Category: Awards

Repurposing Drugs May Help Fast-track Clinical Trials Aimed at Slowing Alport Syndrome Progression

The Alport Syndrome Foundation awarded Dr. Benjamin Humphreys, Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Chief, Division of Nephrology, a two-year, $125,000 grant for his proposal “Tubulointerstitial Profiling for Alport Syndrome Target Identification.” Alport Syndrome results from damage caused to podocytes, cells that help form the filtration barrier within the glomerulus.  Damage to […]

Tingting Li Receives Nathan Hellman Memorial Teaching Award in Nephrology

Congratulations to Tingting Li, MD, MSCI, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, the 2019 recipient of the division’s Nathan Hellman Memorial Teaching Award in Nephrology. The teaching award was established through a donation from former WU nephrology fellow Richard Hellman, MD, and his wife, Patricia, in memory of their son, Nathan E. Hellman, who […]

Tingting Li and Frank O’Brien Receive Inaugural Clinical Innovation Grants

Two research groups, headed by Tingting Li, MD, MSCI, and Frank O’Brien, MD, will be the first recipients of the Clinical Innovation Grants (CIG), the new funding program that provides resources for clinical research projects within the Division of Nephrology. Dr. Tingting Li, Associate Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, will receive $38,038 to study Choroidal Thickness […]

Dr. Maggie Chen and Yeawon Kim Honored at OTM’s Annual Celebration of Inventors

The Division of Nephrology congratulates Assistant Professor of Medicine Ying (Maggie) Chen, MD, PhD, and Yeawon Kim, who were among the Washington University innovators and inventors honored at the 2nd Annual Celebration of Inventors on May 7, 2019, at Innovation Hall in the Cortex Innovation Community.  The event was sponsored by the Office of Technology […]