John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
Congratulations to Tarek Alhamad, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs, Division of Nephrology, who was awarded a $350,000 Clinical Innovation grant from Mid-America Transplant to evaluate the Clinical and Economical Benefits of Organs from Hepatitis C-Positive Donors.
Physicians from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) recently joined patients and caregivers from the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) for the 6th Annual Kidney Health Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill to discuss the need for more innovation in the realm of kidney disease.
Mary Hoffmann recognized early in life the special calling of those who care for patients. “At the age of 14, I worked as a candy striper – a volunteer nurse’s aide – at Jewish Hospital for the summer,” says Mary, now an Inpatient Renal Coordinator in the Chromalloy Dialysis Center. “I was only able to […]
Not only was Dr. Benjamin Humphreys, Chief, Division of Nephrology, honored to be the invited speaker for the 20th annual Carl W. Gottschalk Lecture at UNC- Chapel Hill, he was delighted to accept the “perk” that comes with being the guest lecturer. Dr. Humphreys had the opportunity to tour the Carl W. Gottschalk Collection on […]
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 […]
Congratulations to Associate Professor Patricia Kao, MD, MS, Nephrology, who is a recipient of an AAIM (Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine) Innovation Grant for FY 2018-2019. Dr. Kao is one of ten recipients chosen from a national pool of over 100 applicants. These AAIM grants support medical education innovations that address unmet needs or gaps […]
An image from a manuscript by Meei-Hua Lin, PhD, Division of Nephrology, was chosen to grace the first issue of JASN’s new cover format. Dr. Lin is a Senior Scientist in the laboratory of Jeffrey Miner, PhD, Professor of Medicine. The new cover format, debuting on the May 2018 issue, displays a detailed table of […]
The Division of Nephrology congratulates Chief Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD, for being elected Secretary-Treasurer of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) for 2020-2022. The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), founded in 1908, is one of the oldest and most esteemed nonprofit honor societies of physician-scientists. Membership to ASCI is by election only. […]
The spectrum of congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract, known as CAKUT, represents more than 20% of all birth defects and constitutes the largest cause of kidney failure in children. A new study by Dr. Masato Hoshi, a Senior Scientist in the laboratory of Associate Professor of Medicine, Sanjay Jain, Division of Nephrology, […]
Students from St. Louis Community College – Meramec recently visited the laboratory of Jeff Miner, Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, to see research in action. The group of 18 freshman and sophomores are students of Dr. Tom Peters, Assistant Professor in Biology at STLCC, who previously was a postdoc in the Jeffrey Milbrandt laboratory here at […]