Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Medicine
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2025 - Present
Medicine, Nephrology,
Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
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2018 - Present
Duke Clinical Research Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Scholarly Works
Chronic kidney disease, complex conditions, and advancing therapeutics: new hope and challenges.
Journal article Lancet · June 13, 2026 Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasingly recognised as a complex, multisystem condition that rarely occurs in isolation. This Series paper outlines major advances in therapeutics that target shared inflammatory, metabolic, and fibrotic pathways across ... Full text Link to item CitePediatric kidney health outcomes in communities impacted by chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu): a systematic review.
Journal article Pediatr Nephrol · May 2026 BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) is a tubulointerstitial disease that disproportionately affects young, primarily male, agricultural workers in Mesoamerica and South Asia who lack traditional risk factors for kidney disease. Ex ... Full text Link to item CiteGenotype-Guided Antidepressant Prescribing for Patients With Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Journal article JAMA Netw Open · May 1, 2026 IMPORTANCE: The effectiveness of pharmacogenetics to guide prescribing of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for depression remains unclear, despite the well-established association between SSRI pharmacokinetics and genetic variation. OBJECTIV ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
2/3 CTSA K12 Program at Duke University
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030TRIO NRSA Training Core-Post Doc Trainee
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028U2C/TL1 NC KUH TRIO Professional Development Core
ResearchCore Co-Lead · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028View All Grants
Education
Duke University, School of Medicine ·
1999
M.D.