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Dr. Katalin Szaszi
Award: KRESCENT New Investigator Award Institution: St. Michael's Hospital Year: 2007-2010 Lay Summary is a new investigator at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. She completed her M.D. and Ph.D. in molecular and cellular physiology at Semmelweis University in Hungary and a post-doctoral internship...
Dr. Kevin Yau 2022
Dr. Kevin Yau Supervisor(s): Ron Wald, David Cherney Award: KRESCENT Post-Doctoral Fellowship Institution: University of Toronto Year: 2022-2025 Study title: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Patients Receiving Maintenance Dialysis Topic(s): Dialysis Biography Dr. Kevin Yau received his medical degree from...
Dr. Kevin Yau 2025
Dr. Kevin Yau Institution: University Health Network, ON Award: KRESCENT New Investigator Award Year: 2025-2028 Project Title: Evaluating Cardiovascular Therapies in Patients Living with Kidney Disease Topic(s): Chronic Kidney Disease Biography Dr. Kevin Yau is a Clinician Scientist and Nephrologist...
Dr. Kristen Gibson
Supervisor(s): Dr. Matthew Sampson Award: KRESCENT Post-Doctoral Fellowship Institution: Boston Children's Hospital, MA Year: 2025-2028 Project Title: Transcriptome aided diagnosis of nephrotic syndromes Topic(s): Genetics, Clinical research Biography is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Division of...
Dr. Kyle Medak
Supervisor(s): Daniel Drucker Award: KRESCENT Post-Doctoral Fellowship Institution: Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mout Sinai Hospital Year: 2023-2026 Study title: Role of the vascular smooth muscle GLP-1 receptor in renoprotection (Understanding the role of the GLP-1 system in the...
Dr. Lakshman Gunaratnam
Supervisor(s): Dr. Joseph V. Bonventre Award: KRESCENT Fellowship Institution: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Year: 2005-2008 Lay Summary obtained his M.D. from the University of Ottawa and will complete a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Joseph Bonventre at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in...
Dr. Lakshman Gunaratnam 2011
Dr. Lakshman Gunaratnam Award: KRESCENT New Investigator Award Institution: University of Western Ontario Year: 2011-2014 Lay Summary Dr. Lakshman Gunaratnam is a new investigator at the University of Western Ontario. He obtained his MD from the University of Ottawa and then completed his...
Dr. Magdalena Riedl Khursigara
Supervisor(s): Anna Greka Award: KRESCENT Post-Doctoral Fellowship Institution: Broad Institute (Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard ) Year: 2023-2026 Study title: Molecular regulation of trafficking misfolded proteins to the lysomes Topic(s): Kidney biology Biography completed her...
Dr. Mallory Downie
Supervisor(s): Dr. Robert Kleta; Dr. Rulan Parekh Award: KRESCENT Post-Doctoral Fellowships Institution: University College London Year: 2020-2022 Study title: Using genetics for precision medicine in nephrotic syndrome Biography is currently pursuing her PhD in bioinformatics and genetics at...
Dr. Marie-Chantal Fortin
Award: KRESCENT New Investigator Award, Co-funded with FRSQ Institution: CRCHUM - Hôpital Notre-Dame Year: 2011-2014 Lay Summary is a new investigator at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal. She obtained her M.D. from the Université de Sherbrooke and completed a post-doctoral...