One of the new faces you may have noticed in the division these past months is Hatice Goshtaiy, our new Research Administrator. Hatice has been with WashU since 2005. She worked in the Central Grants Office (OSRS) as a Grant Analyst and then moved on to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology as a Grant […]
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NKF Keep Healthy Program – Free Kidney Screening
The National Kidney Foundation participated in the Third Annual Community Health Fair at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in St. Louis this past Sunday, 28 August 2016, by providing kidney screening free of charge. The screening was only part of the event, which was a collaborative effort of health care providers, exhibitors and volunteers organized by […]
Spotlight on Women in Medicine & Science at WUMS
A symposium highlighting the work of women faculty members at Washington University School of Medicine will be held September 22, 2016, in the EPNEC Seminar Room B, 1:00-3:00 pm. “Development of women leaders at WUSM is a top priority to continue our excellence in clinical medicine, research and education,” says Victoria Fraser, MD, Adolphus Busch […]
Expanded Genomic Profiling for Renal Diseases at WashU
In the complex world of renal pathology, a kidney biopsy is often not enough to make a definitive diagnosis in certain patients. This is when diagnostic genetic testing can help. Genetic testing using next-generation sequencing (NGS; also known as high-throughput sequencing) is fast becoming a valuable tool for clinicians to help manage complicated cases and […]
Herrlich Speaker at Protease World in Health and Disease Symposium
Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology will be a featured speaker at the 2nd International Symposium Protease World in Health and Disease, Sept. 14-17, 2016, in Kiel, Germany. The symposium, entitled Proteolysis as a Regulatory Event in Pathophysiology is organized by the Collaborative Research Center 877, which focuses on […]
Urea – A Novel link between CKD and Diabetes
While it is well known that type 2 diabetes is a common cause of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), researchers have just shown that the opposite may be true. The study, published in JCI, demonstrates that urea is directly responsible for impairing insulin secretion in CKD. In a press release, Laetitia Koppe, MD, PhD, from the […]
Even Doctors Get the Blues: Medstro Provides Social Network of Support
Jennifer Joe, MD, a Harvard-trained nephrologist, realized after four years of college, four years of medical school, three years of residency and two years of a nephrology fellowship, that she had never been taught how to actually start her career … to find the job that was right for her. That is when Dr. Joe […]
Do Checkpoint Inhibitors Increase Rejection Risk?
Division of Nephrology faculty member Tarek Alhamed, MD has published an article questioning whether checkpoint inhibitors might be associated with an increased rejection. With senior author Dan Brennan, MD and coauthors Karthik Venkatachalam, MD, renal fellow and Gerald Linette, MD, of the Division of Oncology, the team described a renal transplant patient who developed metastatic […]
JCI Insight Fibrosis Paper Published
Division faculty members Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Eirini Kefaloyianni, PhD, Instructor of Medicine, today published a comprehensive manuscript describing the role of protease substrate release and kidney fibrosis. The study, published in JCI Insight, describes the upregulation of a disintegrin and metalloprotease 17 (ADAM17) during kidney disease. Substrates of this […]
Call for 2016 Translational Innovation Grant Proposals
The Renal Division is now accepting applications for its 2016 Translational Innovation Grant. The purpose of this funding program is to provide resources for collaborative research projects between basic and clinical investigators within the Division of Nephrology. Last year’s winners are profiled here. Successful proposals will feature a well-crafted plan for a research project that represents […]