On May 11, KURe | Duke School of Medicine will be sponsoring a Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Day at the Albert Eye Research Institute Auditorium. The event will consist of keynote speakers, panel discussions, poster and oral presentations, trainee awards and a lunch with the experts. 

Clinical, translational, and basic scientists with an interest applicable to any aspect of benign urological disease are invited to attend.

This event is an opportunity for exchange of ideas, networking with colleagues and trainees, and productive discussions among basic, translational and clinical scientists from different backgrounds to develop collaborative and multidisciplinary approaches to answer urological research questions.

Keynote Speakers include:

• Greg Tasian, MD, MSc, MSCE Urology and Epidemiology University of Pennsylvania

           “Learning Health Systems: A New Model for Improving Surgical Outcomes for Kidney Stone Disease”

• Sheela Sathyanarayana, MD, MPH Pediatrics and Environmental Medicine University of Washington

           “Environmental Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Sex Specific Genitourinary Development”

Panel Discussions will be given on: Urinary Stone Disease and Genitourinary Development and Disease - Role of Environmental Exposures and Lifestyle.

Panelists include: 

• Emily S. Barrett, PhD            Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health
• David Goldfarb, MD              Nephrology, NYU
• Tanecia Mitchell, PhD          Urology, University of Alabama
• Susan Murphy, PhD              Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences, Duke University
• Heather Patisaul, PhD          Neuroscience, Endocrinology, and Toxicology, NC State Univ.
• Jonathan Routh, MD            Pediatric Urology, Duke University
• Charles D. Scales Jr, MD      Urology, Duke University

This event is organized by the Duke Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research Career Development Program (KURe K12DK100024) and the Duke Pelvic Medicine Research Consortium (PMRC).

For more information about speakers, abstract submission and registration please go to: http://KURe.medschool.duke.edu