The division has a very active and successful research section. Both basic and patient-oriented research are emphasized. Multiple section faculty members have NIH support. The division has strong collaborations with the world-recognized adult nephrology division. The publications by our faculty members can be found under each person’s individual page. Faculty from the division are also part of consortiums and multi-center studies including:
- North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies (NAPRTCS)
- Standardizing Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric Endstage Kidney Disease (SCOPE)
- Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium (PNRC)
- Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD)
- Genomics of IgA-related disorders in kids Study (GIGA-Kids)
- Improving Renal Outcomes Collabortive (IROC)
Current grant funding in the division includes
- Pediatric Outcomes of KidneyCare in Renal Allografts (pOKRA)
- Prospective Early Multi-Modality Longitudinal Surveillance in pediatric kidney transplant care : PREEMPT Study
- NIH RO1 support for studies of the CKD-MBD and vascular calcification
- NIH R01 support for randomized controlled trials to improve teenage adherence after kidney transplant
- NIH U01 support for prospective multi-center studies to improve post-transplant graft and patient survival and reduce morbidities
- Clinical trials in the cardiovascular outcomes of CKD
- Clinical and translational trials of phosphate binders and vitamin D analogs
- Clinical trials of IgA nephropathy, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
- Long-term outcome and function of pediatric renal transplant recipients
- Studies on the function of certain genes in kidney development and their role in congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT)