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Matthew Jay Ellis

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Nephrology
Duke Box 3512, Durham, NC 27710
Hanes House 332, 30 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO) Clinical Centers

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Wake Forest University Health Sciences · 2018 - 2028

TruGraf Long-term Clinical Outcomes Study - Pro00108037

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Transplant Genomics Inc. · 2021 - 2026

Helping Patients Achieve Kidney Transplants through Health System Change

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Wake Forest University Health Sciences · 2023 - 2026

EVALUATION OF PATIENT OUTCOMES FROM THE KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT OUTCOMES ALLOSURE REGISTRY (KOAR)

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by CareDx, Inc. · 2020 - 2025

Health System Outreach to Eliminate Disparities in Living Kidney Transplants

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Wake Forest University Health Sciences · 2023 - 2025

Helping Patients Achieve Kidney Transplants through Health System Change

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2022 - 2023

Health system outreach to eliminate disparities in living kidney transplants

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023

RaDIANT Community Study to Reduce Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Emory University · 2016 - 2019

Transplant Social Worker Support for Live Kidney Donation in African Americans

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2018

Longitudinal assessment of CMV and BK virus immunity in renal transplant patients

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2016

External Relationships


  • Solis Breast Imaging

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