BIG FUNDING NEWS💰🙌: Allen Chen (G3-P5) & Sebastian Salathe (G1-P3) were selected as T32 Training Program in Obesity Complications (TOMADS) Trainees & Luis Cortez (G3-P5) received the NIH F31 fellowship! Big congratulations to you all, we are so excited to see your future work!
Had an incredible week @MDIBL through the #ASNTREKS program! It was an honor to study renal physiology at its historic home and a pleasure to experience a new kind of work/life balance. Thank you to my fellow participants and to everyone who helped make this possible.
Our annual retreat day 1 was today! We were so thrilled to tour and observe the Kansas School for the Blind @KansasBlind - they are doing amazing work!
Happy world kidney day🫘🎉
This years addition—faces! There are many emotions experienced through the journey of kidney disease, attempted representation of just a few! Plus some of many kidney diseases (and healthy too!) #KidneyDay
🎉🥳 Make some noise!!🥳 🎉 Check out our awesome MSTP students who received the Biomedical Research Training Program (BRTP) Scholarship for this year! Congrats to Alex G (G3-P5), Jordan T (G2-P4), Luis C (G2-P4), and Eilidh C (G1-P3)!
Last month, Matt Kavanaugh (G3-P5), Jordan Trant (G2-P4), and Vinu Rao (G1-P3) attended the American Society of Nephrology's annual Kidney Week conference in Orlando, Florida! Check out this thread to see more pics of our kidney nerds 👉🧵
Hope you had a spooooky Halloween!! 👻 🎃 check out some of the nerdy costumes we had at the MSTP science themed costume party! AlexaFluor488,Dazzle594, CD4+ T cell, some CATions, Schrödinger's cat(s), and our beloved nephrology block mascot, Sidney the Kidney!!!
Jordan Trant (G2-P4) received the American Society of Nephrology Kidney STARS award, which includes travel support to the annual ASN meeting this November in Orlando as well as professional development & mentoring during the conference! Congrats @JordanTrant! @ASNKidney@KUNeph
Congratulations to Jordan Trant (G2-P4) and Matt Kavanaugh (G3-P5) for both receiving the Ash Scholarship Award! The award is given by Drs. Steve and Marianne Ash for MD-PhD students conducting excellent research in the Jared Grantham Kidney Institute.