WU Nephrology Represented in 2019 Nephrology Social Media Collective Internship

The Nephrology Social Media Collective (NSMC) has announced the members of its 2019 internship, three of whom are affiliated with WU’s Division of Nephrology:  Dr. Madhuri Ramakrishnan, a first-year nephrology fellow; Dr. Yasar Caliskan, a visiting researcher in the Sanjay Jain Laboratory, and Dr. Sam Krishnamoorthy, a former nephrology fellow. Acknowledging the ever-increasing importance of […]

Dr. Will Ross to Serve on St Louis Zoo Commission

Professor of Medicine Will R. Ross, Division of Nephrology, has been elected to a four-year term on the St. Louis Zoological Park Subdistrict Commission.  The commission, which is the governing authority for the Saint Louis Zoo, has the fiduciary responsibility for the well-being of the Zoo. The Zoo, renowned for its innovative approaches to animal […]

Time to show WU Nephrology Pride and Wash Ur Kidneys! The 2019 NKF Kidney Walk is Almost Here

Jane Stromberg, MSW, and Tingting Li, MD, are once again co-captains of Wash Ur Kidneys, the Washington University nephrology team participating in the annual St. Louis Kidney Walk, to be held 12:30-2 pm, March 24, 2019, at Westport Plaza. The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) sponsors the fundraiser, the nation’s largest walking event.  More than 5,500 […]

Kidney Transplant Marks 10,000th Adult Organ Transplant

The WU/Barnes-Jewish Transplant Center hit a high mark on January 4, 2019, one that has been achieved by fewer than 5% of transplant programs nationwide.  The center performed its 10,000th adult solid organ transplant in the past 56 years.  That landmark transplant was a kidney. “It is a major milestone of our transplant center,” says […]

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Nephrology Available

The Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis seeks a motivated postdoctoral researcher for an NIH training grant-funded position in clinical, translational, and basic science research.  The successful candidate will become part of a dynamic academic research environment led by principal investigators with independent funding and excellent mentoring skills.  The […]

2019 Nephrology Fellowship Match Announced

The Division of Nephrology is proud to announce the results of the 2019-2020 National Resident Matching Program.  Below are our five new nephrology fellows, who will be joining the division on July 1, 2019.  A record holder Javelin thrower, an avid runner, an evolutionary biology buff, a traveler, and a self-proclaimed “nerd” – the new […]

Drs. Jeffrey Miner and Jonathan Barnes Receive Children’s Discovery Institute Grant

Congratulations to Jeffrey Miner, PhD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, and Jonathan Barnes, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Danforth Campus, co-recipients of a Children’s Discovery Institute (CDI) Interdisciplinary Research Initiative grant for their proposal to develop new approaches for the treatment of pediatric kidney disease. The Interdisciplinary […]

WU Nephrology and Guatemala Partnership Upgraded to Level A Status

Hard work and perseverance have paid off for the Sister Renal Center (SRC) pair of the Division of Nephrology at Washington University and the Guatemala Social Security Institute (IGSS) Renal Division.  The two nephrology centers were upgraded to an A-level status in the SRC program on January 1, 2019.  The SRC is a program of […]

Division’s scRNA-seq Research Makes NephJC and JASN Top Stories Lists for 2018

Congratulations to investigators in our division whose research using single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) was highlighted as one of the top nephrology stories of 2018 at NephJC, a nephrology journal club that uses Twitter to discuss the latest news in nephrology, and the scientific journal JASN. The topic of scRNA-seq came in at number nine […]

Drs. Kefalogianni and Khoury Awarded 2019 Translational Innovation Grant

The Division of Nephrology’s 2019 Translational Innovation Grant has been awarded to Instructor of Medicine Eirini Kefalogianni, PhD, and Assistant Professor of Medicine Charbel C. Khoury, MD, in the sum of $50,000. The Translational Innovation Grant program, now in its fourth year, brings together a basic scientist and a clinician from within the division to collaborative on a project that […]