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  • Jeffrey Dickhout, Ph.D.

    Award: KRESCENT New Investigator Award Institution: McMaster University Year: 2014-2017 Lay Summary Dr. Jeffrey G. Dickhout is a new investigator at the St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton Centre for Kidney Research and an Assistant Professor in McMaster University’s Division of Nephrology. He...


  • Justin Chun

    Dr. , Ph.D. Award: KRESCENT New Investigator Award Institution: University of Calgary Year: 2020-2023 Study title: Precision Medicine in Glomerular Disease: Role for Lipid Droplets Biography Dr. is a nephrologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. He obtained his MSc (2004) and...


  • Kara Schick-Makaroff, Ph.D.

    Award: Can-SOLVE CKD-KRESCENT New Investigator Award Institution: University of Alberta Year: 2016-2019 Lay Summary Dr. Kara Schick-Makaroff is a New Investigator at the University of Alberta. She obtained her PhD in Nursing from the University of Victoria. She completed her Post Doctoral...


  • Kara Schick Makaroff, Ph.D. 2011

    Kara Schick Makaroff, Ph.D. Supervisor(s): Dr. Anita E. Molzahn Award: KRESCENT Fellowship Institution: University of Alberta Year: 2011-2015 Lay Summary Dr. Schick Makaroff is a registered nurse who will pursue her post-doctoral fellowship under the supervision of Dr. Anita Molzahn in the Faculty...


  • Karen Hornby

    Supervisor(s): Dr. Ivan Pless, Dr. Sam Shemie Award: KRESCENT Allied Health Doctoral Scholarship Institution: McGill University Year: 2008-2011 Lay Summary will complete her doctoral degree in epidemiology at McGill University in Montreal. Ms. Hornby will study Canadian transplant tourism with Dr....


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    Leadership After finishing his medical training at McGill University, Dr. Lemaire moved to Toronto to learn Paediatrics and Nephrology at Toronto’s SickKids before moving to Yale University to pursue a Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. Richard Lifton. There, he focused on gene discovery for rare...


  • Kyle Medak

    , Ph.D. 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...


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