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Department of Medicine-Division of Nephrology faculty and staff selected to speak at 2025 ASN Kidney Week
October 13, 2025
We are proud to announce the Nephrology Division faculty and staff who were selected to speak and present at the annual world’s premier nephrology meeting, American Society of Nephrology’s (ASN) Kidney Week! ASN Speaker Session “Management of Proteinuria in Patients with Cancer: Benefits of SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists”. Presented by Dr. Swetha Kanduri. […]
Nature Reviews Nephrology article
October 8, 2025
We are pleased to announce that a Center for Precision Medicine manuscript entitled “Spatial Metabolomics and Multi-Omics Integration for Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine for Kidney Disease” was accepted for publication!
First Author Highlights – Afaf Saliba, PhD
September 4, 2025
Afaf Saliba, PhD was highlighted in the highly regarded, peer reviewed scientific journal, American Physiological Society. Dr. Saliba completed her PhD in 2024 in the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology under Dr. Kumar Sharma. https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajprenal.2025.392.2.AU
LSOM Office for Research Newsletter-V3
August 22, 2025
Department of Medicine – Nephrology Division 2025 Achievements
Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in Patients w/Chronic Kidney Disease
April 28, 2025
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing public health concern. However, the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in CKD is not kidney failure but cardiovascular (CV) disease. In this panel ReCAP, nephrologist Dr Shweta Bansal of the University of Texas, San Antonio, and cardiologist Dr Charles Herzog from Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota, discuss the […]
Sharma lab: Dr. Saliba takes the stage at ASN
April 3, 2025
We are thrilled to celebrate Dr. Afaf Saliba, recent PhD graduate and postdoc in the Sharma Lab at the Center for Precision Medicine, at UT Health SA! Her abstract has been selected for an oral presentation and a travel award of $1000 at the upcoming American Society of Nephrology “Bench to Bedside” Conference in May 2025! Dr. […]
Kidney International article
March 18, 2025
New Commentary in “Kidney International” by Dr. Soumya Maity and Dr. Kumar Sharma delving into the pivotal study by Patil et al. on the mitochondrial choline transporter SLC25A48 and its role in regulating urinary and blood choline levels. Check out the full discussion: https://www.kidney-international.org/article/S0085-2538(24)00811-1/fulltext#fig1 Check out the study by Patil et al.: https://www.kidney-international.org/article/S0085-2538(24)00526-X/fulltext
Cooking with PKD: A Plant Based Approach
March 13, 2025
Cooking with PKD: A Plant-Based Approach is a four-part cooking series focusing on increasing participants’ understanding and skills in preparing plant-based healthy meals with a focus on dietary concerns of people affected by PKD. Each session will be a one-hour chef-led interactive cooking session that will be live streamed & recorded for participants who are […]
New publication alert on the Kidney-Brain axis!
February 25, 2025
Led by our PhD graduate, Dr. Afaf Saliba, under the mentorship of our director Dr. Kumar Sharma! https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/180229 This research highlights a crucial connection between kidney disease and brain health. The team found that quinolinic acid, a byproduct of tryptophan metabolism, builds up in the plasma kidney and brain during kidney failure, associated with inflammation […]