MA "Tonette" Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH, Tulane University Health Sciences Center

Michael H. Woodworth, MD, Emory University
Project entitled "Temporal Dynamics of MDRO Eradication after FMT"

Bashar S. Staitieh, MD,Emory University
Paper entitled "Chronic Alcohol Ingestion Impairs Rat Alveolar Macrophage Phagocytosis via Disruption of Rage Signaling"

Post-Graduate Category - Collen S. Kraft, MD, Emory University

Student Category - Michael J. Mugavero, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham (Becky Reamey, PhD accepting for Dr. Mugavero)

Junior Faculty Category - Ruxana T. Sadikot, MD, Emory University

First - Maria Soledad Rivera, MBBS, University of Queensland School of Medicine-Ochsner Clinical School
Impact of Portal Pulmonary Hypertension in the Course of Hepatorenal Acute Kidney Injury

Second - Lauren F. Collins, MD, Emory University
Emergence of Clonal Non-typeable Haemophilus Influenzae in HIV+ Black Men who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Metro Atlanta, 2017-2018

Third - Andrew C. Curnow, Tulane University
Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition Stimulates Renin Synthesis Independent of CGMP in Collecting Duct Cells

First - Raza Ahmad, University of Queensland School of Medicine-Ochsner Clinical School
Examining the Effect of a Cyclic Peptide CXCR4 Antagonist, LY2510924, in an Orthotopic Xenograft Mice Model on Colorectal Cancer Tumor Growth and Metastasis

Second - Albert Vacheron, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Metformin Increases Survival in T2DM Patients with Pancreatic Cancer and Lymphoma

First - Zohra Prasla, MD, Emory University
Inflammatory Response Induced by Non-tuberculosis Mycobacteria is Associated with Altered Cell Energy Metabolism in Macrophages

Second - Sara Kiparizoska, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Impact of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic on Patient Survival in Mississippi

Basic Science Research Awardees

First - Anju Sreelatha, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Protein AMPylation by an Evolutionarily Conserved Pseudokinase

Second - Shinji Tanaka, MD, PhD, University of Virginia
Both Efferent and Afferent Vagus Neurons Contribute to the Protective Effect of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Acute Kidney Injury

Third - Sunil Rangarajan, MBBS, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Immunoglobulin Free Light Chains Cause Progressive Kidney Disease and Fibrosis via STAT1-Dependent Mechanisms (no photo available)

Fourth - Selene Colon, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Divergent Compartment Specific Roles for Peroxidasin After Kidney Injury

Alternate - Shirin Pourafshar, PhD, University of Virginia
Effect of Parenchymal versus Hematopoietic GSTM1 Deficiency on Renal Inflammation and Injury in Ang II-HTN

Clinical Science Research Awardees

First - Michael W. Holliday, Jr., MD, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Survey of Migrant Dialysis Patients Disclosures a Majority with Paraquat or Other Agrochemical Exposure: A Potential Etiology for Mesoamerican Nephropathy

Second - Daniel Edmonston, MD, Duke University
Impact of Pulmonary Hypertension Subtype on Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease

Third - Crystal Farrington, DO, University of Alabama at Birmingham
The Microbiology, Clinical Presentation, and Complications of the Dialysis Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections

Fourth - Manuel E. Gonzalez, MD, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Diagnostic Utility of Serial Microscopic Examination of the Urinary Sediment in Acute Kidney Injury (no photo available)

National Nephrology Young Investigators Program

The SSCI NYIF participants in the National YIF on May 8 in conjunction with the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings held in Boston did very well.

Clinical Research

Second - Daniel Edmonston, MD, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Pulmonary Hypertension Subtypes and Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease

Basic Science

First -Shinji Tanaka, MD, PhD, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Optogenetic Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve Identified Distinct Pathways that Mediate Tissue Protection from Renal Ischemia- Reperfusion Injury

Third -Sunil Rangarajan, MBBS, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Immunoglobulin in Free Light Chains Cause Progressive Kidney Damage and Fibrosis Via STAT1-Dependent Mechanisms

S-AFMR/SSCI Student Research Travel Awards

S-AFMR/SSCI Junior Faculty and Trainee Awards

AFMR Henry Christian Awards

Supaporn Kulthinee, PhD, Tulane University
Grace Nelson, MD, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Alejandro Robles, MD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center