President
Kelvin P. Davies, PhD
Professor, Departments of Urology and Physiology & Biophysics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Vice President
Maryrose P. Sullivan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Harvard Medical School and VA Boston Healthcare System
Treasurer
Vivian Cristofaro, PhD
Instructor, Department of Surgery, Division of Urology
Harvard Medical School and VA Boston Healthcare System
Secretary
Carol A. Podlasek, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Urology
University of Illinois at Chicago
Business Operations Committee Chair
Michael E. DiSanto, PhD
Chair & Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Membership Committee Chair
Sylvia O. Suadicani, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Urology and Neuroscience
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Social Media Committee Chair
Johanna L. Hannan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology
The Brody School of Medicine
East Carolina University
Awards Committee Chair
Francis “Monty” Hughes, Jr.
Assistant Professor, Department of Urology
Duke University Medical Center
Funding Committee Chair
Mary F. Barbe, PhD
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Temple University School of Medicine
Members at Large
Matthew O. Fraser, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Urology
Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers
Dr. Yolanda Cruz Gómez, PhD
Professor, Tlaxcala Behavioral Biology Center
The Autonomous University of Tlaxcala
Trainee Affairs Committee Chair
Cara Hardy, PhD
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Jackson Laboratory
Past Presidents
2020-2021 – Michael R. Ruggieri, Sr., PhD
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
2015-2019 – Matthew O. Fraser, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Urology
Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers
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ALLIANCES/PARTNERSHIPS
– International Continence Society – Annual Meeting Partnership – 2017-Present
– NIH/NIA R13 Meeting Grant (R13-AG071166) – 2020-Present
– American Urological Association – Member of the AUA Urology Research Conferences Advisory Board (URCAB) – 2018-2021
– Diabetes and Diabetic Uropathy Symposium – Partnered with American Diabetes Association, American Urological Association, Urology Care Foundation, Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction, Duke Department of Surgery and an NIH/NIDDK R13 Meeting Grant (R13-DK115224) – October 8-9, 2017, Linthicum, MD, USA