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Check our schedule for ASN Kidney Week 2024
October 21, 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Afaf Saliba on her Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Nobel Laureate Bruce Beutler’s Lab at UTSW!
October 17, 2024
We are excited to announce that Dr. Saliba, our recent PhD graduate, has accepted a postdoctoral fellowship position at the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center under the mentorship of Nobel Laureate Bruce Beutler, MD starting June 2025! We are proud of her achievements and excited for her […]

Dr. Kumar Sharma Receives 2024 Presidential Award for Exceptional Contributions to Nephrology
April 29, 2024
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Kumar Sharma, Professor of Medicine, Distinguished Hillis Chair and Vice Chair for Research, Director of the Center for Precision Medicine and Chief of the Division of Nephrology for his exceptional contributions to the field of nephrology. Recently honored as the “Distinguished Research Scholar”, Dr. Sharma’s transformative work […]

Exciting interview with Dr. Kumar Sharma, MD, our Chief of Nephrology, as he discusses a major breakthrough in Nephrology, by research at the Center for Precision Medicine, Department of Medicine here at UT Health San Antonio!
January 11, 2024
Exciting interview with Dr. Kumar Sharma, MD, our Chief of Nephrology, as he discusses a major breakthrough in Nephrology, by research at the Center for Precision Medicine, Department of Medicine here at UT Health San Antonio! https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/ut-health-san-antonio-discovers-molecule-predicting-kidney-failure-in-diabetics
Join Researchers from the Center for Precision Medicine at ASN annual Kidney Week 2023 for Cutting-Edge Insights in Renal Research: Our team is at the forefront of medical innovation!
October 31, 2023
Join researchers and clinicians from the Center for Precision Medicine and the Division of Nephrology of UT Health San Antonio at American Society of Nephrology, Annual Kidney Week 2023 for Cutting-Edge Insights in Renal Research: Our team is at the Forefront of Medical Innovation! We look forward to joining Drs. Kumar Sharma, MD, and David L. […]
UT Health and Others Land $46M for Research
September 6, 2023
Dr. William Henrich, Dr. Robert Clark, and Afaf Saliba, PhD student in the Center for Precision Medicine, are quoted in this story on San Antonio Express News! Ian Tamayo of the CPM is pictured with Afaf Saliba in the image gallery. You can find the article in the San Antonio Express News here and the […]
Metabolite in urine predicts diabetic kidney failure 5-10 years early; oral therapeutic drug shows promise in mice.
August 24, 2023
Urine levels of adenine, a metabolite produced in the kidney, are predictive and a causative biomarker of looming progressive kidney failure in patients with diabetes, a finding that could lead to earlier diagnosis and intervention, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) reported Aug. […]