This $200,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) will fund a case-cohort study to identify novel determinants of living kidney donor risk. The study aims to improve the counseling and selection of living kidney donors by developing tools for tailored risk prediction based on donor characteristics. Key activities include conducting...
This $199,922 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under CFDA Program 93.847 "Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research", supports research to define the role of iron homeostasis in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. The research aims to elucidate the fundamental mechanisms of intracellular iron regulation in the kidney that contribute to...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $252,000 was provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847). The award will support research conducted by Albert Einstein College of Medicine to investigate the effects of Ubiquitin D (UBD) variants on Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1)-mediated kidney injury, particularly in persons with HIV. The research aims to...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $671,986, was provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847). The award will fund research to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of medications, such as angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and newer cardiovascular disease (CVD) drugs, in older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Specifically, the...
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded a $152,453 Project Grant under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to Boston Medical Center Corporation (BMC) to develop and validate an automated assessment of kidney vascular pathology and risk of adverse cardiovascular events. The grant will also integrate digital pathology, clinical parameters, and kidney disease proteomics data into a predictive...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), provides $344,632 to New York University (NYU) School of Medicine to conduct research on disparities in the kidney transplantation allocation system. The award aims to: (1) evaluate the equitable distribution of organs among U.S. transplant centers under the new kidney allocation system,...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), provides $154,381 to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic to develop, implement and trial a clinical visit agenda-setting intervention for rural-residing individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The goal is to improve self-advocacy and utilization outcomes for this underserved population....
This $520,649 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), supports fundamental research on hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and progenitor cells. The research being conducted at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York aims to: 1) Investigate the differentiation potential and functional connections between HSCs,...
This $155,274 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) will support research by Emory University to investigate neural and vascular mechanisms contributing to accelerated kidney function decline in older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The key objectives are to: 1) Determine if older CKD patients have exaggerated reductions in renal...
This $133,500 Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847). The grant will fund research conducted by Boston Medical Center Corporation (BMC) to investigate the role of APOLIPOPROTEINL1 genotypes and biomarkers of immune activation and tubular injury in chronic kidney disease, with a focus on underserved populations in sub-Saharan Africa. The...