Study Details Origin of Myofibroblasts Responsible for Kidney Fibrosis

The results of an international collaboration of researchers including Dr. Benjamin Humphreys, Division of Nephrology at Washington University, and Dr. Rafael Kramann, Division of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology at RWTH Aachen University in Germany, published in the May issue of JCI insight, settles the years-old controversy of the origin of scar-forming macrophages in the kidney. […]

Jianghui Hou Authors Book on Paracellular Channels

The Division of Nephrology congratulates Associate professor of Medicine Jianghui Hou, PhD, on the recent publication of his book The Paracellular Channel: Biology, Physiology and Disease (1st edition; Academic Press, Elsevier; June 9, 2018). The book is a comprehensive coverage of an understudied field that may hold key insights into some of the most mysterious […]

2018 Renal Staff Microgrant Extends Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Program

The continued education and availability of digital home blood pressure monitors for low income patients in the Nephrology Clinic will be made possible for another year due to funding from the Renal Staff Microgrant Program. The Microgrant Program funds projects that will improve the overall care of our dialysis patients and make a positive difference […]

Humphreys Elected Secretary-Treasurer to ASCI Council

The Division of Nephrology congratulates Chief Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD, for being elected Secretary-Treasurer of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) for 2020-2022.

Visiting Professor Laurence Beck MD, PhD

The division welcomed Laurence Beck, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, on October 2.