Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a type of long-term kidney disease,in which either there is a gradual loss of kidney function occurs over a period of months to years,or abnormal kidney structure. Initially generally no symptoms are seen,but later symptoms may include leg swelling,feeling tired,vomiting,loss of appetite,and confusion. Complications can relate to hormonal dysfunction of the kidneys and include high blood pressure,bone disease,and anemia. Additionally CKD patients have markedly increased cardiovascular complications with increased risks of death and hospitalization.
JoAnn Elisabeth Manson is an American physician and professor known for her pioneering research,public leadership,and advocacy in the fields of epidemiology and women's health.
George Wills Comstock was a public health physician,epidemiologist,and educator. He was known for significant contributions to public health,specifically in the fields of micronutrient deficiencies,tuberculosis,and cardiovascular disease. He served as the editor-in-chief for the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh is a US American physician doing research in nephrology,kidney dialysis,nutrition,and epidemiology. He is best known as a specialist in kidney disease nutrition and chronic kidney disease and for his hypothesis about the longevity of individuals with chronic disease states,also known as reverse epidemiology including obesity paradox. According to this hypothesis,obesity or hypercholesterolemia may counterintuitively be protective and associated with greater survival in certain groups of people,such as elderly individuals,dialysis patients,or those with chronic disease states and wasting syndrome (cachexia),whereas normal to low body mass index or normal values of serum cholesterol may be detrimental and associated with worse mortality. Kalantar-Zadeh is also known for his expertise in kidney dialysis therapy,including incremental dialysis,as well as renal nutrition. He is the brother of Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh,who is an Australian scientist involved in research in the fields of materials sciences,nanotechnology,and transducers.
The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study is a multi-site,prospective,biracial cohort study funded by the National Heart,Lung,and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The ARIC Study was designed to investigate the etiology and clinical outcomes of atherosclerosis. A total of 15,792 middle-aged men and women were enrolled from four U.S. communities:
Lawrence J. Appel is the C. David Molina Professor of Medicine and Director of the Welch Center for Prevention,Epidemiology and Clinical Research at Johns Hopkins University,a joint program of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Appel is a primary care internist who holds a primary appointment in the Department of Medicine with joint appointments in the Department of Epidemiology,International Health,and Nursing. In addition,he directs the ProHealth Clinical Research Unit. The focus of his career is the conduct of clinical,epidemiologic,and translational research pertaining to the prevention and control of high blood pressure,cardiovascular-kidney diseases,and other chronic conditions,primarily through nutrition-based interventions.
Neil R. Powe is an American professor of medicine at the University of California,San Francisco and the chief of medicine at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Previously he was professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research has mainly related to kidney disease,cardiovascular disease and health disparities.
Cheryl Ann Marie Anderson is an American epidemiologist. Anderson is a professor at and founding Dean of the University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science. Anderson's research focus is on nutrition and chronic disease prevention in under-served human populations.
Andrew S. Levey is an American nephrologist who transformed chronic kidney disease (CKD) clinical practice,research,and public health by developing equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR),and leading the global standardization of CKD definition and staging.
Colin Baigent is a British academic physician and cardiovascular epidemiologist. He is a professor of epidemiology,Director of the Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit at the University of Oxford,and deputy director of the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU),part of Oxford Population Health. His work is focused in the design and coordination of large-scale randomised trials and the use of meta-analysis to assess the efficacy and safety of drugs for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) or premature death.
Erin Kathleen Donnelly Michos is an American cardiologist. She is an associate professor of Medicine and Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Michos is also an Associate Faculty of the Welch Center for Prevention,Epidemiology and Clinical Research at Johns Hopkins,and has a joint faculty appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
David Wesley Dowdy is an American infectious disease epidemiologist. He is the B. Frank and Kathleen Polk Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Wendy Susan Post is an American cardiologist. She is the Director of Cardiovascular Research for the Division of Cardiology and Director of Research for the Hopkins Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program.
Michael John Klag is an American internist and epidemiologist. For eight years,he was the Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine and was the first Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Felicia Hill-Briggs was an American behavioral and social scientist.
Xiaobin Wang is an American molecular epidemiologist. She is the Zanvyl Krieger Professor in Children's Health at Children's Memorial Institute and director of the Center on the Early Life Origins of Disease at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Leigh Ebony Boulware is an American general internist,physician-scientist,and clinical epidemiologist. She is the Dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine and chief science officer and vice chief academic officer of Advocate Health. Boulware formerly served as the Nanaline Duke Distinguished Professor of Medicine and director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the Duke University School of Medicine.
Rulan S. Parekh is an American-Canadian clinician-scientist and nephrologist. She is the vice president of research,education and innovation at Women's College Hospital and former senior scientist in Child Health Evaluative Sciences and Associate Chief of Clinical Research at SickKids.
Eliseo Guallar is an American epidemiologist. He is a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with a joint appointment at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research focuses on cardiovascular diseases.
Morgan Erika Grams is an American nephrologist. She is the Co-Director of the Division of Precision Medicine,and the Susan and Morris Mark Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Population Health at NYU Langone Health.
