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 […]
Glomerular Filtration and Albuminuria Article by David J. Salant and Thomas Benzing Published in NEJM
Congratulations to David Salant, MD and Thomas Benzing, MD on the publication of their review article, “Insights into Glomerular Filtration and Albuminuria,” in The New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Salant is a Professor of Medicine in Nephrology and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine. He was the inaugural Norman G. Levinsky Professor […]
Nature Reviews Nephrology Publishes Article by Jonathan Ravid, Dr. Mohamed Hassan Kamel, and Dr. Vipul Chitalia
Congratulations to Jonathan Ravid, Dr. Mohamed Hassan Kamel, and Dr. Vipul Chitalia on their Nature Reviews Nephrology publication highlighting uremic solutes as potential therapeutic targets in CKD-associated cardiovascular disease. Dr. Hassan Kamel is a second year fellow in BMC’s Nephrology Fellowship Program, where Dr. Chitalia serves on faculty as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. Article […]
Anti-Racist Perspectives Article by Insa Schmidt and Sushrut Waikar Published in JASN
Congratulations to Drs. Insa Schmidt and Sushrut Waikar for their anti-racist perspectives article published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Separate and Unequal: Race-Based Algorithms and Implications for Nephrology
Membranous Nephropathy Review Article by Laurence Beck and Loulwa Alsharhan Featured as AJKD Article in Press
Congratulations to Dr. Laurence Beck, Associate Professor of Nephrology at Boston Medical Center, and Dr. Loulwa Alsharhan, former Glomerular Disease fellow at Boston Medical Center, whose review article, Membranous Nephropathy: Core Curriculum 2021, has been published by the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, and featured as a recent Article in Press at www.ajkd.org. Download Article: […]
Wenqing Yin Receives 2020 Evans Day Award for Basic Research Poster and Presentation
Nephrology research fellow Wenqing Yin, MD, PhD, has received the second place award in the 2020 Evans Day “Basic Research Poster and Presentation” category for her poster titled, “Indolic solute is a CKD-specific suppressor of Wnt signaling and a promoter of peripheral artery disease.” Congratulations to Dr. Wenqing Yin and her mentor Dr. Chitalia on […]
Larry Beck and Nori Hayashi’s Commentary on Moore’s Law for Membranous Nephropathy Published in Kidney International
Dr. Laurence H. Beck Jr., Associate Professor of Medicine in the Renal Department at Boston University/Boston Medical Center, and Dr. Norifumi Hayashi, visiting researcher from Kanazawa Medical University in Japan, have published commentary on Moore’s Law for Membranous Nephropathy in Kidney International. The title of this Commentary is even more topical given the description of […]