Join us on Thursday 4/29/21 and Friday 4/30/21 at the DUKE Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Symposium with O’Brien Center-affiliated presenters Dr. Petra Popovics (Ricke Lab), Brandon Scharpf (Vezina Lab), Dr. Lauren Baker, Jaskiran Sandhu (Vezina …
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Dr. Scott Bauer, MD, MS (UCSF), awarded a Health in Aging Foundation New Investigator Award by the American Geratrics Society!
Congratulations to Dr. Scott Bauer, MD, MS, UW O’Brien Center collaborator and K12 Scholar at the University of California San-Francisco-Kaiser Permanente Urological Epidemiology Institutional Research Career Development Program, for being awarded a Health in Aging …
Tamara Bavendam, MD, MS, awarded a 2021 SUFU Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to Dr. Tamara Bavendam, MD, MS, NIDDK Program Director for the Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases, for being awarded a 2021 SUFU Lifetime Achievement Award! The Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology …
UW O’Brien Center researchers demonstrate that genetic factors serve as modifiers of responsiveness to T+E2
New research from investigators at the UW-Madison O’Brien Center demonstrates that genetic factors serve as modifiers of responsiveness to testosterone and estradiol implants (T+E2), establishing the need to control for genetic background in studies of …
Former K12 Scholar, Dr. Heidi Wendell Brown, MD MAS FACOG, awarded a NIDDK R01 for “Tailoring Online Continence Promotion for Women”
Congratulations to Dr. Heidi Wendell Brown, MD MAS FACOG, Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Associate Division Director, Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, for her recent R01 award ‘Tailoring Online Continence Promotion for Women’! More than …
Dr. William Ricke awarded a $2M R01 grant from NIDDk titled “Estrogen Pathways in the Development of Prostatic Fibrosis and Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction”
Dr. William Ricke has been awarded a R01 grant from NIDDK titled “Estrogen Pathways in the Development of Prostatic Fibrosis and Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction”. The $2 million grant, funded from 4/1/2021-3/31/2025, aims to establish …
Dr. Debra Garvey, post-doc in Dr. Will Ricke’s lab, awarded a NIEHS R01 supplement to study estrogen receptor alpha in relation to the development of LUTD
Congratulations to Dr. Debra Garvey, Research Associate/Post-doc in Dr. Will Ricke’s lab, for being awarded a NIEHS R01 supplemental grant to study estrogen receptor alpha in relation to the development of lower urinary tract dysfunction under the …
Christian Ortiz Hernandez, PhD candidate in Dr. Will Ricke’s lab, awarded a NIDDK U54 supplement to study the role of estrogens in the development of prostate fibrosis and LUTD
We are proud to announce that Christian Ortiz Hernandez, PhD candidate in Dr. Will Ricke’s lab, has been awarded a NIDDK U54 supplemental grant to study the role of estrogens in inducing prostate fibrosis and associated lower …
Ricke Lab welcomes new graduate student, Han Zhang
The Ricke Lab is pleased to welcome our newest lab member, Han Zhang, a UW School of Pharmacy graduate student. Han will be studying hormone resistance and bioinformatics in relation to prostate disease. Welcome, Han!
UW Small Animal Imaging Facility receives UW-Madison Research Core Revitalization Program grant
Congratulations to Drs. Alan McMillan and Sean Fain for being awarded a UW Research Core Revitalization Program grant for 2020-2021! In collaboration with the O’Brien Center, the UW Small Animal Imaging and Radiotherapy Facility (SAIRF) …