Researcher

Jeannine Basta, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-8267
- Fax: 314-362-8237
- Email: jbasta@wustl.edu
Research interests: renal progenitor cell regulation during embryonic kidney development, chromatin remodeling complexes and their role in kidney development and disease, congenital renal birth defects, acute kidney injury and repair, and therapies to ameliorate kidney fibrosis after injury.

Feng Chen, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-3162
- Email: fchen@wustl.edu
Interests: Molecular genetic studies of urogenital diseases, urogenital development, Calcineurin-NFAT, molecular genetics, diabetes insipidus, collecting duct, prostate cancer.

Steven Funk, PhD
Instructor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-8294
- Email: funksd@wustl.edu
Research interests: Diseases of the glomerular basement membrane, in particular Alport and Pierson syndromes. Steven Funk is a member of the Miner Lab.

Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD
Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Chief, Division of Nephrology
- Email: humphreysbd@wustl.edu
Interests: Mechanisms of acute and chronic kidney injury, stem cells, regeneration, fibrosis.

Sanjay Jain, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-454-8728
- Email: sanjayjain@wustl.edu
Interests: Kidney development, ureter development, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), acute kidney injury, genomics, neurodevelopment, GDNF, RET, branching morphogenesis, genetics, biobanking, translational research, biomarkers, regeneration, stem cells, bladder regeneration, bladder pain.
See Sanjay Jain Lab here.

Tingting Li, MD, MSCI
Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-7603
- Fax: 314-747-5213
- Email: tingli@wustl.edu
Interests: Glomerular diseases, glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, lupus nephritis, ANCA-associated vasculitis, amyloidosis, proteinuria, hematuria, chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, hypertension, electrolyte disorders, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis

Moe R. Mahjoub, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-5681
- Email: mmahjoub@wustl.edu
Interests: Cilia, centrosome, microtubule cytoskeleton, ciliopathies, cystic kidney disease, primary cilia dyskinesia, cancer.

Jeffrey H. Miner, PhD, FASN
Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Endowed Professor of Medicine in Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-8235
- Email: minerj@wustl.edu
Interests: Glomerular basement membrane (GBM), extracellular matrix, Alport syndrome, Pierson syndrome, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), laminin, collagen, nephrotic syndrome, proteinuria.

Hani Suleiman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-4609
- Fax: 314-362-8237
- Email: hsuleiman@wustl.edu