Distinguished Scientist
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kristina Penniston, PhD, RDN, Distinguished Senior Scientist in the Department of Urology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, has built a research program focused on the prevention of kidney stone recurrence. Dr. Penniston is also a registered dietitian nutritionist at the UW Health University Hospital and Clinics where she provides medical nutrition therapy to patients with kidney stones and other urologic conditions. Dr. Penniston conducts clinical quality improvement and research interventions in the clinical setting. Notable initiaitives include the development of shared medical appointments as a new model of care for patients in the stone prevention clinic. Other notable research efforts include the development of an adult porcine model for studying calcium oxalate stone formation and development of the Wisconsin Stone Quality of Life (WISQOL) questionnaire, a disease-specific instrument for assessing health-related quality of life in patients with stones. Dr. Penniston led a multi-center consortium to assess and validate the WISQOL, which is now translated into more than a dozen languages and widely used in research and industry settings. Dr. Penniston has provided research training and opportunities to endourology fellows at UW-Madison for >15 years. She is a member of the Research on Calculus Kinetics Society and served as Secretary-Treasurer (2018-2023) and President (2023-2026). She was an AUA Research Scholar from 2008-2010. With 2 former UW-Madison endourology fellows, she co-directed an annual AUA meeting course for nearly 10 years on the nutritional prevention of stones. Dr. Penniston is frequent reviewer of AUA Research Scholar and Rising Star grant applications and reviews for multiple urology journals. She is PI of the coordinating center for the community of NIDDK-funded genitourinary and urology investigators known as CAIRIBU (Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology) and Co-PI of an NIDDK-funded summer program for undergraduate urology research.
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Friday, April 28, 2023
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST
Saturday, April 29, 2023
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Monday, May 1, 2023
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