Congratulations to Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Translational Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, who has been awarded a five-year, $1.45M (direct cost), R01 grant from the NIH to study the involvement of amphiregulin (AREG) in kidney fibrosis. Severe or chronic kidney injury leads to sustained activation of the […]
ASN Kidney Week 2017 will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA, Tuesday October 31 through Sunday November 5. Below is a list of those in the Division of Nephrology and Pediatric Nephrology who have abstracts, oral Presentations or will moderate sessions. Wednesday, November 1 Anitha Vijayan, MD, Professor […]
Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, has received a five-year $1.125 million grant from NIDDK to fund a research project titled The Role of Adam17 Substrates in Progressive Kidney Disease. Preliminary studies show that proximal tubular ADAM17-cleaved substrates promote progressive kidney disease. The goal of Dr. Herrlich’s study is to […]