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Drs. Borkan and Trinkhaus-Randall Receive Prestigious $1.6M Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Award to Train Physician-Scientists

Congratulations to Dr. Borkan on Prestigious NIH MSTP Award! Vickery Trinkaus-Randall, PhD, professor of biochemistry & cell biology, and ophthalmology, and Steven Borkan, MD, associate professor of medicine, received a multi-PI MSTP grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The five-year, $1.6M award will help recruit, train and inspire four or more MD/PhD students per... More

2024 BU/ BMC DOM Evans Research Days Awards

Congratulations to four Nephrology trainees/ students for winning the 2024 DOM Evans Research Days Awards: Sophia Rosan: Clinical Science Poster Winner – 1st Place (Schmidt Lab), Presentation title: “The Association of Serum Uric Acid with Podocyte Injury and Kidney Histopathologic Lesions” Harshita Pattam: Basic Science Poster Winner – 2nd Place (Lu Lab), More

Machine-learning based subgroups of AL amyloidosis and cumulative incidence of mortality and end stage kidney disease

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/PSMI8PBJV4BZQMDJQYCZ?target=10.1002/ajh.27472 “Authors categorized newly diagnosed AL amyloidosis into three distinct subgroups with notable clinical characteristics and varying risks of all-cause mortality and ESKD. We demonstrate the power of using a comprehensive set of lab parameters with machine learning methods to improve prognostication” Hot off the press @AjHematology @BU_Amyloidosis researchers develop novel prognostic... More

“Plasma proteomics of acute tubular injury”

            Our researchers @insaschmidt_md@SophieClaudel@AshuNephro@waikarssand @KPMProject collaborators identify plasma biomarkers associated with acute tubular injury severity using plasma proteomics technology. Read the full article here at @NatureComms Plasma proteomics of acute tubular injury - Nature Communications

BMC at YMCA

@bu_bmc_renal faculty, Dr @ilori_titi, Dr. Afolarin Amodu and team joined community members  @YMCA_Boston Roxbury to teach and talk about kidney health. Our nephrologists provided valuable preventive care for the community with blood pressure and urine protein screening.

New Publication in Annals of Internal Medicine

Congratulations to Drs. Ashish Verma, Sushrut Waikar, Insa Schmidt, Sophie Claudel and all other authors on the publishing of their article "Association of Albuminuria With Chronic Kidney Disease Progression in Persons With Chronic Kidney Disease and Normoalbuminuria: A Cohort Study " in Annals of Internal Medicine "This study highlights that those... More