Charles S. Wingo, MD, University of Florida

Andrew Schreiner, MD, Medical University of South Carolina

Project entitled: "Improving the Diagnosis of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Primary Care Patients Using Natural Language Processing"

Kinfe Bishu, MD, Medical University of South Carolina

Paper entitled: "Estimating the Economic Burden of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the US: 12 Year National Data"

Post-Graduate Category - Anupam Agarwal, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Student Category - Thomas I. Nathaniel, PhD, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville

Junior Faculty Category - Sumanth D. Prabhu, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham

First Place
Jacob Pruett, University of Mississippi Medical Center
"Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibition Attenuates the Intrarenal Renin-Angiotensin System in a Rat Model of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome"

Second Place
Herman Odens, Jr., The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
"The Suppression of Collagen Induced Arthritis Using Collagen with Post-Translational Modifications"

Thomas E. Strayer, III
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Engagement in Deprescribing Research: Identifying Barriers to Recruitment of Hospitalized Older Adults for Two Clinical Intervention Trials"

Barbara Mantilla
Texas Tech University
"Which Group of Patients Withdraw from a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program?"

Basic Science Research Awardees

First Place - Laurence M. Black, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
"Characterizing de novo Lymphangiogenesis During Acute Kidney Injury Using Three-Dimensional Imaging and Tissue Cytometry"

Second Place - Keyona King-Medina, PA-C, PhD, Emory University
"The Effect of EGF Inhibition on Salt-Sensitivity"

Third Place - Gema Bolas, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Discoidin Domain Receptor 1 Regulates Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress"

Fourth Place - Murat Dogan, MD, PhD, University of Virginia
"PD-1 Regulates Metabolic Fitness in Protection from Kidney Ischemia Reperfusion Injury"

Honorable Mention #1 - Yosuke Osaki, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Cell Cycle Changes in Proximal Tubules Improve Response to Chronic Kidney Injury"

Honorable Mention #2 - Ana Paula de Oliverira Leite, PhD, Tulane University
"Proximal Tubule-Specific Deletion of Mitochondrial Protein Sirtuin 3 in the Kidney Attenuates Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertension and Augments Natriuretic Responses in Female Mice"

Clinical Science Research Awardees

First Place - Richard Chia, MD, University of Texas Southwestern
"High Dietary Inorganic Phosphate Impairs Exercise Tolerance in Healthy Adults with Normal Renal Function"

Second Place - Terrance Wickman, MD, Ochsner Health System
"Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in COVID-19 is Increased in African Americans With Apoliprotein L1 High-Risk Genotype"

Third Place - Elvis Akwo, MD, MS, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Refining Individualized Risk Prediction for Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension in a Large Multiethnic Biobank: The Million Veteran Program"

Fourth Place - Meredith McAdams, MD, University of Texas Southwestern
"Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Correlates and Outcomes"

Honorable Mention #1 - Arun Rajasekaran, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
"Characteristics of IgA Nephropathy in African American Transplant Recipients"

Honorable Mention #2 - Masood Ahmad, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
"Peritoneal Dialysis Related Outcomes in Obese Patients"