NCOR-KUH Trainees

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Meet the rising scientists at the heart of the NCOR-KUH Program! Discover the individuals and their research projects shaping the future of kidney, urologic, and hematologic science.

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Explore the Team →  access individual trainee pages to view their mentors, department affiliations, and research details here.

Predoctoral Trainees

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Alejandra Lopez

Project Title: Iron deficiency impairs host resistance to intestinal helminth infection

 

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Nikhita Poole

Project Title: The roles of granulocytes in HLH and HLH-like toxicities following immunotherapy

 

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Pedro Vasquez

Project Title: Multiplexed Volumetric Imaging of Intact Thick Kidney Tissue

 

 

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Peter Yong

Project Title: Defining the functional impact of somatic mosaicism on clonal behavior in the bladder urothelium

Postdoctoral Trainees

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Sophie Cook, PhD

Project Title: Patient-centric remote blood and urine biomarker sampling and stabilization to monitor disease activity in lupus nephritis

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Heidi Creed, PhD

Project Title: CD19 CAR-T cell mechanisms underlying the resolution of kidney inflammation in lupus nephritis

 

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Braden Hanson, PhD

Project Title: A Patient-Centered Approach to Developing Novel Therapies for UTI

 

 

Eric Helm, PhD

Project Title: Investigating Prostaglandin Receptor Expression During Innate Lymphoid Cell Development

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Stacy Russell, MD

Project Title: Mapping the Future: Exploring Narrative Identity and Developmental Transitions in Youth Kidney Transplant Recipients

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Jennifer Waters, PhD

Project Title: Surveying and dissecting tRNA function in bladder epithelial development and wound repair

Program Alumni

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