Author: Cynthia Ritter

Drs. Eirini Kefalogianni and Monica Chang-Panesso Receive Career Development Awards

Congratulations to two of our WashU Nephrology investigators who recently received career development awards. Eirini Kefalogianni, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, recently received a three-year, $231,000 (total), Career Development Award from the American Heart Association (AHA) to study the roles of cellular and circulating Tumor-Necrosis-Factor-Receptors 1 and 2 (TNFR1/2) in kidney disease.  Her application was ranked at […]

Munis Mattu Joins WashU Nephrology Transplant Training Program

WashU Nephrology welcomes Munis Azim Mattu, M.D. to our Transplant Training Program (@WUTransplant), one of the largest and most experienced kidney transplant centers in the United States. Munis’ primary interest in transplant nephrology stems from the intricacies in the management of the host, who “has received a precious gift of organ donation” to recoup the […]

Aubrey Morrison Receives Nathan Hellman Memorial Teaching Award

WashU Nephrology is pleased to announce that Aubrey Morrison, MBBS, MACP, FASN, Professor of Medicine and Developmental Biology, is the recipient of the 2020 Nathan Hellman Memorial Teaching Award.  The annual award is given to a faculty member selected by WashU Nephrology fellows.   “I personally knew Nathan during his early years in St. Louis […]

Welcome 2020 Nephrology Fellows

2020 Fellows welcome

An event organizer enthusiast, an avid surfer, a gearhead, an official translator/interpreter, and a self-proclaimed workoutholic, WashU Nephrology welcomes our 2020-2022 fellows.  We are proud to introduce: Maryam Saleem, MBBS, earned her medical degree from King Edward Medical University Pakistan and completed her residency at Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program, Waterbury, CT.  While Maryam had […]

Farewell and Best Wishes to Our Graduating Renal and Transplant Fellows

Congratulations to our graduating renal and transplant fellows of 2020, you will be missed. We wish you the best in your future careers! An outdoor, evening celebration was held at the Ellen S. Clark Hope Plaza gathering space June 23, 2020. Celebration photos were taken by assistant professor of medicine and talented photographer, Dr. Charbel […]

Ying Maggie Chen Awarded NU GoKidney Grant

Dr. Ying Maggie Chen

Congratulations to Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, WashU Nephrology, who was awarded a Northwestern University George M. O’Brien Kidney Core Center (NU GoKidney) Pilot and Feasibility Grant.  NU GoKidney is a kidney research center that fosters research leading to the discovery of novel nephrotherapeutics that will transform the prevention and treatment of kidney diseases and […]

Obituary: Jesse Yates, Thirty-year Retired Veteran of WashU Nephrology

Mr. Jesse Thomas Yates, a former research technician who was part of the Division of Nephrology in its early days – and who helped train over 50 fellows – passed away on June 8, 2020, at 89 years of age. Mr. Yates served in the U.S. Army in a medical unit during the Korean War. […]

Alport UK Spotlights the Jeff Miner Laboratory

Please join Jeffrey Miner, PhD, and members of his lab this Wednesday for the latest in the series of Alport online workshops.  Hosted by Alport UK, the Zoom event will be held June 24, 2020, at 11:30 Central Daylight Time (5:30 pm British Summer Time). Dr. Miner, Professor of Medicine, WashU Nephrology, is an internationally […]

2020 Translational Innovation Grant Awarded to Drs. Sanjay Jain and Tingting Li

The Division of Nephrology’s 2020 Translational Innovation grant of $50,000 has been awarded to Sanjay Jain, MD, PhD, and Tingting Li, MD, MSCI.  Their project focuses on developing methods for single nucleus transcriptomic studies on archived diagnostic frozen kidney biopsy tissue from patients with pauci-immune glomerulonephritis (PIGN).  WashU Nephrology’s Translational Grant program has been offered […]

Paul Roberson takes Helm from Retiring Rick Hasamear as Manager of Technical Services for Dialysis Operations at Chromalloy

WashU Nephrology congratulates Paul Roberson, Chromalloy Kidney Center’s new manager of technical services for dialysis operation, as we also wish a happy retirement to Patrick (Rick) Hasamear.  Roberson has worked at Chromalloy for 37 years and is taking the helm from Hasamear, who is a 35-year Chromalloy veteran. Paul Roberson has an associate in applied […]