RESEARCH

Overview

Opportunities exist for trainees to be involved in ongoing research as well as with smaller and short term projects in both basic science and patient-oriented disciplines. Basic science research opportunities are available in different investigators’ laboratories addressing a variety of interests related to cell biology, acute renal failure, autoimmunity, and acid-base physiology and pathophysiology; additionally, top areas of research in Nephrology include: 1) Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease, 2) health disparities and outcomes in chronic kidney disease, 3) molecular biology of acute kidney injury and autoimmune disease.

Active clinical research studies include the NIH sponsored Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study, the Hispanic Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (H-CRIC) Study, and the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT). In addition, several protocols involving anemia and osteodystrophy management are being conducted in end stage renal disease patients. Along with these projects, an opportunity for concomitant didactic work at the UIC School of Public Health is also available, including a program leading to a master degree in public health. An ongoing affiliation with the Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center affords further opportunities in health services research targeted at chronic and end-stage kidney disease. A T32 Training Program in health disparities also affords two years of research support for nephrology fellows for research focused on disparities in chronic kidney disease.

INSTRUCTIONS: In order to add a sidebar anchor:

  1. Duplicate the existing item, listed as a 1/6 text field. (Or create a 1/6 column and add a text field, modify the class so it’s exactly “additionalAnchor”).
  2. Modify the text field inside the 1/6 column. Inside there, modify the HYPERLINK so that it would go to a corresponding section with a “#” in front of it. (Example, we have a “chief” section on the page, then it would make sense to have the hyperlink go to “#chief”)
  3. Then change the hyperlink TEXT to a appropriate label.
  4. IMPORTANT: If not done already, go into that CONTAINER that corresponds to your anchor (i.e. Meet The Chiefs), and add an ID matching the anchor’s HYPERLINK WITHOUT the “#”, i.e. “chief”.
  5. (If using side bar widget box, then there’s a saved copy of a widget box COLUMN, grab it in the column library, it should 1/6 of a length of a column.)

NOTE: Order added to the sidebar is from last to first.