Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD, the Samuel A. Levine Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief Emeritus of the Division of Renal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will deliver the annual Aubrey R. Morrison Lectureship. His talk, “KIM-1: A Translational Journey Through Non-Malignant and Malignant Kidney Disease,” will take place on Friday, […]
WashU Nephrology proudly congratulates Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, Chief of the Division of Nephrology, on his appointment as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI). A prominent figure in kidney research and regenerative medicine, Dr. Humphreys joins the editorial board for a two-year term, contributing to JCI’s mission of advancing basic and […]
WashU Nephrology congratulates Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, on receiving the 2023 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI) Research Scholar Award for her proposal titled “Tubular Senescence and Proliferative Capacity of the Aging Kidney.” The SSCI Research Scholar Award is given to developing physician-scientist as they undertake innovative research projects related to internal […]
Albuminuria is the hallmark of nephrotic syndrome (NS), a leading cause of chronic kidney disease that affects 500 million people worldwide, but the molecular mechanism underlying albuminuria-induced kidney injury remains poorly defined. A recent study by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine have provided insight into a possible novel drug target to treat proteinuric […]
Jeannine Basta, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research in the Division of Nephrology, has been awarded a Norman Siegel Research Scholar Grant by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and KidneyCure. The two-year, $200,000 grant will fund her project: Investigation of Nephron Maturation and Cessation in a Mouse Model that Disrupts Sall1/NuRD Interaction. “The kidney field […]
Congratulations to Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, who was selected as the first recipient of the Roger M. Perlmutter Career Development Professorship. The endowed professorship was established through a generous, $2 million donation from the Merck Foundation and named for Roger Perlmutter, MD, PhD, a world-renowned physician scientist who trained […]
A new study headed by Dr. Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, Nephrology, revealed unexpected findings in an investigation of Meis1, a transcription factor that is required for mammalian development. Meis1 is a known marker of interstitial stroma in the developing kidney. Defects in kidney development are seen in Meis1 mutant embryos. The homeobox protein plays an important […]