Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Medicine
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2024 - Present
Medicine, Nephrology,
Medicine
Affiliate of the Duke Regeneration Center
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2021 - Present
Duke Regeneration Center,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Pax inhibition: stressing proximal tubule for successful repair.
Journal Article Am J Physiol Renal Physiol · February 1, 2025 Full text Link to item CiteTargeting allograft inflammatory factor 1 reprograms kidney macrophages to enhance repair.
Journal Article J Clin Invest · January 21, 2025 The role of macrophages (MΦs) remains incompletely understood in kidney injury and repair. The plasticity of MΦs offers an opportunity to polarize them toward mediating injury resolution in both native and transplanted kidneys undergoing ischemia and/or re ... Full text Link to item CiteIntestinal Cyp24a1 regulates vitamin D locally independent of systemic regulation by renal Cyp24a1 in mice.
Journal Article J Clin Invest · December 17, 2024 Vitamin D regulates mineral homeostasis. The most biologically active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25D), is synthesized by CYP27B1 from 25-dihydroxyvitamin D (25D) and is inactivated by CYP24A1. Human monogenic diseases and genome-wide ass ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Identification of Host-Specific Determinants of APOL1-associated COVAN
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2024 - 2029U2C/TL1 NC KUH TRIO Administrative Core
ResearchPreceptor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028TRIO NRSA Training Core-Pre Doc Trainee
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Tohoku University (Japan) ·
2012
Ph.D.
Shimane University (Japan) ·
2004
M.D.