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.