Kidney Disease Mortality in the USA: a Call for Eliminating Inequities
Dr. Titilayo Ilori and Karen Lasser’s Editorial on Kidney Disease Mortality in the USA Link to Editorial https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/PKLNCmZ6G4HyvYxqFOPs9F?domain=trebuchet.public.springernature.app
SGLT2 Perspective Article by Sophie Claudel, Insa Schmidt & Ashish Verma Published in Kidney360
Congratulations to Drs. Sophie Claudel, Insa Schmidt, and Ashish Verma of BUMC’s Section of Nephrology on the publishing of their perspectives article, “A Call for Implementation Science: Achieving Equitable Access to SGLT2 Inhibitors,” in ASN’s Kidney360 Journal. The section is proud of Drs. Claudel, Schmidt, and Verma for calling early attention to this important issue! […]
Dr. David Salant Selected as Robert Dawson Evans Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Congratulations to Dr. David Salant who has been selected as a Robert Dawson Evans Distinguished Professor of Medicine. The goal of this honorific designation is to acknowledge faculty at the Professorial rank whose academic achievements have had an exceptional impact on their field in research, education, or clinical care. The award includes a stipend of $125,000 […]
BU Study Finds Novel Pathway, Enzyme Responsible for Thrombosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Identification provides opportunity to reduce vascular complications associated with procedures in these patients Researchers have identified a potential new signaling pathway and enzyme that may help further the understanding of blood clot formation in chronic kidney disease patients and ultimately be targeted for therapeutic purposes. Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at a higher […]
Dr. Jean Francis Awarded NFK Honor for Excellence in Transplant and Nephrology
Congratulations to Dr. Jean Francis, Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation at BUMC, who has been awarded an honor in Excellence in Transplant and Nephrology by the National Kidney Foundation New England on behalf of his numerous clinical, teaching, and research accomplishments! Dr. Francis obtained his medical degree from the Lebanese […]
Membranous Nephropathy Review by Dr. Laurence Beck Published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers Series
Congratulations to Dr. Laurence Beck and all authors of the review article, “Membranous Nephropathy,” on being published in the prestigious Nature Reviews Disease Primers series! Read the article here. Ronco, P., Beck, L., Debiec, H. et al. Membranous nephropathy. Nat Rev Dis Primers 7, 69 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-021-00303-z
Dr. Laurence Beck and Lab Awarded R01 Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Laurence Beck and his lab for being awarded a new R01 grant entitled, “Investigating the functional capacity of autoantibodies in primary membranous nephropathy.” Read more about the Beck/Salant lab here.
AHA Center Grant Awarded to Dr. Chitalia and Dr. Ravid for Thrombosis ARC
THROMBOSIS ARC: Boston University School of Medicine in collaboration with Boston Medical Center receives over $2.8M from the American Heart Association to Address Disparities that Intersect Heart Disease, Cancer. The American Heart Association recently awarded a center grant to BU/BMC to examine the influence of health disparity in cardiovascular complications among cancer survivors. BUSM’s Center, […]
Article on New Target Antigen HTRA1 in Membranous Nephropathy Published in JASN
Congratulations to Drs. Laurence Beck and Claire Trivin-Avillach on the publication of “Serine Protease HTRA1 as a Novel Target Antigen in Primary Membranous Nephropathy” in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Abstract Link
PODO Trial Design Paper Published in ISN Kidney International Reports
Congratulations to Drs. Weining Lu, Laurence Beck, David Salant, and Joel Henderson on the publication of their PODO Trial Design paper, along with Drs. Stephen P. Berasi, J. Brian Copley, Donal Gorman, Daniel I. Levy, and Chay Ngee Lim. The paper, “PODO: Trial Design: Phase 2 Study of PF-06730512 in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis,” was published […]