KURe Alumni and Current Scholars Present Research at CAIRIBU Annual Meeting

Five Duke KURe alumni and current KURe scholars presented research at the Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (CAIRIBU) Annual Meeting December 4-6, 2019. CAIRIBU is a consortium of U54 O’Brien Cooperative Research Centers, P20 Developmental Centers and K12 Career Development Programs established as a collaborative network of transdisciplinary research centers and funded by the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), one of the institutes within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Christopher Mullins, PhD, NIDDK Program Official and Tamara Bavendam, MD, MS, NIDDK Project Scientist, kicked off the meeting, presenting on the “2020 vision for NIDDK funding in Benign Urology.” The 3-day scientific meeting featured a morning trainee session organized by Duke’s KURe scholar Maryellen Kelly, DNP, as well as keynote lectures by the following:

  • Betsy Rolland, PhD, MPH, MLIS, Director of Team Science and Research Development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
  • Michael Chancellor, MD, Professor of Urology, Director of Aikens Research Center Beaumont Health System, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, Michigan

Additional highlights of the meeting:

  • K12 PI/PD Cindy Amundsen MD, moderated a session on “What are the Big Questions in Benign Urology.”
  • Nazema Siddiqui, MD, MHSc, presented “Prophylactic antibiotics and the urinary microbiome in menopausal women with recurrent urinary tract infections.“ 
  • Best Poster Winners Jim Hokanson, PhD, Duke KURe alumnus, presented “Intravesical Prostaglandin E2: Bladder Irritant or Urethral Smooth Muscle Relaxer?" and "KURE scholar Maryellen Kelly, DNP, presented “Determining the Prevalence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Children with Diabetes: Multi-center Cross-sectional Survey.“
  • P20 PI Pei Zhong, PhD, presented proposed research by Duke’s “Center for Urological Laser Technologies (CULT)” an interdisciplinary team of engineers, materials scientists, and photonics experts working in close collaboration with urologists.  

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