During a total solar eclipse, animals can behave strangely. Chickens head home to roost. Birds stop singing. Frogs start croaking. Geese may change their direction of flight.
Total Eclipse of the Sun
Tag: Nephrology
NephCure Kidney International Features Hani Suleiman
Instructor of Medicine Hani Suleiman, MD, PhD, Division of Nephrology, and his research are highlighted in an interview recently published by NephCure Kidney International. In 2014, Dr. Suleiman received a Young Investigator Award from NephCure Kidney International organization to study kidney podocyte cells using cutting-edge microscopy techniques. In the in-depth interview with Lauren Eva, Dr. […]
On the Road – ASMB Meeting in Nashville
Professor of Medicine Jeffrey Miner and members of his laboratory just spent some quality time together. The group took a road trip to the 2017 American Society for Matrix Biology (ASMB) Workshop on Basement Membranes, held July 12-14 at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Dr. Miner, Division of Nephrology at Washington University, and Dr. Roy Zent, […]
Father-Son Team: Cautious Optimism in the Hunt for Cancer Biomarkers
The search for biomarkers to detect early cases of cancer, track its progression, and monitor therapeutic success is a decades-old odyssey. An article recently published in the journal Trends in Cancer details the advances and hurdles in the development of cancer biomarkers. Andreas Herrlich, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, is co-author […]
Please Welcome Our New Nephrology Fellows!
The Division of Nephrology is proud to welcome five new fellows for 2017. We look forward to getting to know each of them in the following months. Fizza Abbas, MD, earned her medical degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. […]
Pooja Koolwal Receives Knowlton Award for Her Compassionate Care and Leadership
Second-year nephrology fellow Pooja Koolwal, MD, is one of seven Washington University fellows to receive the 2017 Knowlton Incentive for Excellence Award. The Division of Medical Education at Washington University School of Medicine and the Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital present the annual award to fellows who have completed internal medicine residency programs and who plan […]
Dialysis Patient’s Kidney Walk Entourage: Five Years and Growing
Garland Patton, a dialysis patient in the Chromalloy Kidney Center at Washington University, and a group of more than 50 family and friends, turned out for the annual St. Louis National Kidney Foundation (NKF)-sponsored Kidney Walk held April 29, 2017. This was the fifth year in a row that the Patton group took part in the […]
Patricia Kao, MD, Awarded Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellowship
Congratulations to Dr. Patricia Kao, Associate Professor in the Division of Nephrology, who has been chosen to receive the prestigious Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellow for 2017-2019. Established in 2004 with a generous gift by Mr. and Mrs. Loeb and supported by the BJH Foundation, the Loeb Teaching Fellows program promotes the […]
Humphreys and Division Awarded BJH Grant to Reduce ESRD Patient Readmissions
The Division of Nephrology and Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, Joseph P. Friedman Associate Professor and Chief, has been awarded a two-year grant from the Barnes Jewish Hospital (BJH) Foundation for a proposal to reduce 30-day hospital readmissions for ESRD patients. The grant was developed in close collaboration with Division of Nephrology Faculty members and Jodean […]
Paul Mennes City-Wide Renal Grand Rounds – May 2
The Paul Mennes, MD Memorial City-Wide Renal Grand Rounds Dinner will be held Tuesday May 2 at the Zodiac restaurant at Plaza Frontenac, St. Louis, MO., 6:15 – 9 pm. The event is co-hosted by Washington University Divisions of Adult and Pediatric Nephrology and St. Louis University Divisions of Adult and Pediatric Nephrology. The reception […]