Education

First and second year nephrology fellows will be introduced to research design, statistics, interpretation of research studies, and critical review of the literature to acquire skills for lifelong learning.  They will also acquire the skills and knowledge to conduct ethical clinical research.  Fellows are expected to design, implement and complete their research project during the fellowship.  Furthermore, it is expected that each fellow will have an abstract of his/her work published and perhaps presented at one of the annual national nephrology meetings.

The following are examples of research projects which have been accepted as either oral or poster presentations at national nephrology meetings.

• Cardiac MRI: ASN Poster 2005

• Spironolactone and LVH: ASN Poster 2006

• Effects of TPA as a Dialysis Catheter Locking Solution : ASN Poster 2006

• Urinary Biomarkers and DGF: ATC Presentation 2007

• Antibody Mediated Rejection: ASN Poster 2007

• Expanding the Donor Pool: Optimal Utilization of Pediatric Donor Kidneys: ASN Poster 2008

• Long Term Outcomes of Steroid Sparing Immunosuppression: ASN Poster 2008

• Impact of Slow Graft Function on Renal Allograft Outcome: ASN Poster 2009