May Doan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Successful transition to adulthood with therapeutics (STARx) - SLE sub-study
Mentor: Maria E. Ferris, MD

Danielle Janosevic
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine/New York Institute of Technology
Hydrogen peroxide-induced modulation of paracellular permeability of renal epithelial cells: roles of src family kinases and occluding
Mentor: Kurt Amsler, PhD

Nikhil Kamat
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Control of intrarenal renin synthesis and salt transporters by the novel
Mentor: Alicia A. McDonough, PhD

Elizabeth Kelly
Tulane University School of Medicine
The epigenetics of kidney development: do Ezh2 and HDACs coordinate in nephron progenitor cell development and self-renewal?
Mentor: Samir S. El-Dahr, MD

Bohyun Catherine Kim
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mechanisms of intradialytic hypertension and the potential role of dialysate sodium
Mentor: Jula K. Inrig, MD

Shannon Mahoney
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Choice of treatment and outcomes analysis in idiopathic membranous nephropathy
Mentor: Patrick H. Nachman, MD, FASN

Steven D. Miller
Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Fertility preservation in adolescent patients with nephrotic and nephritic syndromes treated with cyclophosphamide
Mentor: Kevin E.C. Meyers, MD, FASN

Ankit Patel
Weill Cornell Medical College
Feedback inhibition of ENaC: in vitro vs. in vivo
Mentor: Gustavo F. Frindt, MD

Davide Cina
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
Dissecting the role of the mammalian target of rapamycin in the glomerular filtration barrier
Mentor: Susan E. Quaggin, MD

Kerry Colby
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Histone demethylases in ANCA vasculitis
Mentor: Ronald J. Falk, MD, FASN

Nizar Dowla
University of Maryland School of Medicine
The influence of primary and specialty care providers on NSAID/COX-2 prescription patterns in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients
Mentor: Jeffrey C. Fink, MD, FASN

Mary Gomez
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Effect of Par1 on podocyte actin cytoskeleton

Mentor: Katalin Susztak, MD, PhD

Edward Iglesia
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Parental and health providers influence on health care transition among patients with pediatric-onset chronic kidney disease
Mentor: Maria E. Ferris, MD

Philip Imus
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Genetic and biochemical characterization of patients with IgA nephropathy
Mentor: Ali G. Gharavi, MD

Suzanne Ploeger
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Role of antimicrobial peptide ribonuclease 7 in the urinary tract of mice
Mentor: Kirk M. McHugh, PhD

Kelsey Smith
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
The independent contribution of kidney injury to FGF23 levels in CKD
Mentor: Myles S. Wolf, MD

Emily Stonebrook
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Genetic variation and biological relevance of human beta-defensin 1 in the innate defense of the kidney and urinary tract
Mentor: David S. Hains, MD

Jinyu Zhang
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Lipoprotein modifying effects, and safety/tolerability of extended-release niacin/laropiprant evaluated in relation to patient renal function
Mentor: Andrew G. Bostom, MD

Narae Ko
Yale University School of Medicine

Dhruti Patel
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Krupa Patel
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Shannon Nees
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Stacy Rosenberg
Tulane University School of Medicine

Ryan Reichert
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Amy Zhang
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Kamna S. Balhara
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Jessica D. Bauerle
School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver

Mallika S. Dhawan
University of California San Diego

Mitra Dowlatshahi
Harvard Medical School

Ritu Gupta
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami

Zachary W. Kostun
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Karthik K. Kura
Tulane University School of Medicine

Benjamin J. Lee
Harvard Medical School

Susanne C. Robles
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

Ankita Sagar
New York Medical College

Karan Singh
School of Medicine, Wayne University

Maureen Moen
University of Maryland School of Medicine

David J. Hobbs
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Neha M. Patel
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Christopher Lawton
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Leonid Cherkassky
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University

Karan Singh
Wayne State University School of Medicine

Jeremiah Martino
Columbia University

Thomas Gilmore
Harvard Medical School

Anita Konka
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

Kelly B. Lauter
University of Connecticut School of Medicine

M. Minhaj Siddiqui
Harvard Medical School

Farzad Alemi
Stanford University School of Medicine

Barbara L. Goldstein
School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver

No grants awarded

Viktor Ballada
University of Vermont School of Medicine

Sharon Carmody
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Jairam R. Eswara
Harvard Medical School

Roy Matthew
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Joyce Yu
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine