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Dr. Kathleen Liu to Speak at 2024 Eduardo Slatopolsky Lectureship

Dr. Kathleen Liu to Speak at 2024 Eduardo Slatopolsky Lectureship
Nephrologist Kathleen Liu, MD, PhD, MAS, Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia at the University of California, San Francisco, will be the guest speaker at the 2024 Eduardo Slatopolsky Lectureship in Renal and Electrolyte Disorders. The event will be held at Medicine Grand Rounds, Thursday, March 21, at 8am in Clopton Auditorium.  Dr. Liu will discuss […]

Preeclampsia vs Dual Organ Transplant vs Animal House and More … NephMadness 2024 is Underway!

Preeclampsia vs Dual Organ Transplant vs Animal House and More … NephMadness 2024 is Underway!
The 12th NephMadness is officially underway. The month-long event, hosted by AJKD Blog, is an online, interactive, educational activity modeled on March Madness, the annual US college basketball tournament, with the exception that nephrology topics fill in for basketball teams.  Social media tools are used to encourage a good-natured, robust discussion about the latest news […]

Dr. Atlee Baker, WashU Nephrology Fellow, Selected for ASN Internship

Dr. Atlee Baker, WashU Nephrology Fellow, Selected for ASN Internship
Atlee Baker, MD, MPH a first-year fellow at WashU Nephrology, has accepted an internship with the Transforming Dialysis Access Together (TDAT) initiative of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN).  Falling under the umbrella of the Excellence in Patient Care Advisory Committee, TDAT aims to enhance the quality of life for patients with kidney failure by […]

Dr. Safaa Hammoud Awarded AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship for Chronic Kidney Injury Research

Dr. Safaa Hammoud Awarded AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship for Chronic Kidney Injury Research
Congratulations to Safaa Hammoud, PhD, a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the laboratory of Leslie Gewin, MD, for receiving a 2024 American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellowship.  The award provides two years of funding for her project “Blocking Tubular Cell Cycle Induces Protective Metabolic Changes in Chronic Kidney Disease.”   After receiving her PhD in pharmacology […]

Lisa Koester-Wiedemann and Cheryl Cress to Participate in the Annual Dialysis Conference 2024

Lisa Koester-Wiedemann and Cheryl Cress to Participate in the Annual Dialysis Conference 2024
WashU Nephrology Nurse Practitioner Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, MSN, CS, CNN-NP, and Clinical Nurse Coordinator of Home Modalities Cheryl Cress, RN, CNN, will participate in the Annual Dialysis Conference (ADC) program being held March 8-10, 2024. Now in its 44th year, the ADC hosts an international community of practitioners and researchers to explore both the fundamental principles […]

Enter the Dragon – Celebrating the Lunar New Year 2024

Enter the Dragon – Celebrating the Lunar New Year 2024
WashU Nephrology gathered for a potluck lunch on Monday, February 12, 2024, to celebrate the Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, as we enter the Year of the Wood Dragon. The celebration gave everyone the chance to eat, relax, and mingle.  Many thanks to Meei-Hua Lin, a senior scientist in the […]

Support Our “Noble Nephrons” Team at the 2024 NKF Kidney Walk

Support Our “Noble Nephrons” Team at the 2024 NKF Kidney Walk
Please join our team, the Noble Nephrons, at the 2024 St. Louis National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Kidney Walk, which will take place 11:00 am, March 24, 2024, at 111 West Port Plaza Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146.  All WashU faculty, staff and patients are welcome to participate by walking, volunteering or donating.  Team captains, Carrie Koeller, MSW, […]

Andreas Herrlich to Head FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on Interorgan Crosstalk

Andreas Herrlich to Head FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on Interorgan Crosstalk
Registration is open for the FEBS Advanced Lecture Course – Molecular Mechanisms of Interorgan Crosstalk in Health and Disease – to be held May 9-17, 2024, in Spetses, Greece.  Course organizers include Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD, Director of Translational Medicine at Washington University Division of  Nephrology, Francois Leulier, PhD,Director,Institute for Functional Genomics, Lyon, France, and […]

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

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

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 […]