We are kidney scientists with a passion for cultivating our translational and basic science workforce.

 
 

Leadership

 
 

Co-Chairs

Chris Klemens
University of South Florida

Incoming Co-Chairs

Andrew Terker
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Eman Gohar
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

 

Ryan Cornelius
Oregon Health & Science University


 

 
 

Core Committee

 

Paramita Pati
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Samia Lasaad Icahn School of Medicine

Corry Bondi University of Pittsburgh

Jelina Basnet
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Desmond Moronge
Augusta University

Evan Ray University of Pittsburgh

Frank Kiyimba Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Autumn Harris North Carolina State University

Irma Husain
Duke University School of Medicine

Jiaojiao Xu Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Megan Rhoads University of Alabama at Birmingham

Xiaohan (Hannah) Lu Duke University

Ruslan Bohovyk University of South Florida

Olha Kravtsova University of South Florida

Karla Marquez Nogueras Loyola University Chicago

Sophia Sears University of Louisville

Samaneh Di Martino Stony Brook University

Justin Van Beusecum Medical University of South Carolina

 
 
 

Past Chairs

 
 
 
 
 

Josh Rein
Icahn School of Medicine

Craig Brooks
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Michael Donnan
Northwestern University

Jing (Jason) Wu
University of Rochester Medical Center

 
 
 
 
 
 

Founders

 

Robert Fenton
Aarhus University

Paul Welling
University of Maryland

These senior faculty members spent several years conceptualizing and advocating for a Kidney Week Pre-Meeting for young investigators. They chaired the first meetings and we thank them for making this forum possible.