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Division of Nephrology and Center for Immunity, Inflammation & Regenerative Medicine
NIH AWARDS

Division and CIIR faculty have a total of 17 active National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, including:

  • R01 (research) awards.
  • R21 (exploratory/ developmental) research awards.
  • Career development (“K”) awards.
  • T32 training grant, renewed until 2016.
  • U19 and U18 (cooperative agreement) research program award.

PI: Amandeep Bajwa, PhD:

  • K01DK091444-01A1 – Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 and 3 as novel targets in transplantation (3/2012-1/2017).

PI: Michael G. Brown, PhD:

  • R01 AI082024 – MHC regulation of NK cell-mediated virus immunity.
  • R21 AI118269-01A1- Genetic basis of secondary lymphoid organ protection after virus infection (06/15/2015-05/31/2017).

PI: Uta Erdbrügger, MD

  • K23 – Extracellular vesicles in renal disease and hypertension.

PI: Shu Man Fu, MD, PhD:

  • 5R01AR047988-12 – Cellular and genetic basis of systemic lupus.
  • 5R01AR049449-08 – HLA-D region in systemic lupus erythematosus pathogenesis.

PI: Gilbert Kinsey, PharmD, PhD:

  • 5K01DK088967-03S1 – Regulatory T cells as a novel therapeutic agent/target for acute kidney injury.
  • R03 DK099489-01 – Renal protection through PD-1PD-L1 interactions. 

PI: Thu Le, MD:

  • 5R01DK094907-02 – Contribution of GSTM1 to the severity of hypertension and chronic kidney disease.
  • R01 HL088554 – Mechanisms of heterocellular signaling at the myoendothelial junction (co-investigator). 

PI: Peter Lobo, MD (Mark Okusa, MD, co-PI):

  • 5R01DK083406-04 – Naturally occurring IgM anti-leucocyte autoantibodies protect against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury. 

PI: Mark D. Okusa, MD:

  • 5R01DK085259-04 – Sphingolipids in acute kidney injury.
  • 5R21DK093841-02 – Nanotherapeutics for acute kidney injury.
  • 2R01DK062324-10A1 – Leukocyte trafficking in acute renal failure.
  • 5 T32 DK072922 – Kidney disease and inflammation.
  • U18EB021787-01 – (MPI) Tailoring ultrasound technology to explore mechanisms of activation of the splenic neuroimmune axis in attenuating acute organ injury (09/30/15-07/31/17).
  • Coulter Award – Image-guided, noninvasive ultrasound for protection from ischemia reperfusion injury (co-investigator)  (7/1/15-6/3016).

PI: Rahul Sharma, PhD:

  • Novel cytokine therapy for diabetic nephropathy.