Team

Dominika has organised YUM since 2012. She is responsible for website, media, special events like career sessions and publications. She completed her PhD with Dr Marcus Drake at the University of Bristol. Currently working in medical e-learning industry in London, UK. She is raising awareness of urology research and her recent TEDx Talk was entitled “To pee or not to pee?”
Research interests: Bladder integrative physiology: bladder wall movements – from cells to system function.

John has organised YUM since 2012. He is responsible for budgets, contacts with keynotes and sponsors. He is a dedicated researcher with a passion for educating tomorrow’s scientists and health-care practitioners. Currently he is a group leader and a Senior Lecturer at University of Portsmouth, UK. Read more about his research interests and projects in urology.
 
Research interests: Bladder wall signalling in physiology and pathophysiology.

Alan is currently working as a research assistant at the Bristol Urological Institute. He is also in his second year of his PhD at the university of Bristol, developing a new patient reported outcome measure for underactive bladder.

Research interests: Underactive bladder, PRO questionnaire development, qualitative research.

Basu has recently graduated with a PhD from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, which focused on understanding the physiology and contractility of the human prostate gland, the changes that occur, and the implications it has for treating prostate specific diseases to ultimately improve patient outcomes. He has relocated to half way around the world, literally, and is currently a Research Associate in Prof. Christopher Fry’s and Dr. Marcus Drake’s laboratory at the University of Bristol in Bristol, UK.
Research interests: Bladder physiology, smooth muscle contractility, urogenital physiology and pharmacology