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Apr
14
2023

Research in Progress | Chicago KUH FORWARD

When: Friday, April 14, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT

Where: Online

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Contact: Chicago KUH FORWARD  

Group: Chicago KUH FORWARD

Category: Training

Description:

The April 14th Research in Progress will be given by two Chicago KUH FORWARD Trainees:

1. Akila Ally was awarded a NIH Medical Student Research Training Supplement to the Chicago KUH FORWARD TL1 training grant. She is fulfilling her research training in the laboratory of Santosh Saraf, MD at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. Akila’s research project aims to develop interventional and public health strategies to increase access to healthy foods by exploring whether a diet low in fruits and vegetables increases the risk of kidney disease in people with Sickle Cell disease. 

2. Boaz Bishop, MD, is a Postdoctoral Trainee at Northwestern University and is co-mentored by Dr. Pinelopi Kapitsinou and Dr. Evan Scott. Dr. Bishop is investigating the role of nanoparticles targeted to kidney-specific cells to pave a path for therapeutic solutions of ischemic kidney injury through PHD/HIF signaling pathway.  

Research in Progress is open to the Chicago KUH FORWARD research community. Contact chicago.kuhforward@northwestern.edu for Zoom meeting information.

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Research in Progress is an informal forum for trainees affiliated with the Chicago KUH FORWARD TL1 grant to share what they are currently working on with the greater Chicago KUH FORWARD scientific community. Trainees share their research in progress and receive feedback from a cross-disciplinary audience. Additionally, Research in Progress helps trainees practice their scientific communication and acquire the necessary skills to present ongoing work and improve their speaking skills. 

Research in Progress is held virtually on the second Friday of every other month at 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM and open to the Chicago KUH FORWARD research community.

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About Chicago KUH FORWARD

Chicago Kidney Urology Hematology Network FOR City-Wide ReseArch TRaining and Career Development (Chicago KUH FORWARD) is an interdisciplinary training program for pre- and post-doctoral trainees across Chicago pursuing a career in basic, translational, or clinical research in the fields of kidney, benign urologic, or benign hematologic diseases. Chicago KUH FORWARD integrates interdisiplinary KUH training across six leading medical research instutions including Northwestern Univeristy, University of Chicago, Rush University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University at Chicago, and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital. Chicago KUH FORWARD is supported by NIDDK U2CDK129917 and TL1DK132769. For more information contact chicago.kuhforward@northwestern.edu or visit chicagokuh.org.

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