The 13th NephMadness competition, a celebration of “all things nephrology,” officially tipped off on March 1, 2025. The month-long event hosted by AJKD Blog, is an online, interactive, educational activity modeled on March Madness, the annual US college basketball tournament, with the exception that nephrology topics fill in for basketball teams. Social media tools are used to […]
WashU Nephrology T-shirts are now available to order for the upcoming 2025 NKF Kidney Walk on Sunday, March 23, 2025, 11:00 a.m. at Westport Plaza, St. Louis. Every purchase includes a donation to our team! Payment is accepted through Venmo or cash. The Venmo link will be provided after order is confirmed. T-shirt orders will […]
Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, the Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Disease and Chief of the Division of Nephrology at WashU Medicine, was honored with the 2024 National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Award of Excellence. An internationally acclaimed physician-scientist, Humphreys’ research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of kidney regeneration, with the goal of identifying […]
Please join the WashU Nephrology team at the St. Louis National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Kidney Walk on March 23, 2025, at 11:00 am. The event will be held at 111 West Port Plaza Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146. Enjoy a fun day with our kidney community! All WashU faculty, staff and patients are welcome to get involved. Register to walk with […]
WashU Nephrology gathered for a potluck lunch on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, to celebrate the Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year and Spring Festival, as we usher in the year of the Wood Snake. The Lunar New Year celebration is a significant holiday in China and Chinese communities worldwide. It typically […]
WashU Nephrology is excited to welcome Mahmoud M. Musa, MD, as our 2025 renal transplant fellow. Our comprehensive, one-year Transplant Nephrology Program, which is dually accredited by American Society of Transplantation (ATS) and the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), offers trainees the opportunity to be part of one of the largest and most experienced kidney transplant centers in […]
As we invite undergraduate students to apply for WashU Nephrology’s 2025 SOAR summer internship program, we want to share the experiences and insights from our inaugural cohort of interns from last summer. Their observations provide a glimpse into the rewarding and impactful journey that awaits future interns. The WashU SOAR program, under the leadership of […]
Congratulations to Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, WashU Nephrology, on receiving an R56 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study impaired autophagy underlying the disease pathogenesis of autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease (ADTKD). Dr. Chen is a nephrotic syndrome specialist who […]
The Washington University Kidney O’Brien Center for Chronic Kidney Disease Research, established in 2024, is excited to announce it is accepting applications for its 2nd immersive summer research program for undergraduate students interested in pursuing nephrology research. The Summer Opportunities for Achievement in Research (SOAR) program offers interns the opportunity to get hands-on experience in basic science research under the guidance […]
WashU nephrologists Leslie Gewin, MD, and Anuja Java, MD, recently participated in the 2024 Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar. Organized by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the seminar took place December 2-5, 2024, in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. This seminar offers mid-career women faculty (defined as having at least two years […]