Nephrology & Hypertension

Dr. Suthanthiran Receives The Transplantation Society’s Medawar Prize

Dr. Manikkam Suthanthiran
The Medawar Prize is considered the world's highest dedicated award recognizing investigators whose contributions have had a profound influence on the field of organ transplantation.

Dr. August Receives Belding H. Scribner Award (ASN Lifetime Achievement Awards)

Dr. Phyllis August
A pioneering physician-investigator in the field of preeclampsia, Dr. August’s research has focused on hypertension and kidney disease during pregnancy, as well as hypertension associated with kidney disease.

Four WDOM Faculty Receive the 2021 ASCI Council Young Physician-Scientist Award

Four faculty in the WDOM have received the ASCI Council Young Physician-Scientist Award. This prestigious award recognizes physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research.

Dr. Dadhania Appointed to Medical Director of the Adult Kidney Pancreas Transplant Program at NYP/WCM

Dr. Darshana Dadhania
Dr. Dadhania will be responsible for ensuring the operation and compliance of the transplant program, and will collaborate with NYP leadership to facilitate optimal care of transplant candidates and recipients.

Intercampus Team of Investigators Receive NIH Grant to Develop Method for Diagnosing Urinary Tract Infection Using Cell-Free DNA

Dr. Darshana Dadhania
A team of intercampus investigators has received a $3.65 million grant from the NIH to develop an inexpensive method for accurately diagnosing UTIs in kidney transplant patients by carrying out molecular profiling of cell-free DNA in urine.

Dr. Lee and Colleagues Publish Key Finding on Gut Commensal Microbiota and Urinary Tract Infection

Dr. John R. Lee
In this paper, which reflected further analysis stemming from their previous paper published in Nature Communications (December 2019), 168 kidney transplant recipients, who provided 510 fecal specimens, were evaluated.

CHAP Features Dr. August and Team as “Site of the Month” in The Pulse

CHAP newsletter "Site of the Month"
The CHAP project is a large multicenter pragmatic randomized trial that is comparing two different strategies for managing hypertension during pregnancy in women who had elevated blood pressure prior to pregnancy.

Collaborative Observational Study Yields Key Findings on Kidney Transplant Patients with COVID-19

Until now, vital data had been lacking on graft and patient outcomes in kidney transplant recipients and the management of their immunosuppression in the setting of Covid-19.

The Young Investigators Award Recipients of 2020

This award is presented annually to members of the Weill Department of Medicine below the rank of professor who perform on outstanding levels in the areas of clinical and/or basic biomedical research.

2020 Fellow Award in Research Announced at Medicine Grand Rounds

Initiated in 2002, the award is given to fellows within the Weill Department of Medicine who have performed outstanding research. This year's finalists were presented at Medicine Grand Rounds on June 17.

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