by Sydney Johnston | May 26, 2020 | Education, Q and A, Research
Published May 26, 2020 Owen Woodward, Ph.D., University of Maryland PKD Foundation (PKDF): How did you first get involved in PKD research? Owen: As with most things in life, it was a combination of chance and great role models. I was a Fellow with Bill Guggino at the...
by Sydney Johnston | May 21, 2020 | Education, Q and A, Research
Published May 21, 2020 Alessandra Boletta, Ph.D. | San Raffaele Scientific Institute PKD Foundation (PKDF): How did you first get involved in PKD research? Alessandra: I started my activity as a postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Greg Germino at the Johns Hopkins...
by Sydney Johnston | Apr 28, 2020 | ADPKD Registry, Q and A, Research
Published April 28, 2020 | After the ADPKD Registry launched in September 2019, PKDF established the Registry Patient Advisory Group. The advisory group is pivotal in informing the Registry program how to maintain a patient-centric approach to our research...
by admin | Mar 19, 2020 | Advocacy, Awareness, Research
Published March 19, 2020. Written by Chris Rusconi, Chief Research Officer. Seven research grants with a primary focus on polycystic kidney disease totaling more than $12 million were funded in the fiscal year 2019 grant cycle by the Department of Defense’s Peer...
by admin | Feb 25, 2020 | Awareness, Education, Q and A, Research
Published Feb. 25, 2020 Ian Smyth, Ph.D. | Monash University, Australia PKD Foundation (PKDF): How did you first get involved in PKD research? Ian: By chance and happenstance. I have a background in developmental biology (with a dash of human genetics) and our...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Feb 18, 2020 | Awareness, Education, Q and A, Research
Published Feb. 18, 2020 Oliver Wessely, Ph.D. | Cleveland Clinic/Case Western Reserve University PKD Foundation (PKDF): How did you first get involved in PKD research? Oliver: By serendipity. I was studying a gene involved in early embryonic development in...
