R56 NIH Grant Awarded to Physician-Scientist Ying Maggie Chen

Congratulations to Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, WashU Nephrology, on receiving an R56 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study impaired autophagy underlying the disease pathogenesis of autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease (ADTKD). Dr. Chen is a nephrotic syndrome specialist who […]

Postdoc Scholars Chenjian Gu, Megan Noonan and Poornima D. E. Weerasinghe-Mudiyanselage Awarded ASN KidneyCure Ben J. Lipps Grants

Congratulations to three WashU Nephrology postdoctoral scholars for being awarded the highly competitive American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Cure Ben J. Lipps Research Fellowship Program grants. The Ben J. Lipps Research Fellowship Program grants are designed to support postdoctoral fellows in conducting original, high-quality research that will help establish the beginnings of an independent […]

Ying Maggie Chen Receives Grant from WashU Center of Regenerative Medicine

The Center of Regenerative Medicine (CRM) at Washington University has awarded Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, a one-year grant for her proposal entitled “Personalized kidney organoid modeling to develop novel treatment for uromodulin-associated chronic kidney disease.” The CRM is a research collaborative of over 80 faculty members who are dedicated to advancing the science of […]