

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.

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 Multi-Institution CAIRIBU P20 FORWARD Centers at Endeavor and CHOP

Endeavor Health System and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) were recently announced as the sites for two new CAIRIBU P20 FORWARD Centers. Congratulations to all the investigators!

Duke University Welcomes Dr. Wilkins to KURe – K12 Program

Natasha Wilkins, PhD, a preclinical scientist with over ten years of research experience in rodent models of spinal cord injury, was recently appointed as a CAIRIBU K12 Scholar in the KURe Program at Duke University.

2021 CAIRIBU Collaboration Award Recipients

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.

2022 CAIRIBU Collaboration award recipient – Betsy Salazar, PhD

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".

2022 CAIRIBU Collaboration award recipient – Nazema Siddiqui, MD, MHSc

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".

2023 CAIRIBU Collaboration award recipient – Alejandro Roldán-Alzate, PhD, MS

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".