Nephrology Research

All fellows pursue scholarly projects under the guidance of experienced and accomplished mentors in clinical, translational and basic research. The experience provides the fellow with lifelong skills in clinical investigation, molecular biology, developmental and cell biology, gene therapy, genomics, or transplant immunology that will be beneficial regardless of the ultimate career path chosen. Fellows who wish to pursue careers in clinical research may also take courses in clinical research methodology through the Mount Sinai Clinical Research Training Program which is supported by an NIH-funded K30 Clinical Research Curriculum Award. Over the past 10 years, our Fellows have published over 90 peer-reviewed publications and our recent graduates have been highly successful in competing for NIH mentored career physician scientist development awards (K08 and K23). Our success in training Fellows to become successful physician-investigators is rivaled by very few US programs.

Basic Science Research Opportunities


  • Podocyte cell biology
  • Experimental Glomerular Disease
  • Mechanisms underlying Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
  • Nucleic acid transporter characterization
  • Systems biology in kidney fibrosis and diabetic nephropathy
  • Transplant immunology
  • Genomics of Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
  • Pathogenesis of HIV-induced kidney disease
  • Mechanism of Tenofovir-induced renal injury
  • Cortical duct epithelial transport

Clinical & Translational Research Opportunities


  • Biomarkers in acute kidney injury
  • Risk factors for diabetic nephropathy progression
  • Anemia management with erythropoietin stimulating agents
  • Advanced glycosylation end products as cardiovascular risk factors in CKD
  • Kidney disease in HIV and Hepatitis C
  • Health equity research
  • Social determinants of health research
  • Big data and machine learning
  • Genomics of kidney diseases

Our Research Mentors

Evren Azeloglu, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacological Sciences

Systems & Computational Biology Tissue Engineering Models Drug Development

Kirk Campbell, MD

Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair, Department of Medicine

Podocyte Biology & Mediators of Glomerular Disease Signaling Pathways

Lili Chan, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Outcomes in Hemodialysis Patients Clinical Epidemiology

Nicholas Chun, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Transplant Immunology Complement Biology

Steven Coca, DO, MS

Professor of Medicine

Outcomes in Acute and Chronic Kidney Disease Big Data Solutions Biomarkers

Paolo Cravedi, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Transplantation and immune-mediated glomerular diseases Transplant Immunology Translational Research

Ilse Daehn, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Glomerular Cell Crosstalk Mitochondrial Function

Samira Farouk, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Medical Education FOAMed Social Media

Miguel Fribourg, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Quantitative Methods Transplant Immunology Cell Signaling

Gabriele Gusella, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Ciliopathies

Basil Hanss, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Transplant Immunology Cell Biology

Cijiang He, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Pharmacological Sciences

Podocyte Biology Systems Biology Diabetic Nephropathy

Lewis Kaufman, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Podocyte Protective Signaling Pathways Functional Mutagenic Screens

Kyung Lee, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Diabetic Kidney Disease HIV-associated Kidney Disease Gene Expression Analysis Signaling Pathways Mouse Models of CKD

Kristin Meliambro, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Mechanisms of Podocyte Injury & Survival Cell Signaling Pathways Nephrology Biorepository

Dinushika Mohottige, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Health Care Disparities, Population health Improvement, CKD Prevention

Girish Nadkarni, MD

Professor of Medicine

Genomics & Electronic Health Records Big Data & Machine Learning BioBank

Babu Padanilam, MD

Professor of Medicine

Physiology, Molecular Biology, AKI/CKD Models

James Post, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Cognitive Impairment of Patients with Impaired Kidney Function

Joshua Rein, DO

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Tubular Transport Cell Signaling Cannabinoids

Lisa Satlin, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine

Tubular Transport Cell Signaling Single Nephron Physiology

Jaime Uribarri, MD

Professor of Medicine

Advanced Glycoxidation End Products Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes Home Hemodialysis Outcomes

Amanda Zeidman, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Critical Care

Contact Us

Cassidie Derras Program Coordinator Division of Nephrology cassidie.derras@mssm.edu

1 Gustave L. Levy Place Box 1243 New York, NY 10029 (212) 241-0693

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Our Fellows