The American Kidney Fund awarded clinical scientist in nephrology fellowships to two researchers studying disparities in kidney transplants and genetic variants in nephrotic syndrome, according to a press release.
Jillian Caldwell, DO, a nephrology fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine, received funding for a project measuring the association between immunologic matching in kidney transplants and equitable access to transplantation.
«Kidney transplantation is a way to restore our patients’ quality of life and health and should be accessible to all. However, disparities still exist,