John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
The 8th annual NephMadness begins today, March 13, 2020. The initiative is the brain-child of the team at AJKD Blog, the official blog of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, and was initially launched to celebrate World Kidney Day, an international campaign to increase awareness of kidney disease. The month-long educational tournament plays out across […]
The Nephrology Social Media Collective (NSMC) has announced the members of its 2019 internship, three of whom are affiliated with WU’s Division of Nephrology: Dr. Madhuri Ramakrishnan, a first-year nephrology fellow; Dr. Yasar Caliskan, a visiting researcher in the Sanjay Jain Laboratory, and Dr. Sam Krishnamoorthy, a former nephrology fellow. Acknowledging the ever-increasing importance of […]
The final matchup of NephMadness 2018 between Patient-Reported Outcomes and The Untransplantables has been decided. The AJKD Blog blue ribbon panel, in a 6:3 decision, chose Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) as the winner, which was also the crowd favorite. Dr. Tim Yau, Assistant Professor of Medicine in Nephrology, is the Social Media Editor at AJKD, and […]
The winner of NephMadness 2017 has been decided. In a 5-4 determination of the AJKD Blog blue ribbon panel, Genes in ESKD Disparity beat CRISPR-Cas9. Over the last four weeks, the educational tournament NephMadness 2017 has played out over the web and social media outlets. The interactive event was a big hit featuring upsets, participation […]
Hit the bench, US college basketball! Nephrology has its own March Madness – NephMadness 2017 – courtesy of the crew at AJKD Blog, the official blog of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Since 2013, this month-long educational tournament plays out across all social media outlets, providing good-natured competition while highlighting the latest advances and […]