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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Jocelyn Cervantes

Project Title: Does scavenger receptor CD36 mediate diabetes-induced monocyte lipid-loading, and does it contribute to DKD?

 

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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

Postdoctoral Trainees

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Mahlet Assefa, MD

Project Title: Heart failure burden and risk factors among patients chronic kidney disease

 

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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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Sarah Haeger, MD, PhD

Project Title: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Kidney Dysfunction in Heart Failure

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Elizabeth Kiernan, MD

Project Title: Mechanisms of Fibrosis: Proteomic Analyses of Acute Kidney Injury Progression and Recovery and Effect of GLP-1 in Diabetic Kidney Disease

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Jennifer Waters, PhD

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

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Stacy Yanofsky, MD

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

Program Alumni

Learn more about our program alumni.