Category: Grant

Postdoc Scholars Chenjian Gu, Megan Noonan and Poornima D. E. Weerasinghe-Mudiyanselage Awarded ASN KidneyCure Ben J. Lipps Grants

Congratulations to three WashU Nephrology postdoctoral scholars for being awarded the highly competitive American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Cure Ben J. Lipps Research Fellowship Program grants. The Ben J. Lipps Research Fellowship Program grants are designed to support postdoctoral fellows in conducting original, high-quality research that will help establish the beginnings of an independent […]

Ying Maggie Chen Receives Grant from WashU Center of Regenerative Medicine

The Center of Regenerative Medicine (CRM) at Washington University has awarded Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, a one-year grant for her proposal entitled “Personalized kidney organoid modeling to develop novel treatment for uromodulin-associated chronic kidney disease.” The CRM is a research collaborative of over 80 faculty members who are dedicated to advancing the science of […]

Yoshiharu Muto, MD, PhD, Receives Polycystic Kidney Disease Research Resource Consortium Pilot and Feasibility Award

WashU Nephrology congratulates Yoshiharu Muto, MD, PhD, Instructor of Medicine, for being selected to receive a Polycystic Kidney Disease Research Resource Consortium (PKD RRC) Pilot and Feasibility Award for his project titled “Defining GPRC5A as a Therapeutic Target for ADPKD.”  He is one of six 2024 PKD RRC awardees.   Funded by the National Institute […]

Transplant Nephrologist Anuja Java, Recent ICTS Grant Recipient, is Elected as Women in Nephrology Secretary

Congratulations to Washington University transplant nephrologist Anuja Java, MD, who was recently elected as Secretary of the Women in Nephrology (WIN) organization for 2024-2036.  WIN, founded in 1983, promotes professional development, mentorship, and education for women and men in nephrology.   Java has extensive experience in the WIN organization.  In 2022, she was elected to […]

Post-Doc Research Scholar Shayna Bradford Awarded NIH Career Development Award

Shayna Bradford, PhD, a WashU Nephrology post-doctoral research scholar in the Humphreys Laboratory, has been awarded a two-year, $181,500 MOSAIC K99/R00 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  The MOSAIC (Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers)grant program is designed to […]

WashU Kidney O’Brien Center Takes CKD Research to the Next Level through Team Science

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a highly under-recognized disease that affects almost 15% of the US population and carries significant morbidity and mortality.  Although important scientific advances promise to accelerate CKD research, many are not accessible to the kidney research community due to limited expertise and/or the need for expensive equipment. A new Center at […]

Yoshiharu Muto, MD, PhD, Awarded KidneyCure Carl W. Gottschalk Grant

Yoshiharu, Muto, MD, PhD, Instructor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, has been awarded a 2023 Carl W. Gottschalk Research Scholar Grant by the KidneyCure Transition to Independence Grants Program, a foundation of the American Society of Nephrology. The scholarship program helps young biomedical investigators achieve independent research careers with funding of up to $100,000 per year for […]

Collaborators Ying Maggie Chen and Srikanth Singamaneni Receive NIDDK R21 Grant to Develop Bio-needle Technology

Washington University School of Medicine collaborators, nephrologist Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, and bio-engineer Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD, have received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21), awarded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The R21 grant program encourages exploratory/developmental research by providing support for the early […]

Nephrologist Ying Maggie Chen and Bio-Engineer Srikanth Singamaneni Receive OVCR Grant to Develop Bio-needle Technology to Detect AKI Biomarkers

A new, minimally-invasive bio-diagnostic device may replace painful blood collection techniques used to detect acute kidney injury (AKI) biomarkers in children in the future. WashU collaborators, nephrologist Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, and bio-engineer Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD, have received a grant from the OVCR (Office of Vice Chancellor for Research) Seed Grant Program to study […]

Dr. Hani Suleiman Receives NIDDK R01 Grant to Study Kidney Podocyte Architecture

Hani Suleiman, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology at Washington University in St. Louis, has been awarded a four-year, $1.37M R01 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study the “Molecular Determinants of Kidney Podocyte Architecture in Health, Injury, and Recovery.” Dr. Suleiman’s research focuses […]