The John McKay Fellowship was established in honor of John McKay, the famed head coach of the USC Trojans from 1960-1975, and of the Tampa Buccaneers from 1976-1984, who died of kidney disease in 2001.
This fellowship has assisted specialists (fellows) in the areas of clinical nephrology and clinical and basic research through a training program in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. And for the first time, UKRO awarded the 2012 fellowship to a scientist conducting renal research at the Broad California Institute of Regenerative Medicine at USC. Recipients of the John McKay Fellowship include 2012 winner Sanjeev Kumar, M.D., Ph.D. as well as Anne Riquier-Brison, Ph.D., Li Yang, M.D., Ph.D., Susanne Angelow, Ph.D., and Jeanie Park, M.D.
During their training, fellows have the opportunity to pursue individual research projects in a variety of areas.