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Steven Daniel Crowley

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Nephrology
Duke Box 103015, Durham, NC 27710
2nd Floor, Room 2018, MSRB II, 106 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


TRIO NRSA Training Core-Pre Doc Trainee

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028

U2C/TL1 NC KUH TRIO Administrative Core

ResearchCo-Core Leader · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028

Porcupine protects the kidney by suppressing tubular inflammation and preserving mitochondrial integrity

ResearchMentor · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2023 - 2026

Integrated Training in Anesthesiology Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1996 - 2026

R01: Targeting Renal Tubular Epithelial Progenitors in AKI to CKD transition

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Treat Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) R21

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

The Role of the IL-1 Receptor in the AKI to CKD transition

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Duke Training Grant in Nephrology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 2023

The interleukin-1 receptor regulates crosstalk between myeloid and renal tubular cells in hypertension

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2023

The interleukin-1 receptor modulates blood pressure and renal tubular injury

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2018 - 2021

Role of Dendritic Cell-mediated T Cell Activation in Salt-sensitive Hypertension

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2021

IPA extenstion - Robert Griffiths

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2020

Dendritic cells activate pro-hypertensive T cells to drive sodium reaborption in kidney

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2019 - 2019

Tissue-specific generation of tumour necrosis factor-a contributes to the pathogenesis of hypertension

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2018 - 2019

The role of macrophage IL-1 signaling in acute kidney injury and recovery

ResearchMentor · Awarded by International Anesthesia Research Society · 2017 - 2019

Role of Th1 Immune Responses in the Pathogenesis of Hypertensive Kidney Injury

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2019

Role of Drebrin in Vascular Smooth Muscle Remodeling

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018

The role of dendritic cell-mediated T cell activation in hypertension

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2017

Immune Mechanisms in Diabetic Nephropathy

ResearchConsultant · Awarded by Georgia Regents University · 2014 - 2015

External Relationships


  • Kidney 360

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