Congratulations to Dr. Kristina Penniston, UW O’Brien Center Interaction Core Coordinator, for receiving a Urology Centers Program Interactions Core Award (U24, NIDDK)! This 5-year grant will support broad and diverse efforts to enhance collaboration and restore …
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Dr. Teresa Liu, PhD, joins the UW-Madison Department of Urology
Congratulations to Dr. Teresa Liu for her Assistant Scientist appointment to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Urology! Dr. Liu recently obtained a K01 titled “Impact of Age on Altered Steroidogenesis and Estrogen Receptor Activation …
Correlation between LUTS and Phenotypic Frailty
Congratulations to Dr. Scott Ryan Bauer (UCSF & San Francisco VA), Dr. William Ricke (UW-Madison O’Brien Center), and colleagues on their new publication in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society! See the full manuscript …
Katelin Cunningham Starting Masters Program for Healthcare Administration (MHA) at UMN
Congratulations to former SPUUR student Katelin Cunningham for her acceptance into the Masters program for Healthcare Administration (MHA) at both Columbia University and the University of Minnesota (UMN)! She just started the MHA program at …
Review of the Development and Treatment of CRPC
Congratulations to Drs. Jordan Vellky and William Ricke on their new publication in Neoplasia! See the full manuscript here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476558620301482
Drs. Magda Grabowska, Petra Popovics, and Colleagues Describe the Expression Pattern of NFIB in Prostate Cancer
In a new study, Drs. Magda Grabowska (Case Western Reserve University), Petra Popovics (UW-Madison O’Brien Center), and colleagues describe the expression pattern of NFIB in primary and castration-resistant prostate cancer and its positive correlation with …
Former SPUUR student Brett Mueller awarded a MSSRP fellowship
Brett Mueller, a former UW O’Brien Center SPUUR student and current M.D. candidate at MCW, was awarded a MSSRP fellowship to investigate multimedia education for pain management. Congratulations, Brett! More information on MSSRP fellowships: https://ctsi.mcw.edu/education/degree-programs/sams/funding/
Former SPUUR student Lucille Anzia has been accepted to the University of Central Florida College of Medicine!
We are proud to congratulate Lucille Anzia, a former O’Brien Center Summer Program for Undergraduate Urology Research (SPUUR) student, on her acceptance to the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. Lucille will be starting …
A Non-canonical Mechanism for TNKS1 Inhibition Functions to Establish Tissue-Specific Control of the Wnt/β-catenin Pathway
Dr. Douglas Strand (UT-Southwestern) and colleagues describe a non-canonical mechanism for TNKS1 inhibition that functions to establish tissue-specific control of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. See full text here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32698014/
Klotho Mutant Mice Prove to be a Valuable Premature Aging Model
Exciting new research from Drs. Laura Lamb, Dale Bjorling, and colleagues describes the bladder phenotype of klotho mutant mice and their value as a premature aging model. See full text here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364365/ https://