Events Category: CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars

Wei He, MS & Farshad Samadifam, MS (Hokanson Lab)
(1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific)
January 21, 2026 @ 2:00 pm EST
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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, moderated by LaTasha K. Crawford VMD, PhD, DACVP (UW-Madison), will begin with an introduction by Jim Hokanson, PhD (Medical College of Wisconsin), who will provide an overview of the Pelvic Diagnostics & Therapeutics Lab at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Following this, Wei He, MS will present To characterize the impact of different TNS electrode placement approaches on nerve recruitment and functional outcomes, and Farshad Samadifam, MS will present Machine Learning-Based Outcome Prediction for Sacral Neuromodulation Therapy in Women with Non-Neurogenic Urgency Incontinence.

Jamisha Francis, MSc (Hadjifrangiskou Lab)
(1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific)
April 15, 2026 @ 2:00 pm EDT
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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 Maria Hadjifrangiskou, PhD, who will provide an overview of the Hadjifrangiskou Lab at Vanderbilt University. Following this, Hadjifrangiskou Lab graduate student Jamisha Francis, MSc will present her research project.

Samantha Ye, Leuna Sen, Jenna Simpson (Steers Lab)
(1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific)
July 15, 2026 @ 2:00 pm EDT
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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 Nicholas Steers, PhD, who will provide an overview of the Steers Lab at Columbia University. Following this, Steers Lab members Samantha Ye, Leuna Sen, and Jenna Simpson will present their research projects.

Audra Crouch, PhD & Andrew McGlynn, BS, DVM (Hale Lab)
(1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific)
October 21, 2026 @ 2:00 pm EDT
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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, MAT, DVM, PhD, who will provide an overview of the Hale Lab at The Ohio State University. This will be followed by  presentations from Audra Crouch, PhD & Andrew McGlynn, BS, DVM, trainees in the Hale Lab.