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2025 – 2026 Research Scholar Award Recipients
Apoorv Dhir, MD
Project Title: “Development of a Universal Communication Framework to Improve Shared Decision-Making for Small Renal Masses”
Institution: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Primary Mentor: Hung-Jui Tan, MD, MSHPM
Sponsor: AUA Southeastern Section
Renzo DiNatale, MD
Project Title: “Clinical Risk Stratification and Tumor Heterogeneity Assessment in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma”
Institution: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.
Primary Mentor: Roger Li, MD
Sponsor: AUA Southeastern Section
Lin Lin, MD, PhD
Project Title: “Functional Mitochondrial Complex I Predicts Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasis”
Institution: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Primary Mentor: Vitaly Margulis, MD
Sponsor: AUA South Central Section
Andrea Sartori, PhD
Project Title: “Unveiling the Spinal Neurons Central to Human Lower Urinary Tract Regulation”
Institution: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Primary Mentor: Anne Verstegen, PhD
Sponsor: AUA New England Section Wyland F. Leadbetter, MD Award
Juan Serna, MD
Project Title: “Is There a Benefit to Selective Medical Therapy for Calcium Oxalate Stone Prevention vs an Empiric Approach? A Randomized Control Trial”
Institution: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Primary Mentor: Mantu Gupta, MD
Sponsor: Endourological Society Joseph Segura, MD Scholarship in Endourology and Stone Management
Ao Zhang, MD, PhD
Project Title: “Characterization of Heterogenous Response to Antibody-Drug Conjugates in Bladder Cancer with Variant Histology”
Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Primary Mentor: David Solit, MD
Sponsor: AUA New York Section E. Darracott Vaughan, Jr., MD Award
Dates to Remember
October 3, 2025
Last day to start a 90-day performance period for Improvement Activities.
April 1, 2025 – December 1, 2025
2025 MVP registration window.
To register, sign into the QPP website with your HCQIS Access and Roles Profile (HARP) account. **NOTE: A HARP account is required to complete registration.**
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