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| Dr. Tamara Isakova |
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| Dr. Nisha Bansal |
ROCKVILLE, MD — The American Kidney Fund (AKF) is pleased to announce the 2008 Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Fellowship winners, Dr. Tamara Isakova and Dr. Nisha Bansal. Each year AKF chooses two scholars who are pursuing promising careers in academic medicine with the goal of improving the quality of care of renal patients.
Dr. Isakova, of Massachusetts General Hospital, is the recipient of the 2008 American Kidney Fund-Amgen CSN Fellowship. She has a strong interest in development of secondary hyperparathyroidism in CKD patients. Dr. Isakova’s research while a CSN Fellow is entitled “Postprandial Hypocalcemia in Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in Early Chronic Kidney Disease.” She aims to understand postprandial calcium and parathyroid metabolism and how to normalize these in early CKD.
Dr. Isakova is a graduate of Downstate Medical College and was a 2007 Scholars in Clinical Science Program recipient from Harvard Medical School. She intends to pursue further studies in epidemiology, biostatistics, genetics, pharmacology and new techniques of clinical research while enrolled in the Harvard School of Scholars in Clinical Science Program.
Dr. Nisha Bansal, of the University of California, San Francisco, is the recipient of the 2008 American Kidney Fund-Genzyme CSN Fellowship. With a strong interest in cardiovascular disease outcomes in CKD patients, Dr. Bansal’s research while a CSN Fellow will study the impact of CKD on the clinical presentation of coronary artery disease. Additionally, the study will examine the role of CKD-specific risk factors and medication use on the presentation of coronary artery disease.
Dr. Bansal attended medical school at the University of Connecticut, where she was awarded multiple honors including the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. She will pursue further studies in epidemiology and biostatistics while enrolled in the Masters Degree Program in Clinical Research at UCSF.
The goal of the American Kidney Fund’s CSN Program is to improve the quality of care provided to kidney patients and to promote clinical research in nephrology. This goal is achieved by enhancing the training of nephrologists who desire to pursue an academic career and whose primary professional commitment is to scholarship in the provision of patient care. Awardees conduct prevention and outcomes research and receive advanced training in essential skills such as medical ethics, biostatistics and epidemiology.
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