John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
Jeffry Miner, PhD, was recently named the inaugural Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Endowed Professor of Medicine in Nephrology. A virtual celebration was held April 2, 2021. Dr. Victoria Fraser, Chair, Department of Medicine, and Dr. Benjamin Humphreys, Chief, Division of Nephrology at Washington University, hosted the event with many family, friends and colleagues in attendance. […]
Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Chief, Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected to serve as Vice-President of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). The ASCI, founded in 1908, is one of the oldest and most esteemed nonprofit […]
WashU Nephrology congratulates Associate Professor of Medicine Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD, who received a four-year, $660,000 VA Merit Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that will fund his work on “Remote Injury Responses after Acute Kidney Injury (AKI).” The VA Merit Award, equal in standing to an R01 grant from the National Institutes […]
Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Chief, Division of Nephrology, has been invited to join the NIDDK Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC). Made up of accomplished senior researchers from NIDDK-funded universities and institutions, the BSC review panel evaluates independently resourced scientists in the NIDDK Intramural Research Program (IRP). […]
Washington University Division of Nephrology faculty members Tingting Li, MD, MSCI, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Anitha Vijayan, MD, FASN, Professor of Medicine, have been chosen to serve on multiple American Society of Nephrology (ASN) committees. Dr. Li is serving on the Publications Committee through 2022. The committee oversees current and future ASN publishing enterprises, […]
The Division of Nephrology congratulates Eryn Dixon, PhD, a postdoctoral research scholar in the laboratory of Dr. Benjamin Humphreys, on her acceptance into the American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology Early Career Reviewer Program. Dixon will work one-on-one with an associate editor for the next year, assisting in the evaluation and review of manuscripts as she […]
Congratulations to Shayna Bradford, PhD, a Washington University nephrology postdoctoral research scholar, who was selected for the ASN Policy and Advocacy Internship Program. The Policy and Advocacy Committee helps shape public policy for nephrology patients and health professionals. Interns are chosen for their interest in – and commitment to – policy writing, analysis, and engagement. […]
The American Society of Nephrology and KidneyCure (ASN Foundation) have invited Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, Washington University, to serve on their ASN Grants Review Committee. Established in 2012, KidneyCure currently provides over $3 million per year to nephrology fellows and new investigators to help […]
Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, Washington University, has been appointed as a special government employee to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Nephrology Subcommittee. Subcommittee members provide scientific peer review of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) research program applications submitted to Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development […]