Shashank Sandu, BS
T35 Research Fellow
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
About
Mr. Sandu is a second-year medical student. He received a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences and a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from the University of Illinois Chicago. His mentor is Dawood Darbar, MBChB, MD. Outcomes of his research project, “Clinical and Echocardiographic Impact of Disease-Associated Cardiomyopathy Gene Variants in Ethnic Minorities with Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors,” include likely pathogenic/pathogenic variants in these genes have been associated with differential mortality, worsening renal function may not be a mechanism contributing to adverse clinical outcomes.
Upon completing his fellowship, Mr. Sandu presented his research at the November 2023 UIC College of Medicine Research Day. He is currently a 2024 UIC James Scholar, an Independent Study Program where he continues working alongside his mentor. He has several manuscripts in development.