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Clinical Research

Alexander Bullen, MD

Research Areas: Acute kidney injury; Kidney reserve and recovery; Improving quality of life in hemodialysis patients

Francis Gabbai, MD

Research Areas: Pathophysiology of hypertension; Salt sensitivity; Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) prognosis and outcomes

Pranav Garimella, MD, MPH

Research Areas: Kidney tubule biomarkers for kidney, CVD and bone health; Peripheral artery disease in CKD, pharmacokinetics in CKD; Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Charles Ginsberg, MD

Research Areas: Abnormalities in mineral metabolism and bone health including role of bone biopsy in CKD; Novel biomarkers of vitamin D adequacy; Effects of phosphate on vascular function

Joachim H. Ix, MD, MAS

Research Areas: The contributions of altered mineral metabolism on bone and cardiovascular disease in kidney disease patients; Novel urine biomarkers of kidney tubule health

Etienne Macedo, MD

Research Areas: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) prevention, diagnosis, and management; AKI contribution to poor clinical outcomes and progressive chronic kidney disease by studying alterations in glomerular, tubular and endocrine functions in patients after AKI

Rakesh Malhotra, MD, MPH

Research Areas: Hypertension and CKD; Novel serum and urinary biomarkers for kidney health and prognosis; Nutritional epidemiology; AKI in critically ill patients; Microvascular function in CKD

Ravindra Mehta, MD

Research Areas: Various aspects of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and critical care nephrology; biomarkers in AKI; Biomarkers in AKI; Genomic determinants of drug induced nephrotoxicity; AKI and public health globally

Dena E. Rifkin, MD, MS

Research Areas: Interplay between CKD, hypertension, aging, and relevant patient-centered outcomes in these areas

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