UKRO – University Kidney Research Organization
Together We Build a Kidney
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Nuria Pastor-Soler, Associate Professor of Medicine, Assistant Dean of Mentoring for the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Principal Investigator at the USC/UKRO Kidney Research Center (KRC), has received the American Medical Association’s Inspiration Award, which celebrates physicians who have offered their time, wisdom, and support throughout … Continue reading Dr. Nuria Pastor-Soler Honored
As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in the United States and around the world, scientists and clinicians are learning more every day about this confounding new virus and the myriad ways it attacks multiple organs throughout the body, including the kidneys. We have brought together a collection of articles to tell the emerging story … Continue reading Coronavirus: Its Impact on the Kidneys and Kidney Patients
Dear Friends of UKRO, We hope this finds you and your loved ones well and coping successfully with the coronavirus. Everyone in the world is experiencing an especially difficult challenge in the form of this pandemic, but for those in the community of kidney patients, these are even more dangerous times. Most kidney patients have … Continue reading An Update from UKRO on the Coronavirus
Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a newly discovered contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)–coronavirus (CoV)-2 virus, primarily manifesting as an acute respiratory illness with interstitial and alveolar pneumonia, but it can affect multiple organs such as the kidney, heart, digestive tract, blood, and nervous system. The kidney appears to be a common … Continue reading Dr. Campese on Coronavirus and the Kidney
UKRO is very pleased to announce that, in addition to funding our ongoing commitment to the USC/UKRO Kidney Research Center, we have awarded two $50,000 innovative pilot grants for cutting-edge, collaborative research projects at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. And with a very generous $50,000 grant from our board member, Yuichi Iwaki, M.D., … Continue reading UKRO 2019 Innovative Project Grants
UKRO mourns the loss of our dear friend and former board member and Chief Financial Officer, Ronald Taubman, who passed away on September 10, 2019 at the age of 74. Ron was a kind, courageous, special man with a generous heart. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at a young age and overcame many … Continue reading UKRO Remembers Ron Taubman