2026 Summer SPUUR Program Materials

SPUUR INFORMATION

1. SPUUR Expectations for 2026. Available HERE
2. SPUUR Schedule for 2026. This includes our every Monday “Meta Monday” schedule as well as a few additional activities (many are virtual) on other days. FULL SCHEDULE is HERE. Participation every Monday, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, is REQUIRED.
3. SPUUR FAQs for 2026. Available HERE
4. Things to do in Madison during the summer. Available HERE
5. SPUUR leader contact info:
   • Co-PI: Chad Vezina, PhD, chad.vezina@wisc.edu
   • Co-PI: Kris Penniston, PhD, RD, penn@urology.wisc.edu
   • Administrative Coordinator: Jenny Dahlberg, jenny.dahlberg@wisc.edu

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SPUUR EVENTS

• “Meta Monday” SPUUR club. In-person, every Monday in the Health Sciences Learning Center beginning at 9:00 AM. See full “SPUUR Schedule” schedule above. Participation is required.
• Weekly Seminars,  Responsible Research and Conduct. In-person on Wednesday mornings; schedule available shortly. You will join summer students from the UW-Madison Veterinary School for these one-hour events during most Wednesday mornings. They take place in the School of Veterinary Medicine (2015 Linden Drive). Participation is required.
• Virtual CAIRIBU Community Events and Activities. These include CAIRIBU K12 Scholar Seminars, the CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group Trainee Summer Camp, CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars, and an in-person CAIRIBU urobiome meeting and poster session. Dates and times vary; see last page of the SPUUR Schedule HERE. Participation in these events, based on approval of your research mentor, is strongly encouraged.
• Virtual Jamboree for Summer Undergraduate Students in Urology Research – Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 12:30 Noon to 2:30 PM (Central Time). Program schedule TBD. As an example, the program schedule for the 2025 Jamboree is HERE. Participation is required.
  • The Jamboree is an annual platform for undergraduate students involved in summer research activities at NIDDK-funded urology centers across the US, i.e., George M. O’Brien Urology Research Centers at UW-Madison, Stanford University, and Columbia University. UW-Madison SPUUR scholars will  prepare and submit an abstract, deliver oral presentations describing their research, and entertain questions and comments during virtual Q&A sessions.
  • ABSTRACT GUIDELINES. Guidelines for abstract preparation and submission for the 2026 jamboree are HERE. You must follow them exactly, including meeting the submission deadline. A Word template, formatted for these guidelines, is HERE.

1. • POWER POINT SLIDE TEMPLATE FOR ORAL PRESENTATION. The template for the 2026 jamboree may be downloaded HERE (NOTE that these slides are optional; you may wish to use a slide template from your mentor’s research group)

• CAIRIBU Urobiome Summer Meeting. In-person, all day Thursday and Friday, July 30-31 in the Health Sciences Learning Center. Hear from national leaders in the urobiome research field; includes a poster session featuring the urobiome research of various investigators across the country. MEETING PROGRAM AVAILABLE SHORTLY; meals are included. Participation is required.

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SPUUR RESEARCH RESOURCES – Feel free to use these!

1. Research planning document. Sample template for documenting your summer research plans, goals, timeline, and progress HERE
2. Weekly research planner. Example of Gantt chart to be used to structure and document your time and research progress – download Word doc HERE
3. Steps in designing a research study HERE
4. Criteria in determining authorship of a research publication. One of many suggested frameworks available here: Authorship criteria – Kosslyn. As soon as possible, discuss authorship related to each project with your research mentor and research teammates.
5. Intro to urology research and to CAIRIBU (Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research In Benign Urology). A brief introduction to the urinary tract, common urologic problems, and knowledge gaps and also to nationwide collaborative urology research community. Power Point slides HERE
6. Creating good Power Point presentations for presenting your research. Slides from July 2025 presentation by Dr. Johanna Hannan (Department of Urology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health) HERE
7. Writing scientific abstracts. Slides from July 2025 presentation by Dr. Johanna Hannan (Department of Urology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health) HERE
8. Creating effective abstracts and posters. Slides from presentation by Dr. Lauren Baker (UW-Madison Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin College of Agricultural and Life Sciences) on communicating your science by creating good abstracts and posters HERE
9. Poster templates. Create a PDF of your poster; you may use one of these OPTIONAL Power Point poster templates – (a) SPUUR-branded poster template; (b) Unbranded poster template
10. Preparing an NIH Biosketch
    • Biosketch instructions and other biosketch forms HERE (NIH Grants & Funding Page)
    • Blank biosketch form for predoctoral fellowships or positions HERE
    • Example of a predoctoral biosketch HERE
    • Example of an investigator’s biosketch (K. Penniston) for a grant application HERE