Renal Special Interest Group

Welcome to the Renal Special Interest Group (SIG)!

The goal of the HCHS/SOL Renal Scientific Interest Group (SIG) is to foster collaboration of kidney disease-related research among HCHS/SOL Investigators and the nephrology scientific community. The SIG has published over 15 original research articles evaluating association between clinical, behavioral, and genetic factors with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The group recently published the first HCHS/SOL longitudinal manuscript examining risk factors for incident CKD.

Bimonthly HCHS/SOL Renal SIG meetings are held via conference call on the third Thursday morning of even months at 11:30 Eastern / 10:30Central. We welcome presentation proposals for our calls from members at different career stages. The SIG has been a great forum for early and mid-career investigators to discuss their manuscript proposals and ideas and to receive feedback from the SIG membership.

SIG Leadership

Member - Last, First Email Address
HCHS ADDRESS FOR ALL GENERAL QUESTIONS, HCHS, Admin hchsadministration@unc.edu
Lash, James P, MD jplash@uic.edu

SIG Current Membership

Member - Last, First Center Affiliation / Site
Abramowitz, Matthew, MD, MS Field Center: Bronx (Einstein College of Medicine)
Cordero, Christina, PhD, MPH Field Center: Miami (University of Miami)
Daviglus, Martha, MD, PhD Field Center: Chicago (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Echeverria, Roberto, MD Field Center: Bronx (Einstein College of Medicine)
Everhart, James, ----------------------------- NIH Institution - NIDDK - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Flessner, Michael, MD, PhD NIH Institution - NIDDK - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Franceschini, Nora, MD, MPH, Epidemiology Coordinating Center - Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center - UNC at Chapel Hill
Furaijat, Ghefar, MD, MPH Candidate Field Center: San Diego (San Diego State University)
Go, Alan, MD Field Center: Chicago (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Gonzalez II, Franklyn, MS Coordinating Center - Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center - UNC at Chapel Hill
Hannan, Mary, PhD Field Center: Chicago (University of Illinois at Chicago)
HCHS ADDRESS FOR ALL GENERAL QUESTIONS, HCHS, Admin Coordinating Center - Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center - UNC at Chapel Hill
Hu, Yichun, MS
Johns, Tanya, MD, MHS Field Center: Bronx (Einstein College of Medicine)
Kramer, Holly, MD, MPH Affiliated Investigator - Not at HCHS/SOL site
Kusek, John, PhD NIH Institution - NIDDK - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Lash, James, MD Field Center: Chicago (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Laurie, Cathy, PhD HCHS/SOL Genetic Analysis Center - University of Washington, Seattle
Li, Xiang, MD, PhD Field Center: Chicago (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Li, Xihao Coordinating Center - Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center - UNC at Chapel Hill
Loehr, Laura, MD, PhD Coordinating Center - Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center - UNC at Chapel Hill
Melamed, Michal, MD Field Center: Bronx (Einstein College of Medicine)
Mendoza, Carmen, PhD Coordinating Center - Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center - UNC at Chapel Hill
Missikpode, Celestin, PhD Field Center: Chicago (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Peralta, Carmen, MD, MAS Field Center: Bronx (Einstein College of Medicine)
Perez-Stable, Eliseo, MD NIH Institution - NIMHD - National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Rebholz, Casey, PhD, MS, MNSP, MPH Affiliated Investigator - Not at HCHS/SOL site
Ricardo, Ana, MD, MPH, MS Field Center: Chicago (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Rivas Nieto, Andrea, MD Affiliated Investigator - Not at HCHS/SOL site
Rivera, Eleanor, PhD, RN Field Center: Chicago (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Rosas, Sylvia, MD Field Center: San Diego (San Diego State University)
Schwartz, Joel, D.M.D., D.Med.Sc Field Center: Chicago (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Sedaghat, Sanaz, PhD
Sinclair, Matthew, MD
Talavera, Gregory, MD, MPH Field Center: San Diego (San Diego State University)
Tereshchenko, Larisa, MD PhD Ancillary Study Investigators - Not at HCHS/SOL site
Thomas, Alvin, PhD, MSPH Coordinating Center - Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center - UNC at Chapel Hill
Toth-Manikowski, Stephanie, M.D. Field Center: Chicago (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Vasquez Canizares, Natalia, MD Field Center: Bronx (Einstein College of Medicine)
Vivek, Sithara, MPH, PhD