WashU Nephrology proudly congratulates Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, on receiving her first NIH RO1 grant. The four-year, $1.5 million award will support her research project: Cellular Senescence and the Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) to Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) transition.
Building on her prior studies, Chang-Panesso aims to identify cellular senescence as a key driver of failed renal repair and to uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying this process, ultimately defining new targets for therapeutic intervention.
Since joining WashU Nephrology in 2015, Chang-Panesso has demonstrated a commitment to bench research alongside her clinical practice. Her work explores the molecular mechanisms of kidney repair after acute injury, with a particular focus on how aging disrupts recovery and contributes to chronic disease progression.
Her recent accomplishments include a KidneyCure Grant (2025), the 2023 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI) Research Scholar Award, the inaugural Roger M. Perlmutter Career Development Professorship (2021), and a five-year K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (2020) to study tubular senescence and proliferative capacity of the aging kidney.
Learn more about Dr. Chang-Panesso in our Nephrology News:
- Monica Chang-Panesso Awarded KidneyCure Grant
- Monica Chang-Panesso to be Installed as Roger M. Perlmutter Career Development Assistant Professor
- Dr. Monica Chang-Panesso Receives 2023 SSCI Research Scholar Award
- Monica Chang-Panesso Receives ASCI Council Young Physician-Scientist Award
- Drs. Eirini Kefalogianni and Monica Chang-Panesso Receive Career Development Awards
