Uro-Voiding Research Interest Group

CAIRIBU Uro-Voiding RIG

The Uro-Voiding Research Interest Group includes CAIRIBU and non-CAIRIBU investigators focused on improving diagnostics and treatments for bladder dysfunctions. Key themes included multi-modal monitoring, gene therapy, and regenerative treatments. The group identified four research gaps: bi-directional neural regulation, sex differences in the lower urinary tract, human data mining from brain to bladder, and mechanistic understanding of disease subtypes.

Specific research questions addressed predicting adverse outcomes, understanding disease progression, and identifying physiological fingerprints. The goal is to develop more precise treatments and better characterize bladder diseases. The first CAIRIBU RIGs to coalesce are the Urobiome RIG, Uro-Aging RIG, and Voiding Dysfunction RIG.