The 2025 AUA Census documents significant geographic maldistribution of the urologic workforce—with 62% of US counties lacking a urologist—alongside a median practitioner age of 54 and generational shifts in career expectations that together pose near-term workforce sustainability challenges.
Health services research at UNC is informing community-based outreach efforts in prostate cancer—including engagement with HBCUs and patient groups across North Carolina—by centering patient and community perspectives to identify and address the barriers that prevent evidence-based care from reaching those who need it most.
