# 2022 Conference: Clinical and Scientific Advances in Urinary Tract Infections

> **NIH NIH R13** · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · 2022 · $2,500

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
 Urinary tract infections are a significant socioeconomic burden afflicting 150 million patients
worldwide each year, most of whom are healthy adult women. The high rate of antibiotic usage to
treat acute and recurrent episodes of urinary tract infection has led to a dramatic increase in the
number of infections caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria including extended spectrum beta-
lactam producing strains. The decrease in availability of efficacious antibiotic therapies has elevated
the need to accelerate all aspects of UTI research as outlined in our programmatic topic areas.
This conference goes beyond the exchange of basic science findings and strive for a clinical
relevance of research findings as they can be applied to clinical practice as well as using clinical
challenges to foster new collaborations and experimental approaches. Although healthy women
represent the majority of patients treated for urinary tract infection, we will target previously under
investigated areas such as sex and age differences, susceptibility factors and negative sequelae.
Further, this conference provides clinicians across specialties (such as pediatrics, geriatrics,
obstetrics, complex care, emergency medicine, urology, and nephrology) the opportunity to
brainstorm treatment approaches with each other and to communicate their needs for research
directly to researchers, informing future lines of scientific inquiry. By focusing holistically on the
disease of UTI rather than on any one research or clinical approach, discussions and collaborations
can cross from the bench to the bedside. As part of a long-term plan for preventing and managing
UTI, we also have a training mission to recruit and support early career researchers and those not
traditionally represented in medicine and research as they transition into the next generations of
experts.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10540602
- **Project number:** 1R13DK134128-01
- **Recipient organization:** RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP
- **Principal Investigator:** Christina B Ching
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $2,500
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10540602

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10540602, 2022 Conference: Clinical and Scientific Advances in Urinary Tract Infections (1R13DK134128-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10540602. Licensed CC0.

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