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April 4 is Husky Giving Day, a special day when our donors come together to support better health for everyone. This year, we are focusing on the UW Medicine Kidney Research Institute (KRI).

To fast-track research, please join our community of supporters on Husky Giving Day.

Congrats to
Jonathan Himmelfarb
Beno Freedman
and the team of investigators
UW Medicine
for a $7.3 million award from NCATS! An important project to finalize kidney-tissue platforms for drug testing.
Kidney Research Institute
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Dr. Rajnish Mehrotra, professor and head (Nephrology) is co-author of “Social Risk and Dialysis Facility Performance in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model” in JAMA

Dr. Ian de Boer, professor (Nephrology) is co-author of “Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Intensive Glycemic Control on Kidney Microvascular Outcomes and Mortality in ACCORD” in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Congratulations to Glenda Roberts, director of external relations & patient engagement (UW Nephrology) who is this year’s recipient of the Celeste Lee Award for patient activism. It is the highest honor given by the NKF who exemplifies NKF’s mission & Celeste's legacy.

Members from the Division of Nephrology (Dr. Jonathan Himmelfarb, Dr. Yue-Harn Ng, Glenda Roberts, and Dr. Susan Watnick) were part of a roundtable discussion with Rep. Suzan DelBene to discuss innovation in kidney health and transplantation.

Dr. Nisha Bansal, (Nephrology) was awarded an NIDDK Investigator Award. The purpose of this award is to provide protected effort & resources to established NIDDK-funded mentors to provide quality mentoring to graduate students & fellows from diverse backgrounds.

Dr. Bessie Young, professor (Nephrology) is the '23 recipient of the Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility Paul Beeson Award. This award is given to an activist in the field of health care who has made a substantial contribution to peace, justice & health in WA State.

CAR T-cell therapy is the leading edge of care for post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder
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Dr. Justin Bullock, fellow (Nephrology) is co-author of “Editors as Gatekeepers: One Medical Education Journal's Efforts to Resist Racism in Scholarly Publishing” in Academic Medicine.

Dr. Catherine Butler, assistant professor (Nephrology) is lead author of “Experiences of US Clinicians Contending With Health Care Resource Scarcity During the COVID-19 Pandemic, December 2020 to December 2021” in JAMA Network Open.

Dr. Pavan Bhatraju, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is lead author and Drs. Jonathan Himmelfarb, (Nephrology) and Mark Wurfel (Pulmonary) are co-senior authors of “Genome-wide Association Study for Acute Kidney Injury” in Kidney 360.

Dr. Susan Wong, associate professor (Nephrology) and her team are semi-finalists for the 2023 VA Shark Tank Diffusion of Excellence competition for their project “Compass Clinic: Helping Veterans with Advanced Kidney Disease Find a Path Towards Better Health.”

Dr Nisha Bansal, professor (Nephrology) is quoted in Researchers May Have Discovered Link Between Chronic Kidney Disease & Cardiovascular Disease - Be part of the knowledge - ReachMD

Dr. Rajnish Mehrotra, professor and division head (Nephrology) is quoted in “Discussion, use of decision aids can improve mental health of patients with kidney disease” in Healio.

Dr. Pavan Bhatraju is lead author & Drs. Mark Wurfel & Jonathan Himmelfarb are co-senior authors of “Integrated Analysis of Blood & Urine Biomarkers to Identify Acute Kidney Injury Subphenotypes and Associations With Long-term Outcomes” in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

👏👏Dr. Christine Limonte received the Pilot & Feasibility Award from the joint Diabetes Research Center & Nutrition & Obesity Research Center Pilot & Feasibility Research Program. Dr. Limonte’s research project is “Kidney Proximal Tubular Cell Ultrastructure in Type 1 Diabetes”.

Dr. Matthew Rivara, associate professor (Nephrology) has accepted the position of Chief Medical Officer for Northwest Kidney Centers, effective Sept 1. For the last 9 years, Dr Rivara has been a part of the NKC medical staff, including medical director at Broadway & Elliott Bay.

Dr. Nisha Bansal, professor (Nephrology) is quoted in “Researchers may have discovered link between chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease” in Medical News Today.