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ROCKSDue 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.