Biography Dr. Abbott completed her PhD in 2017 with a dissertation that added tendon mechanics to the traditional study of muscle physiology. This research opened questions about sensory feedback which Dr. Abbott pursued as a postdoctoral associate in the Physiology of Wearable Robotics (PoWeR) Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology. To expand her electrophysiology skillset, …
Biography Dr. Advani’s KURe research project focused on leveraging urinalyses criteria to improve the diagnosis of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in elderly patients. UTIs in older adults pose a diagnostic dilemma to most clinicians. The high incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria and inability to express genitourinary symptoms increases the risk of inappropriate culturing and adverse events …
Biography Dr. Agochukwu specializes in reconstructive urology, focusing on restoring normal function to the genitourinary system. This involves repairing, rerouting, and recreating structures that may have been compromised due to injury, trauma, cancer, or cancer treatments. With extensive training in advanced technologies such as robotic surgery and laparoscopy, she brings a combination of surgical precision …
Biography Dr. Baker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences. Her K12 mentors were Dr. Corinne Engelman and Dr. Stephen Nakada. Dr. Baker’s research, titled Discovering Genetic Drivers of Calcium Oxalate Urinary Stone Disease Through Multi-Omics Dissection in the Spontaneous Dog Model, investigated the genetic mechanisms underlying calcium oxalate (CaOx) …
Biography Dr. Bauer is a general internist, translational epidemiologist, and clinician investigator with a primary care practice based at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC). He is also a member of the Kidney Health Research Collective (https://khrc.ucsf.edu/). His academic focus is to understand the mechanisms underlying urologic aging and to define clinical phenotypes …
Biography David Bayne, MD, MPH, MA received his undergraduate training at Harvard College, where he earned a degree in Biochemistry. As a medical student in 2010 he assisted with the medical relief during the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. It was here that Dr. Bayne’s appreciation for surgical subspecialties was realized. He went on …
Biography Dr. Choi earned a BS in Life Sciences and a MS in Biochemistry from Korea University. He then completed his PhD in Pathology at Duke University where he investigated how a virulence factor of Salmonella interferes with the function of innate immune cells. As a postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Choi pivoted his focus from gut …
Biography Dr. Crawford is an Assistant Professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Patholbiological Sciences. Her mentors were Drs. Dale Bjorling and Chad Vezina. Dr. Crawford’s research focused on chronic pain. Chronic pain associated with urologic disease affects millions of people in the U. S. alone, yet is exceedingly challenging to treat. …
Biography Golena Fernandez Moncaleano, MD is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Michigan. She completed her medical degree at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and her urology residency at Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud. She completed a fellowship in endourology at CIMI Caracas. Her K12 research focused on understanding who is at risk …
Biography Dr. Gonzalez earned his BS in Neuroscience from Muhlenberg College. He completed his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Vermont where he investigated the mechanisms underlying the development of lower urinary tract symptoms following urinary bladder inflammation. In 2016, Dr. Gonzalez joined the laboratory of Dr. Warren Grill, PhD at Duke University as …
