Kidney Disease Research Updates and Urologic Diseases Research Updates
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Kidney Disease Research Updates and Urologic Diseases Research Updates are produced by the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC). Copies of these newsletters are available online only.
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Kidney Disease Research Updates
Kidney Disease Research Updates, an email newsletter, is sent to subscribers by the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC). The newsletter features news about kidney disease, special events, patient and professional meetings, and new publications available from the NKUDIC and other organizations.
You can read or download a PDF version or subscribe to the newsletter at www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov/about/newsletter.htm.
Executive Editor: Andrew S. Narva, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Dr. Narva is the director of the National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP) within the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Prior to joining the NKDEP in 2006, he served as chief clinical consultant for nephrology and director of the Kidney Disease Program for the Indian Health Service. He has served as a member of the medical review board of ESRD Network 15, as a member of the steering committee of the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP), and on the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Workgroup.
Urologic Diseases Research Updates
Urologic Diseases Research Updates, an email newsletter, is sent to subscribers by the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC). The newsletter features news about urologic diseases, special events, patient and professional meetings, and new publications available from the NKUDIC and other organizations.
You can read or download a PDF version or subscribe to the newsletter at www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov/about/newsletter.htm.
Executive Editor: Christopher Mullins, Ph.D.
Dr. Mullins serves as the director of Basic Cell Biology Programs in Urologic and Kidney Disease at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Mullins is a graduate of the University of Louisville and the Vanderbilt University Graduate School of Medicine, where he completed his graduate training in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in 1997. As a National Research Council fellow, Dr. Mullins conducted research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development from 1997 to 2002 and joined the NIDDK’s Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases in his present position in 2002. His responsibilities include serving as the project scientist for the NIDDK’s Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network and providing development and oversight for additional NIDDK initiatives, including the NIDDK Prostate Research Strategic Plan.
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NIH Publication No. 11–4531 (Kidney) and 11–5743 (Urologic)
Subject Index, Kidney Disease Research Updates
Gene Variants That Prevent African Sleeping Sickness Increase Kidney Disease Risk
Lower Blood Pressure Goal Benefits African Americans with Chronic Kidney Disease and Protein in the Urine
Report Calls for Increased Coordination of Federal CKD Prevention and Treatment Efforts
Children with Kidney Disease Not Getting Enough Sleep
Cholesterol a Poor Predictor of Heart Disease in Some Kidney Disease Patients
HHS Launches Healthy People 2020
Administration Announces Regulations Requiring New Health Insurance Plans to Provide Free Preventive Care
NIH Pays Tribute to the First Woman Appointed Director of an NIH Institute, Ruth L. Kirschstein
Nurik Appointed Director of NIDDK Information Clearinghouses
Nutrition for CKD Patients
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Subject Index, Urologic Diseases Research Updates
Study Uncovers Pain Pathway Associated with Urinary Tract Infections
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Prostate Enlargement with Bladder Overactivity Associated with Decreased Big Potassium Channel Activity
Scientists Catalog Genes Expressed during Urogenital Development
HHS Launches Healthy People 2020
Administration Announces Regulations Requiring New Health Insurance Plans to Provide Free Preventive Care
NIH Pays Tribute to the First Woman Appointed Director of an NIH Institute, Ruth L. Kirschstein
Nurik Appointed Director of NIDDK Information Clearinghouses
Kirkali Joins NIDDK as Senior Scientific Officer for Clinical and Translational Research
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