Author: Cynthia Ritter

Apply Now for the 2026 WashU Nephrology Summer Intern Research “SOAR” Program

The Washington University Kidney O’Brien Center for Chronic Kidney Disease Research, established in 2024, is excited to announce applications are open for its third immersive summer research program for undergraduate students interested in pursuing nephrology research. The Summer Opportunities for Achievement in Research (SOAR) program provides hands-on experience in basic science research under the guidance of a WashU Nephrology mentor.  Led by […]

Help Those in Need This 2025 Holiday Season

Join WashU Nephrology Virtual Food Drive for the St. Louis Area Foodbank The Holiday Season is a time for giving, and together we can make a difference.  WashU Nephrology is once again proud to support the St. Louis Area Foodbank, helping nourish our neighbors in need. Thanks to the dedication of Julie McNamara, Administrative Coordinator […]

Moe Mahjoub Advancing Lung Disease Research Through Dual R01 Awards

Moe Mahjoub, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine (Division of Nephrology) and the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, has received two newly awarded R01 grants from the NIH, totaling $6.1 million over four years.  These awards will support investigations into genetic and acquired airway diseases linked to motile cilia dysfunction.  The studies […]

Anuja Java to Lead USTMA Workshop Series at ASN Kidney Week 2025

Anuja Java, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at WashU Nephrology, will once again lead the United States Thrombotic Microangiopathy (USTMA) Workshop at ASN Kidney Week 2025.  This marks her third consecutive year as the organizer and host of this highly regarded educational event.  The two-day hybrid workshop, scheduled for November 5 and 6 in Houston, TX, aims […]

WashU Nephrology ASN Kidney Week 2025 Calendar

ASN Kidney Week returns November 5-9, 2025, in Houston, TX. There will be no virtual or hybrid option this year; however, recorded educational content will be available on demand on the ASN eLearning Center in late November or early December. WashU Nephrology will once again be strongly represented, with our faculty, fellows, and staff sharing cutting-edge […]

Celebrating Diwali – The Festival of Lights

Last week, Members of WashU Nephrology came together to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights, with a joyful gathering filled with Indian sweets, savory snacks, and Masala chai (spiced black tea).  The event featured hands-on activities including Paint the Diya (decorating clay lamps to take home), henna tattoos, and Rangoli drawing – an age-old art […]

Benjamin Humphreys Appointed to ASN Executive Council

WashU Nephrology is celebrating the appointment of Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD – Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Chief of the Division of Nephrology – as the newest Executive Councilor of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN). A prominent figure in kidney research and regenerative medicine, Dr. Humphreys will help guide strategic […]

Anuja Java to Lead Pilot Core in National TMA Consortium: The IMPACT Study

WashU Nephrology is proud to announce that transplant nephrologist Anuja Java, MD, has received a Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54) for her role in the newly funded Thrombotic Microangiopathies Consortium of the Rare Disease Clinical Research Network(RDCRN).   The initiative, known as the IMPACT Study (Initiation of a cohort to define pathogenic Mechanisms, Precision […]

Monica Chang-Panesso Awarded RO1 Grant to Study Cellular Senescence and AKI-to-CKD Transition

WashU Nephrology proudly congratulates Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, on receiving her first NIH RO1 grant.  The four-year, $1.5 million award will support her research project: Cellular Senescence and the Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) to Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) transition. Building on her prior studies, Chang-Panesso aims to identify cellular senescence as a […]

Samir Parikh, MD, to Speak at Eduardo Slatopolsky Lecture at Medicine Grand Rounds, Oct. 9, 2025

Samir Parikh, MD, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Chief of Nephrology at UT Southwestern, will deliver the Eduardo Slatopolsky Lecture in Renal and Electrolyte Disorders at Medicine Grand Rounds, Thursday, October 9, 2025, 8:00-9:00 a.m., in Clopton Auditorium, Wohl Clinic.  His talk is titled Metabolic Frailty in the Kidney. Dr. Parikh holds the Robert Tucker […]