Overview
Dinushika Mohottige is Assistant Professor in Institute of Health Equity Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Barbara T. Murphy Division of Nephrology. She received a B.A. in Public Policy and a Health Policy Certificate from Duke University in 2006, where she was a Robertson Scholar. She then earned an MPH in Health Behavior/Health Education from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and a medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, followed by Internal Medicine/Chief Residency and Nephrology training at Duke University. She engages in patient and community-centered, inequity-focused research around the impact of socio-structural factors/racialized medicine on kidney health and kidney transplantation.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine
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2022 - Present
Medicine, Nephrology,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Important Lessons Learned From Eliminating Race-Based Medicine in Kidney Care—Praxis and Policy Matter
Journal Article JAMA Internal Medicine · March 9, 2026 Full text CiteGenetic Testing for APOL1 in Adults With Hypertension: The GUARDD-US Randomized Clinical Trial.
Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · March 2, 2026 IMPORTANCE: Apolipoprotein L1 locus (APOL1) high-risk alleles are associated with incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among people with African ancestry. Few studies have examined the effect of genetic return of results on blood pressure (BP) managem ... Full text Link to item CiteWhere Do We Go From Here: The Enduring Harms of Poverty on Transplant Outcomes.
Journal Article Transplantation · March 1, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteEducation
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine ·
2013
M.D.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2008
M.P.H.