by PKD Foundation Staff | Jan 16, 2020 | Awareness, Q and A, Research
Published January 16, 2020 Kai He, Ph.D. | Mayo Clinic PKD Foundation (PKDF): How did you first get involved in PKD research? Kai: After my Ph.D. training in molecular cell biology and biochemistry, I started my postdoctoral research at Mayo Clinic studying the...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Dec 17, 2019 | ADPKD Registry, Awareness, Chapters, Donations, PKD Connect, Research, tolvaptan
It’s a thrilling time here at the PKD Foundation. We have so much success to celebrate this season and so many reasons to hope, because of you! Your support is fueling our unprecedented progress in PKD research and care. In 2019, we Awarded research funding to...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Dec 6, 2019 | Awareness, PKD Foundation News, Q and A, Research
Published December 6, 2019 A little over a month ago, Chris Rusconi joined PKD Foundation as its new Chief Research Officer. Over the past 30 days, Chris has been immersed in all things PKD from attending Kidney Week 2019 in Washington DC to the quarterly board...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Nov 26, 2019 | Awareness, Education, Q and A, Research
Published November 25, 2019 Paul DeCaen, Ph.D. | Northwestern University PKD Foundation (PKDF): How did you first get involved in PKD research? Paul: I got involved late, but the timing couldn’t have been better. My training was directed towards studying the molecular...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Nov 19, 2019 | Advocacy, Awareness, PKD Foundation News, Research
Published November 21, 2019 Written by Elise Hoover, Director of Research The PKD Foundation (PKDF) has just returned from Kidney Week 2019 in Washington, D.C. The annual scientific meeting hosted by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) ran Nov. 7–10. This is one...
by PKD Foundation Staff | Nov 5, 2019 | ARPKD, Education, Q and A, Research
Published November 5, 2019 PKD Foundation (PKDF): How did you first get involved in PKD research? Daria: As a graduate student, I worked on a project about the regulation of the ways that our kidneys process salt we consume. There is a certain protein — ENaC, or...
