The KRI Community Connection website gives kidney patients an easier way to enroll in research studies that will advance the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of kidney disease. At the KRI, patients and volunteers become partners with members of our research team, a relationship vital to the success of studies and trials.
The KRI is partnering with collaborators at the University of Michigan and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to serve as the central hub of the new Kidney Precision Medicine Project. The KPMP is a national consortium that seeks to redefine acute and chronic kidney diseases in molecular terms and identify novel targeted […]
Read our Spring 2017 newsletter for an update from our director and to learn more about the new Center for Dialysis Innovation, Dr. Bessie Young’s APOL1 study and top awards our research fellows have received at national meetings. You’ll also hear from Lisa Anderson, clinical research coordinator, about a dialysis study related to the gut microbiome, […]
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