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Rasheed Adebayo Gbadegesin

Wilburt C. Davison Distinguished Professor
Pediatrics, Nephrology
2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710
2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


2/3 CTSA K12 Program at Duke University

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAID

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2018 - 2029

TRIO NRSA Training Core-Post Doc Trainee

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2024 - 2028

U2C/TL1 NC KUH TRIO Professional Development Core

ResearchCore Co-Lead · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028

Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NHLBI

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2018 - 2028

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

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

Kids: Nocturnal Investigation into Glomerular Disease, Hypertension, and Transcriptomics (kNIGHT)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Northwell Health Care · 2024 - 2028

Duke Preparing Research Scholars in Biomedical Sciences- Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

The Paired Undergraduate Mentoring Program (PUMP) in Uronephrology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2022 - 2027

REGULATORS OF CALCINEURIN PATHWAYS AS DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS FOR NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026

VX21-147-301

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. · 2023 - 2026

Molecular Genetics of Nephrotic Syndrome

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Inc. · 2023 - 2026

Defining the Landscape of HLA Risk Alleles in Primary Nephrotic Syndrome and Post Kidney Transplant Recurrence

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2026

Duke Center for Advancement of Child Health (CAtCH).

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2021 - 2026

A study to test BI 764198 in people with a type of kidney disease called focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2022 - 2025

Defining the role of chloride channel 5 in maintaining podocyte structure and functions

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by NEPHCURE Kidney International · 2023 - 2025

Duke Physician Scientist Development program

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2018 - 2025

Improving Acute Kidney Injury Outcomes among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Su

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by Cornell University · 2023 - 2025

Nephrotic Syndrome Rare Disease Clinical Research Network III (NEPTUNE III) ("Study")

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Regents of the University of Michigan · 2019 - 2025

OPSD Duke PRIME Program

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2020 - 2025

Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists at Duke

ResearchCo-Director · Awarded by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation · 2016 - 2024

Preemptive Rituximab to Prevent Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Post-Transplant

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Minnesota · 2018 - 2024

Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

An Extended Access Program to Assess Long Term Safety of Bardoxolone Methyl in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2021 - 2024

CUREGN 2.0 - Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital · 2019 - 2024

Duke CTSA (KL2)

ResearchCore Co-Lead · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Duke Preparing Research Scholars in Biomedical Sciences (PRIME) Program

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Inc. · 2021 - 2023

Postdoctoral Training in Genomic Medicine Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023

Duke Training Grant in Nephrology

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

Integrative genomics of glomerular disease in the CureGN cohort

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Columbia University · 2020 - 2023

GENETIC BASIS OF CORTICOSTEROID RESPONSE IN CHILDHOOD NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

H3 Africa Kidney Disease Research Network

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Ghana · 2017 - 2022

The Role of Interleukin-15 Receptor-alpha Variants in the Pathogenesis of FSGS

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2022

Transmission electron microscope (TEM)

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021

Physician Scientist Development Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Weill Cornell Medicine · 2020 - 2021

A PHASE 2/3 TRIAL OF THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF BARDOXOLONE METHYL IN PATIENTS WITH ALPORT SYNDROME

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2018 - 2020

Preemptive Rituximab to Prevent Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Post-Transplant

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Minnesota · 2019 - 2020

H3 AFRICA KIDNEY DISEASE COHORT STUDY

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Kansas · 2017 - 2020

Pharmacokinetics of Cefepime in Children Receiving Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Thrasher Research Fund · 2018 - 2020

Genetics of childhood nephrotic syndrome

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation · 2017 - 2019

Functional and Phenotypic Characterization of a New FSGS Gene

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019

Integrative Proteomics & Metabolomics for Pediatric Glomerula Disease Biomarkers

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital · 2014 - 2019

Duke CTSA (UL1)

ResearchAssociate Director · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018

ACTH for Frequently Relapsing and Steroid Dependent Nephrotic Syndrome in Children

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Emory University · 2014 - 2018

Gene Discovery in Autosomal Dominant Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

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

Serial Block Face Scanning Electron Microscope

EquipmentMinor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Ghana · 2015 - 2017

Training Program in Inflammatory and Immunological Diseases

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

Identification of New Non-invasive Diagnostic Tools for Vesicoureteric Reflux (VUR)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation · 2014 - 2015

IDENTIFICATION OF VUR GENES BY COMBINED LINKAGE ANALYSIS AND EXOME SEQUENCING

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2015

A New Locus for Hereditary FSGS on Chromosome 2p

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2014

External Relationships


  • Travere Therapeutics
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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