2013 New Scholars

The Clinical Scientist in Nephrology (CSN) committee met on January 29th and selected three fellows:

Sagar Nigwekar, M.D.
Awarded the American Kidney Fund-Sanofi Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Fellowship, Dr. Nigwekar is a clinical and research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Nigwekar’s research will examine calciphylaxis and the role of vitamin D analogues and evaluation of serum biomarker.
Year Fellowship Awarded: 2012

Margaret Yu, M.D.
Awarded the American Kidney Fund-Sanofi Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Fellowship, Dr. Yu is a nephrology fellow at the University of Washington. Dr. Yu’s research will examine the gender differences in chronic kidney disease prevalence, risk factors and progression in an outpatient diabetic population.
Year Fellowship Awarded: 2012

Katherine Lynch, M.D.
Awarded the American Kidney Fund-Amgen Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Fellowship, Dr. Lynch is a nephrology fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Lynch’s research will examine the clinical effectiveness of common interventions aimed at mitigating intradialytic hypotension.
Year Fellowship Awarded: 2012

2012 Scholars

Graham Abra, M.D.
As an American Kidney Fund-Amgen Clinical Scholar at Stanford School of Medicine, Dr. Abra’s project will focus on the design of an electronic health record-based intervention, using alerts for physicians, pharmacists and nurses for medications in need of adjustment in patients with hospital-acquired acute kidney injuries (AKI). Pre- and post-intervention response times to medication adjustment, adverse drug events, length of stay and risk-adjusted cost in patients with hospital acquired AKI will be evaluated in order to learn process improvement through electronic health record order set design, multidisciplinary committee work and intervention analysis.
Year Fellowship Awarded: 2011

Ernest Mandel, M.D.
As an American Kidney Fund Clinical Scholar (2011 Operational Budget) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School’s Channing Laboratory, Dr. Mandel will examine the role of diet in acid-base balance and the development and progression of chronic diseases, with a focus on developing preventive strategies to lessen their disease burden.
Year Fellowship Awarded: 2011

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