Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Research on Calculus Kinetics (R.O.C.K.) Society meeting that was scheduled in Birmingham, AL, was held virtually Friday and Saturday, May 21-22, 2021.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Research on Calculus Kinetics (R.O.C.K.) Society meeting that was scheduled in Birmingham, AL, was held virtually Friday and Saturday, May 21-22, 2021.Dean Assimos, M.D., president of the R.O.C.K. Society, welcomed researchers across the U.S. via Zoom. Clinical and scientific presentations followed Friday and Saturday.
Presentations
Three scientifc research projects were presented by the Department of Urology:
Racial Differences in Kidney Stone Composition
Joseph Crivelli, M.D., Endourology fellow
Under to Stone: Genetics to Uncover Rare Kidney Stone Disease
Kyle Wood, M.D., assistant professor
Oxalate Alters Macrophage Cellular Bioenergetics, Redox Homeostasis, Immune Response, and Antibacterial Response
Tanecia Mitchell, Ph.D., assistant professor
2021 R.O.C.K. Society Presidential Award
Ross Holmes, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Urology, received the 2021 R.O.C.K. Society Presidential Award for his above and beyond service to the society.
ROCK Society Presidential Award being presented to Ross P. Holmes by Dean Assimos. pic.twitter.com/ZfSrpEZr2l
— Dean Assimos (@DeanAssimos) May 22, 2021