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
In mice, a population of male germ cells show characteristics of non-apoptotic cell death during G0 arrest.
Preprint · May 11, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteFerroptosis and Its Survivors in Kidney Injury and Repair.
Journal Article J Am Soc Nephrol · December 23, 2025 Ferroptosis is a distinct necrotic form of regulated cell death caused by a breakdown in membrane redox homeostasis. Accumulating evidence highlights a central role for ferroptosis in both acute and chronic kidney diseases, with proximal tubule cells being ... Full text Link to item CiteAltered renal vascular patterning reduces ischemic kidney injury and limits age-associated vascular loss.
Journal Article Am J Physiol Renal Physiol · June 1, 2025 The kidney vasculature has a complex arrangement, which runs in both series and parallel to perfuse the renal tissue and appropriately filter plasma. Recent studies have demonstrated that the development of this vascular pattern is dependent on netrin-1 se ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Molecular control of a novel transitional cell state in alveolar regeneration
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2029Identification 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 - 2028View All Grants
Education
Tohoku University (Japan) ·
2012
Ph.D.
Shimane University (Japan) ·
2004
M.D.