NEPHCURE/PNRC Grant Awardees

2025

HLA-allele calling in childhood NS to prioritize causal variants
  • Dr. Mallory Downie
  • Dr. Matthew Sampson
 
Using natural language processing to translate electronic health record unstructured free text data to study childhood NS disease course variability
  • Dr. Arthur Lee
  • Dr. Ari Pollack
 
Examining the Role of Extracellular Vesicles-Associated miRNAs in Thrombin-Mediated Podocyte Injury
  • Dr. Iva Pruner
  • Dr. Sonja Suvakov
  • Dr. Bryce Kerlin
 

2024

 Role of CD93 in podocytopathies.
  • Dr. Gabriel Cara-Fuentes
  • Dr. Stefano Da Sacco
 
REduced-dose Steroid PrOtocol for childhood Nephrotic SyndromE (RESPONSE): a pilot open-label randomized, controlled trial.
  • Dr. Rulan Parekh
  • Dr. Larry Greenbaum
  • Dr. Cal Robinson
 
JAK/STAT Pathway Gene Expression and Urinary Biomarkers in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and Minimal Change Disease.
  • Dr. Carol Shen
  • Dr. Jennifer Yee
 
Treatment Practice Pattern and Clinical Trajectory in Pediatric Patients with C3 Glomerulopathy.
  • Dr. Ana Solis Zavala
  • Dr. Bradley Dixon

2023

 Genetic sequencing and the anti-nephrin antibody in pediatric nephrotic syndrome.
  • Dr. Matthew Sampson
  • Dr. William Smoyer
 
Targeting Novel Pathways to Reduce Proteinuria and Scarring in Nephrotic Syndrome.
  • Dr. Julie Dougherty
  • Dr. Gabriel Cara Fuentes
 
Single particle reconstruction of PAR 3/4 heterodimer using cryoEM.
  • Dr. Kaushik Muralidharan
  • Dr. Marvin Nieman
 
Proteomic analyses of molecular mechanisms of podocyte injury in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome.
  • Dr. Yu Kamigaki
  • Dr. Timothy Cummins
 
The role of sex hormones on chronic kidney disease progression.
  • Dr. Hannah Kim
  • Dr. Rebecca Ruebner
 

2022

Urine single-cell RNA-sequencing in Minimal Change Disease.
  • Dr. Yaacov Frishberg
  • Dr. Maya Schuldiner
 
Defining the role of chloride channel 5 in maintaining podocyte structure and functions.
  • Dr. Rasheed Gbadegesin
  • Dr. Laura Mariani
 
Scaffold protein Sh3bp2 plays a central role in pathogenesis of nephrotic syndrome.
  • Dr. Tarak Srivastava
  • Dr. Mukut Sharma
 
Sex-hormones and its significance for podocytes: a promising novel therapeutic concept in a sex dependent manner.
  • Dr. Jun Oh
  • Dr. Lars Fester