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.

AUGS PFD Week 2025

Vancouver, Canada
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The American Urogynecologic Society will hold its annual meeting from October 12-19 in Vancouver, Canada. Abstract submissions closed on April 7th, 2025.

Urinary Tract Infection Global Alliance – UTI Hour October 2025

Gregory Ballash, DVM, MPH; PhD, J. Scott Weese, DVM, DVSc, DACVPM; Tessa LeCuyer, PhD; Manita Guragain, PhD; Nora Jean Nealon, DVM, PhD
(11 AM Central | 9 AM Pacific)
@ 12:00 pm EDT - 1:00 pm EDT
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The Urinary Tract Infection Global Alliance (UTIGA) hosts quarterly UTI Hours to showcase the latest basic and clinical research findings with a focus on trainee presentations. October’s event will take place on October 14th, 2025 …

CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

Emily Paterson (Strand Lab)
(1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific)
@ 2:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT
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This seminar will begin with an introduction by Doug Strand, PhD, who will provide an overview of the Strand Lab at the University of Texas Southwestern. Following this, Strand Lab graduate student Emily Paterson will present her research project, titled "Creating a healthy human lower urinary tract cell atlas as a control for studying disease progression."

CAIRIBU U-RIG Research Hour: Bridging Knowledge Gaps in the Urobiome

Nicole Gilbert, PhD, Michael Neugent, 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, October 17 at 3:00 PM ET (2 PM CT | 12 PM PT)  to hear from Nicole Gilbert, PhD (Washington University in St. Louis).

IDWeek 2025

Atlanta, Georgia
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IDWeek will be held on October 19-22, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. More information is available at https://idweek.org/. IDWeek is the joint annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the HIV Medicine Association, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists.

PCORI 2025

Washington, D.C.
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will hold its annual meeting on October 21st-22nd, 2025 in Washington, D.C. More information about registration, agenda, travel, and lodging is available at: https://www.pcori.org/annual-meeting

ASRM 2025

San Antonio, Texas
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The American Society for Reproductive Medicine will hold its annual meeting from October 25-29 in San Antonio, Texas. Abstract submissions are now closed.

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

(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.