John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
Hani Suleiman, MD, PhD, has been awarded a Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE) Career Development Fellowship for his grant “Sarcomere-Like Structures” as an Indicator for Podocyte Injury in Nephrotic Syndrome. The NEPTUNE program uses a multidisciplinary approach that brings together academic medical centers, patient advocacy groups (NephCure Foundation and the Halpin Foundation), and clinical research […]
A novel method to diagnose X-linked Alport Syndrome has been developed and validated in a recent study by Andrew Malone, MBBCh, Steven Funk, PhD, Tarek Alhamad, MD and Jeffrey Miner, PhD, in the Division of Nephrology. Alport syndrome is an inherited disease characterized by a progressive loss of kidney function, hearing loss and eye abnormalities, […]
The second annual KIDNEYcon, an event that focuses on the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease, will be held April 7-8, 2017, in Little Rock, AR. The mission of the two-day educational conference is to promote research collaboration between academic and private nephrologists, and to excite residents and fellows about careers […]
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 […]
An exciting, new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, and RWTH Aachen University in Aachen, Germany, has identified the cells responsible for the vascular calcification seen in CKD. This finding is of particular importance because vascular calcification is […]
The National Kidney Foundation is honoring Eduardo Slatopolsky, MD, Professor Emeritus, Division of Nephrology, with the 2016 Award of Excellence at their 30th Annual NKF Gala, to be held November 12 at the Hilton Saint Louis at the Ballpark. Dr. Slatopolsky’s contributions to the understanding of the pathophysiology of secondary hyperparathyroidism, hyperphosphatemia and vitamin D […]
Our division is proud to give a hearty round of applause to faculty member Timothy Yau MD, the creator and moderator of the Washington University in St. Louis Nephrology Web Video Series. The series has accumulated 10,000 views in just under 9 months since its debut on YouTube! A “personal interest” in online video gaming […]
In the complex world of renal pathology, a kidney biopsy is often not enough to make a definitive diagnosis in certain patients. This is when diagnostic genetic testing can help. Genetic testing using next-generation sequencing (NGS; also known as high-throughput sequencing) is fast becoming a valuable tool for clinicians to help manage complicated cases and […]