Research

Division research interests include the genetic basis of renal disease, stem cells and the kidney, the clinical epidemiology of pre-ESRD, prevention of chronic transplant rejection, the epidemiology of post-transplant complications, mechanisms of glomerular permeability, and biomarkers of renal disease.

Faculty research interests are as follows:

Barbara Daniels, M.D.

• Structural determinants of glomerular permselectivity
• Glomerular permselectivity in Alport syndrome

Sandeep Gupta, M.D.

• Stem cells and the kidney
• Renal regeneration
• Cellular therapy of kidney diseases

Hassan Ibrahim, M.D., M.S.

• Chronic allograft nephropathy
• Predictors of human renal disease progression
• The role of aldosterone in the progression of renal disease

Areef Ishani, M.D., M.S.

• Prevention of chronic kidney disease and complications associated with kidney disease
• Epidemiological studies to define the epidemiology of complications associated with chronic kidney disease such as osteoporosis and progressive loss of bone mineral density

Bert Kasiske, M.D.

• Outcomes post kidney transplantation
• Outcomes of kidney donation
• Development of clinical practice guidelines in transplant patients

Patricia Painter, Ph.D.

• Studies on exercise training in dialysis and transplant patients
• Study of determinants of exercise capacity of patients on different end stage renal disease therapies

Mark Rosenberg, M.D.

• Mechanisms of cell injury
• Clusterin (an injury inducible protein)
• Mechanisms of progressive renal failure
• Stem cells and the kidney
• Transplantation outcomes

Yelena Slinin, M.D., M.S.

• Cognitive dysfunction in kidney disease, calcium and phosphorus as novel cardiovascular risk factors
• Delivery of care and outcomes in patients with End Stage Kidney Disease

Research Links at the University of Minnesota
Department of Medicine Grants Resource Office
Clinical Trials - Information from AHC
University of Minnesota Expertise Database
General Clinical Research Center  Funding Sources
Research Services Operations

Other Sites of Interest
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Department of Health and Human Services