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Mary Helen Foster

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Nephrology
Duke Box 103015, Durham, NC 27710
Msrbii Second Floor, Rm 2018, 106 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Identification of Host-Specific Determinants of APOL1-associated COVAN

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2024 - 2029

U2C/TL1 NC KUH TRIO Administrative Core

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

Gene-Environment Collaboration in Autoimmune Disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023

Duke Training Grant in Nephrology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Director · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 2023

Dual humanization to model gene-environment interactions in ANCA vasculitis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Vasculitis Foundation · 2017 - 2018

George M. O'Brien Kidney Research Core Centers

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2018

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

FellowshipConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2017

Training Program in Inflammatory and Immunological Diseases

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1980 - 2017

Mechanism of Silica-induced Autoimmunity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017

Novel Receptor-Ligand Interactions in Glomerulonephritis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2017

Proximal Determinants of Nephritogenic Autoimmunity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 2012

IPA - Ting Yu

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2010 - 2010

8/IPA - Melissa Weston

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2009 - 2009

External Relationships


  • National Institute of Health (NIH)

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