How can the safety, dosing and benefits of existing therapies for sickle cell disease such as hydroxyurea, be optimized in order to increase its efficacy and improve patient adherence?

What are the healthcare implications of sickle cell trait?

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an extremely high risk of death from cardiovascular cause. The prognosis of patients with chronic kidney disease who also have coronary artery disease is worse than certain cancer. While great strides have been made to create awareness about breast cancer, there is paucity of knowledge about the cardiovascular risk of CKD patients among both physicians and patients. Moreover,... more »

We plan to find the role of APOL1 in increasing the risk of kidney failure in African Americans and translate this knowledge into preventing end-stage kidney disease and the need for kidney replacement therapy, dialysis or kidney transplantation.

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects millions in the US, and is one of the new diseases on the rise globally. New therapies to slow CKD and to repair and regenerate failing kidneys are drastically needed to reduce health care costs and improve lives.