Director of Cell Biology Programs in Urologic and Kidney Diseases Project Scientist for the Urology Centers Programs/CAIRIBU Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases (KUH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) …
Trainee Newsletter
Ask a Postdoc – By Anonymous
What is one thing you did in grad school to set you up for success as a post doc? My path to a PhD was far from conventional. Rather than following the traditional rotation model, …
Ask a PI – Douglas Strand, PhD
I had about a year of working in a lab at the University of Virginia during undergrad in 2000, where hardly anything worked. However, a volunteering experience at a local hospital made me realize that …
Ask a PI – Aruna Sarma, PhD
You learn how to publish through an iterative process of writing, feedback, and mentorship. Early on, I gained experience by co-authoring papers, revising drafts based on mentor feedback, and observing how seasoned investigators structured arguments and interpreted …
Ask a Postdoc – By Anonymous
I want to first acknowledge what an important and challenging question this is. Most people have experienced a “difficult” or “unfair” boss at some point in their lives. There is a lot of advice (often …
Ask a Trainee – Alexis Adrian
This is a great question – and one I think is on the mind of many trainees throughout their career. My first piece of advice is to encourage you to challenge the premise of the …
Ask a Postdoc – Acacia White, PhD
Balancing expertise and growth in a postdoc I am a new postdoc who switched research focus from hypertension to urology, and I would be happy to provide some insight into this topic. As a recent PhD …
Surviving and Thriving in Uncertain Times – Whitney Sweeney, PhD
On September 10, 2025, the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at the University of Wisconsin – Madison hosted a one-day event for researchers and professionals working on health-related topics. The event provided a space …
The NIDDK Urology Program Welcomes Dr. Stuart Reynolds!
Hello CAIRIBU community! For this issue of the CAIRIBU Trainee Newsletter, I’d like to take the opportunity to introduce a new and very welcomed member of the NIDDK Urology Program, Dr. William Stuart (Stu) Reynolds. …
Ask a PI – Gregory Tasian, MD, MSc, MSCE
If there’s one thing I’ve come to appreciate over the course of my research career, it’s that success depends less on knowing all the answers and more on developing a core set of habits and …