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Moe Mahjoub, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine (Division of Nephrology) and the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, has received two newly awarded R01 grants from the NIH, totaling $6.1 million over four years.  These awards will support investigations into genetic and acquired airway diseases linked to motile cilia dysfunction.  The studies […]

Anuja Java, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at WashU Nephrology, will once again lead the United States Thrombotic Microangiopathy (USTMA) Workshop at ASN Kidney Week 2025.  This marks her third consecutive year as the organizer and host of this highly regarded educational event.  The two-day hybrid workshop, scheduled for November 5 and 6 in Houston, TX, aims […]

ASN Kidney Week returns November 5-9, 2025, in Houston, TX. There will be no virtual or hybrid option this year; however, recorded educational content will be available on demand on the ASN eLearning Center in late November or early December. WashU Nephrology will once again be strongly represented, with our faculty, fellows, and staff sharing cutting-edge […]

Last week, Members of WashU Nephrology came together to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights, with a joyful gathering filled with Indian sweets, savory snacks, and Masala chai (spiced black tea).  The event featured hands-on activities including Paint the Diya (decorating clay lamps to take home), henna tattoos, and Rangoli drawing – an age-old art […]

WashU Nephrology is celebrating the appointment of Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD – Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Chief of the Division of Nephrology – as the newest Executive Councilor of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN). A prominent figure in kidney research and regenerative medicine, Dr. Humphreys will help guide strategic […]

WashU Nephrology is proud to announce that transplant nephrologist Anuja Java, MD, has received a Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54) for her role in the newly funded Thrombotic Microangiopathies Consortium of the Rare Disease Clinical Research Network(RDCRN).   The initiative, known as the IMPACT Study (Initiation of a cohort to define pathogenic Mechanisms, Precision […]

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 […]

Samir Parikh, MD, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Chief of Nephrology at UT Southwestern, will deliver the Eduardo Slatopolsky Lecture in Renal and Electrolyte Disorders at Medicine Grand Rounds, Thursday, October 9, 2025, 8:00-9:00 a.m., in Clopton Auditorium, Wohl Clinic.  His talk is titled Metabolic Frailty in the Kidney. Dr. Parikh holds the Robert Tucker […]

WashU Nephrology congratulates Morgan Schoer, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, on receiving the 2025 Nathan Hellman Memorial Teacher of the Year Award. Dr. Schoer joined our faculty in 2023 and assumed the role of  Associate Program Director of our Nephrology Fellowship Program, of which she is a graduate.  She also serves as the Medical Director of WashU Nephrology’s […]

WashU Nephrology is pleased to announce that Massini Merzkani, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, has been named the recipient of our 2025 Transplant Teaching Award.  “This is the highest level of appreciation for teaching in the Transplant Nephrology Section and reflects Dr. Merzkani‘s strong dedication to education,” says Tarek Alhamad, MD, MS, FACP, FASN, Professor of Medicine […]