AUA Foundation names Research Scholars Program's 2007 class

The AUA Foundation has named the 2007 class for its Research Scholars Program. The scholars and their research projects are:
2007-'08 Astellas Foundation USA Scholars:

Trinity J. Bivalacqua, MD, PhD, of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore ("Molecular basis of priapism: Nitric oxide imbalance"); Sean Corbett, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston ("Improved detection of chromosomal anomalies in gonadal dysgenesis"); and Scott Gilbert, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ("Assessing patient-centered survivorship care in prostate cancer").

2007-'08 Scholars:

Maureen Basha, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia ("Molecular mechanisms regulating vaginal smooth muscle function?), whose sponsors are the Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology and AUA Foundation; Martin Hager, PhD, Children's Hospital Boston ("Membrane heterogeneity in Akt activation in prostate cancer"), whose sponsors are the AUA Foundation Prostate Cancer Fund and GlaxoSmithKline; and Anthony Joshua, MD, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto ("Implications and consequences of telomere dysfunction in prostate cancer"), whose sponsor is the AUA Foundation.

2007-'09 Scholars:

Collene Jeter, PhD, University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston ("Novel strategy to isolate label-retaining cells from prostate tumors"), whose sponsor is sanofi-aventis; Wujiang Liu, PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City ("Role of mast cells in antigen-mediated autoimmune cystitis"), whose sponsors are the Interstitial Cystitis Association and Ortho Women's Health and Urology; and Laura Perin, PhD, Children's Hospital Los Angeles ("In vivo application of amniotic fluid stem cells for kidney regeneration"), whose sponsor is Dornier MedTech.