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  • Feb 11
    CAIRIBU ARCTICS Community Forum – Grant Writing Tips, Traps, and Evolving Expectations: From the Reviewer’s Perspective

    Aruna Sarma, PhD, MHA

    (12 PM Central | 10 AM Pacific) Zoom Link

    This session featuring Aruna Sarma, PhD, MHA (University of Michigan) and moderated by Michael Odom, PhD (Duke University) will share tips, pet peeves, and strategies to help you learn how to effectively communicate your science and avoid common missteps, respond to evolving review criteria, and identify funding opportunities beyond a single institute.

  • Feb 5
    SoBPD 2026

    Orlando, Florida More Information

    The Society of Benign Prostate Disease (SoBPD) held its annual meeting on February 5th-7th, 2026 in Orlando, FL.

  • Jan 30
    SPR 2026

    Orlando, FL More Information

    The Society for Pelvic Research will hold its annual meeting on January 30th-31st, 2026 in Tampa, Florida. Distinguished speakers include Margot Damaser, PhD, and Cathy Mendelsohn, PhD.

  • Jan 30
    ROCK 2026

    Nashville, TN More Information

    The Research on Calculus Kinetics Society will hold its annual meeting on January 30-31, 2026 at the Doubletree Nashville in Nashville, TN. Registration is live; hotel rooms are available for booking. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

  • Jan 30
    SWIU 2026

    Nashville, TN More Information

    The Society for Women in Urology will hold its annual clinical mentoring conference on January 30-31st, 2026 in Nashville, TN.

  • Jan 28
    CAIRIBU Uro-Lit Live – Bladder

    Abigail Shatkin-Margolis, MD, Byron Hayes, PhD

    (3 PM Central | 1 PM Pacific) Zoom Link

    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 bladder-related research publications.

  • Jan 26
    CAIRIBU Uro-Aging Research Interest Group (UroAging RIG) Knowledge Exchange

    Candace Parker-Autry, MD, Jenny LaCross, PT, DPT, PhD, ATC, CLT

    (2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific) Zoom Link

    The Uro-Aging Research Interest Group (UroAging RIG) connects 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. The UroAging RIG engages in monthly knowledge exchanges to 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, January 26 at 3:00 PM ET (2 PM CT | 12 PM PT) to hear from Candace Parker-Autry, MD (Wake Forest University School of Medicine) who will speak on geriatric urinary incontinence and Jenny LaCross, PT, DPT, PhD, ATC, CLT (University of Michigan) who will present "From Clinic to Community: The Morphological Impact of Aging and Physical Activity on the Pelvic Floor."

  • Jan 22
    INUS 2026

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia More Information

    The International Neuro-Urology Society will hold its annual congress on January 22-24th, 2026 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Abstract submissions are due on September 30th, 2025.

  • Jan 21
    CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

    Wei He, MS & Farshad Samadifam, MS (Hokanson 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, 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.

  • Jan 16
    CAIRIBU U-RIG Knowledge Exchange: Bridging Knowledge Gaps in the Urobiome

    (2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific) Zoom Link

    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. At this session, investigators will review top research priorities in the urobiome field as articulated by this group, discuss upcoming RFAs and identify opportunities for collaborative writing groups to be formed, and create timelines for developing specific aims.

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