Postdoctoral researcher receives Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Award

Evaristus Mbanefo, Ph.D., M.S., M.Sc., a postdoctoral researcher at Children’s National Health System, was awarded the 2017 Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Award in recognition of his potential for a successful career in urology research. Mbanefo’s project, “Therapeutic Exploitation of Interleukin-4-Inducing Principle from Schistosoma Mansoni Eggs: A Urogenital Parasite-Derived Host Immunomodulatory Protein for Hemorrhagic Cystitis and Bladder Hypersensitivity,” was among 70 applications for the highly competitive annual award. He works in the lab run by Michael H. Hsieh, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Clinic for Adolescent and Adult Pediatric Onset Urology (CAPITUL) at Children’s National.