The Fostering Research with Additional Resources and Development (FORWARD) Urology Centers program aims to expand the non-malignant urology research community. Each center supports a research project led by a multidisciplinary team of investigators, including at least one early stage investigator (ESI) or new urology researcher. The generated data will aid in securing independent grants (e.g., R01s).
Current FORWARD P20 Urology Centers:
- Mayo Clinic Rochester: 2022-2025 – PIs, Kevin Koo, MD, MPH; John Lieske, MD
- Duke University: 2022-2025 – PI, Pei Zhong, PhD
- NorthShore University Health System: 2024-2026 – PIs, Simon Hayward, PhD; Renee Vickman, PhD
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: 2024-2026 – PIs, David Chu, MD, MSCE; Gregory Tasian, MD, MSc, MSCE
Prior P20 Exploratory Centers:
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine: 2019-2021 – PI, Kelvin Davies, PhD
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Harvard University: 2018-2020 – PI, Mark Zeidel, MD
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia-University of Pennsylvania: 2020-2022 – PI, Greg Tasian, MD, MSc, MSCE
- Columbia University: 2018-2020 – PI, Simone Sanna-Cherchi, MD
- Duke University: 2019-2021 – PI, Pei Zhong, PhD
- Medical College of Wisconsin: 2020-2022 – PI, Kathryn Flynn, PhD
- Michigan Interdisciplinary Center for Urology Research and Education: 2021-2023 – PIs, Bernadette Zwaans, PhD; Michael Chancellor, MD
- NorthShore University HealthSystem-Purdue University: 2018-2020 – PIs, Simon Hayward, PhD and Timothy Ratliff, PhD
- University of Alabama at Birmingham: 2018-2020, 2020-2022 – PI, Dean G. Assimos, MD
- University of California – San Francisco: 2016-2018 – PI, Thomas Chi, MD, MBA
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center: 2019-2021 – PI, Robert Wake, MD
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center: 2019-2021 – PI, Maria Hadjifrangiskou, PhD
- Washington University: 2018-2020 – PI, Indira Mysorekar, PhD