Past Event Category: CAIRIBU Recurring Events
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Oct 21CAIRIBU Graduate Student SeminarAndrew McGlynn, DVM; Brandon McKenna, DVM (Hale Lab)
(1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific) Zoom Link
CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars provide an informal, virtual platform that highlights graduate students’ work. These seminars give graduate students an opportunity to share and receive feedback on in-progress ideas or new research. All are welcome to attend to hear the students’ presentations and to participate in discussion. This seminar will begin with an introduction by Vanessa Hale, DVM, PhD, MAT who will provide an overview of the Hale Lab at The Ohio State University. This will be followed by a joint presentation from Andrew McGlynn, DVM, and Brandon McKenna, DVM, graduate students and veterinary residents in the Hale Lab.
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Oct 16CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group Knowledge ExchangeAayushi Uberoi, PhD; Aaron Miller, PhD
(2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific) Zoom Link for Urobiome RIG Knowledge Exchange
The CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group (U-RIG) brings together scientists and clinicians interested in the uromicrobiota. Investigators represent a variety of fields including urology, urogynecology, microbiology, microbial ecology, virology, bioinformatics, and computer and data science. The CAIRIBU U-RIG aims to advance the urobiome field by stimulating knowledge exchange, ideas, and research collaborations aimed at improving …
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Oct 14CAIRIBU BPH Research Interest Group Knowledge ExchangeJim Brooks, MD
(6 PM Central | 4 PM Pacific) Zoom Link
BPH is a heterogeneous disease with regards to growth, fibrosis, clinical presentation and natural history. Jim Brooks, MD (Stanford University) will lead a discussion on potential methods of phenotyping BPH with the goal of developing methods of classifying BPH that could be used clinically to effectively match patients with appropriate therapies, predict natural history, and predict potential outcomes of treatments, including side-effects.
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Sep 28CAIRIBU Uro-Aging Research Interest Group Knowledge ExchangeZohreh Izadifar, PhD; Heidi Brown, MD, MAS
(2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific) Zoom Link for Uro-Aging RIG Knowledge Exchange
This month's focus is the aging bladder. Zohreh Izadifar, PhD and Heidi Brown, MD, MAS will present on bladder-on-a-chip research and a comparative effectiveness trial in aging women with bladder infections, respectively.
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Sep 25CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group Strategic DiscussionNicole De Nisco, PhD; Lisa Karstens, PhD
(2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific) Zoom Link for Urobiome RIG Knowledge Exchange
This month's Knowledge Exchange will review the outcomes of the 2026 CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group Summer Meeting.
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Sep 9CAIRIBU BPH Research Interest Group Knowledge Exchange
Shane Wells, MD; Jesse Hamilton, PhD
(6 PM Central | 4 PM Pacific) Zoom Link
During this session, Shane Wells, MD will present “Quantitative prostate MRI for BPH” alongside collaborator Jesse Hamilton, PhD.
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Aug 21CAIRIBU Trainee Summer Camp
Chia-Suei Hung, PhD, Mirjana Trifunovic, MS, Nazema Siddiqui, MD, Nicole Gilbert, PhD, Vanessa Hale, DVM, PhD, MAT
(2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific) Zoom Link
Urobiome RIG will host a 3-part professional development series primarily for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers but open to ANY trainee at ANY training stage. This month's session features an extensive career panel including representatives from government, academia, clinical research, and industry.
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Aug 12CAIRIBU BPH Research Interest Group Knowledge Exchange
Alex Glaser, MD
(6 PM Central | 4 PM Pacific) Join Zoom for BPH RIG Knowledge Exchange
Alex Glaser, MD (Endeavor Health) will present "Modern surgical management of BPH and implications for translational work."
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Jul 30CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group Summer Meeting
Madison, WI
This in-person meeting will bring together investigators and trainees from within the CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group community to advance urobiome science by sharing research, nurturing collaboration, and innovating solutions to the major challenges faced within the field.
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Jul 29CAIRIBU Research Jamboree – For students in the UW-Madison Summer Program for Undergraduate Urology Research and Urology O’Brien Centers
(12:30 PM CT | 10:30 AM PT) Join Zoom Meeting for the 2026 Summer Jamboree
The annual virtual CAIRIBU Summer Student Research Jamboree will feature presentations from students associated with the UW-Madison Summer Program for Undergraduate Urology Research and the CAIRIBU U54 O’Brien Urology Research Centers (Stanford University and Columbia University).