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The 2015-2026 picture for Northwestern University Department of Urology is a 49-PI network with 185 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Medicine as the leading field (57% of slots across 43 PIs; 43 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (15% of slots across 19 PIs; 19 labels), and Urological Disorders and Treatments as the leading topic (8% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The leading PI names are Joshua J. Meeks (41.4 weighted works; Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies); Ali Shilatifard (41.3 weighted works; Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, RNA Research and Splicing). The clearest collaboration lines are Joshua A. Halpern and Robert E. Brannigan (74 shared works, weight 43). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 89.5, around Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, General Health Professions, led by Joshua J. Meeks, Ali Shilatifard, Adam B. Weiner.