WashU Transplant Nephrology/BJH Transplant Present at American Transplant Congress 2022

WashU Nephrology Transplant and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Transplant will be well-represented at the 2022 American Transplant Congress (ATC) being held virtually and in-person June 4-8 in Boston, MA.  A joint annual meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) and the American Society of Transplantation (AST), the ATC provides transplant professionals the opportunity to present and discuss […]

Dr. Anuja Java Awarded Longer Life Foundation Grant to Study the Role of Complement Genetic Mutations in the Development of Preeclampsia

Anuja Java, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Director of Kidney Transplant at the John Cochran VA Medical Center, was awarded a $50,000 renewable grant from the Longer Life Foundation to study why some patients develop severe preeclampsia during pregnancy and if that may be related to a defective complement system. Dr. […]

Physician-Scientist Anuja Java’s Complement Research Tackles COVID-19

Anuja Java, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Nephrology, has been researching rare complement diseases and their involvement in kidney damage for nearly a decade.  Little did she know when 2020 began that her expertise would put her in prime position to help tackle one of our greatest medical challenges – COVID-19. Early in […]