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Jeffrey Miner, PhD, FASN, Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Professor of Medicine in Nephrology at Washington University, is pleased to announce that the biennial meeting of the American Society for Matrix Biology (ASMB) will be held in person from September 12-15, 2021, at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch.  The meeting was postponed last […]

WashU Nephrology welcomes our 2021-2023 fellows. We are proud to introduce: Jonathan Kopacz Jakubowski, MD, earned his medical degree from Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Szczecinie, Poland, and completed his residency at Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University in McHenry, IL. In his first year of residency, Jonathan was presented with a case of hyponatremia with no […]

Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at Washington University in St. Louis, will present at the 2021 George M. O’Brien Kidney Center at Yale Annual Symposium.  The virtual event will be held Friday, May 7, 2021.  Advances in Kidney Research is the theme of this year’s symposium. […]

WashU Nephrology congratulates Jeffrey Miner, PhD, FASN, who was awarded $132,000 from the Alport Syndrome Foundation (ASF).  Miner, recently named Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Professor of Medicine in Nephrology, will use the grant to perform proof-of-concept gene therapy studies in a mouse model of Alport syndrome.  ASF is strategically investing in research that uses new […]

The Division of Nephrology congratulates Assistant Professor of Medicine Andrew Malone, MBBCh, a recipient of a 2021 Early Career Development Award (ECDA) from the Central Society for Clinical and Translational Research (CSCTR), one of the oldest academic medical societies in the Midwest. The $10,000 grant is awarded to outstanding new investigators to supplement any combination […]

Several members of WashU Nephrology recently participated in the 2021 National Kidney Foundation’s Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM).  The annual meeting, held virtually again this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, is the only conference of its kind that focuses on translating science into practice for the entire healthcare team. Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, MSN, CS, CNN-NP, a […]

Congratulates to Will Ross, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Associate Dean for Diversity for Washington University School of Medicine, who was recently named Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine.  Dr. Ross was honored for an excellence in patient care, teaching, research and commitment to health equity.  The Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine […]

The Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine and San Carlos University/Guatemalan Social Security Institute (IGSS) – an official “Sister Renal Centers” pair under the sponsorship of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) – is now in its sixth year of collaboration.  The World Congress of Nephrology ’21 is featuring the partnership’s success […]

Jeffry Miner, PhD, was recently named the inaugural Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Endowed Professor of Medicine in Nephrology.    A virtual celebration was held April 2, 2021.  Dr. Victoria Fraser, Chair, Department of Medicine, and Dr. Benjamin Humphreys, Chief, Division of Nephrology at Washington University, hosted the event with many family, friends and colleagues in attendance.  […]

Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Chief, Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected to serve as Vice-President of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI).  The ASCI, founded in 1908, is one of the oldest and most esteemed nonprofit […]