The ECIW provides invited early-career physician-scientists and urologic researchers with an opportunity to learn and receive mentorship from established, well-funded investigators in urologic research. Applications for 2025 are closed. This collaborative workshop offers insights into the scientific review process, information about independent funding sources, and individualized grant writing guidance. By providing participants with a solid grant writing foundation, the next generation of urology researchers gain the skillset to successfully compete for their own research program funding to facilitate future urologic discovery.
Past Events
SMSNA 2025
Grapevine, TX -
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The 26th annual meeting of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America will take place on October 9th-12th in Grapevine, TX. Abstract submissions were due on June 1st, 2025.
CAIRIBU ARCTICS Community Forum – Strategies for Securing Foundation Funding
Indira Mysorekar, PhD; Nicole De Nisco, PhD; Nicole Gilbert, PhD; Zohreh Izadifar, PhD; Kim Hollander, Tanecia Mitchell, PhD; Johanny Kugelman-Tonos, PhD
(12 PM Central | 10 AM Pacific) @ 1:00 pm EDT - 2:00 pm EDT
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This session will feature a panel discussion featuring investigators who have secured foundation funding and foundation representatives. They will describe practical strategies for securing research funding from private foundations, including how to align your proposal with foundation priorities.
Northeastern Section of the AUA – 77th Annual Meeting
Fort McDowell, Arizona -
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The Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association will hold its 77th annual meeting on October 8th-11th, 2025 in Fort McDowell, Arizona. Register before September 16th, 2025 to receive a discounted early-bird price.
New York Section of the AUA – 121st Annual Meeting
Paris, France -
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The New York Section of the American Urological Association will hold its 121st annual meeting in Paris, France on October 5th-11th.
GURS 2025
Minneapolis, Minnesota -
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The Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS) will hold its annual meeting on September 25th-27th, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Abstract submissions closed on June 1st, 2025.
CAIRIBU Uro-Lit Live – Uro-Aging
(3 PM Central | 1 PM Pacific) @ 4:00 pm EDT - 5:00 pm EDT
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Uro-Lit Live is a monthly virtual forum to discuss recent publications in urogenital research with the authors and investigators from the broader urogenital research community. This month’s discussion will focus on uro-aging -related research publications. The following authors will present salient findings in their publications and the relevance to their field: There will be ample time following the presentations for participants to discuss each paper.
Feeling the Force: PIEZO ion channels in interoception (UW Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathobiological Sciences)
Kara Marshall, PhD
Room 2255 - School of Veterinary Medicine, 2015 Linden Drive @ 4:00 pm EDT
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The Department of Pathobiological Sciences Seminar Series presents: Feeling the Force: PIEZO ion channels in interoception. This in-person talk will feature Dr. Kara Marshall (Baylor College of Medicine), whose lab studies internal mechanosensation to answer questions such as "How do specialized epithelial cells coordinate with sensory neurons in the urinary tract?" or "What is the sensor for internal pain during pathologies?" This talk will be of great interest to the larger Neuroscience, Neuro-urology, Benign Urology, and Sensory Neurobiology research communities. When: Tuesday, September 23 at 3:00 pm Where: Room 2255 - School of Veterinary Medicine, 2015 Linden Drive
CAIRIBU Uro-Aging Research Interest Group (UroAging RIG) Knowledge Exchange
Indira Mysorekar, PhD, Scott Bauer, MD, MS
(2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific) @ 3:00 pm EDT - 4:00 pm EDT
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The CAIRIBU Interactions Core is working with various CAIRIBU Community leaders to develop research interest groups around specific topics in urology research. The Uro-Aging Research Interest Group (UroAging RIG) will connect uro-aging interested CAIRIBU and non-CAIRIBU investigators from a variety of fields such as urology, urogynecology, geroscience, neurology, neuro-urology, urobiome, nutrition, toxicology, and bioinformatics. As a way to kick-start this group, we will schedule monthly knowledge exchanges as a way to get to know each other, discuss recent research, develop collaborations, and strategize on ways to advance uro-aging research. We meet virtually every fourth Monday. ALL are welcome. Join us on Monday, September 22 at 3:00 PM ET (2 PM CT | 12 PM PT) to hear from Indira Mysorekar, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine) and Scott Bauer, MD, MS (University of California San Francisco) who will kick off this series by reviewing the field of uro-aging research and stimulating discussion on a collaborative, interdisciplinary research agenda.
CAIRIBU U-RIG Research Hour: Bridging Knowledge Gaps in the Urobiome
Lisa Karstens, PhD, Nicole De Nisco, PhD
(2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific) @ 3:00 pm EDT
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The Uromicrobiota Research Interest Group (U-RIG) includes CAIRIBU and non-CAIRIBU investigators interested in the uromicrobiota. Investigators are clinicians and scientists from a variety of fields including urology, urogynecology, microbiology, microbial ecology, virology, bioinformatics, and computer and data science. The CAIRIBU U-RIG Research Hour aims to facilitate knowledge exchange and spur collaborations in the urobiome and adjacent fields. Join us on Friday, September 19 at 3:00 PM ET (2 PM CT | 12 PM PT) to hear from Lisa Karstens, PhD (Oregon Health & Science University) and Nicole De Nisco, PhD (The University of Texas at Dallas) who will discuss the state of the science and present a urobiome research roadmap developed by a multidisciplinary working group of CAIRIBU-affiliated investigators earlier this summer.