Third Annual University of Arizona Kidney Symposium

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Check-in & breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m.

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Sponsored by Program for Kidney Health and Disease (PKHD), Department of Physiology, and co-sponsored by College of Medicine – Tucson and UAHS Molecular Systems Medicine Initiative (MSMI).

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Keynote Speaker

John Hall, PhD
The Arthur C. Guyton Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology & Biophysics; 
Director, Mississippi Center for Obesity Research; 
Director, Cardiorenal and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, 
University of Mississippi, Jackson
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“Obesity-Induced Hypertension and Target Organ Injury: Interaction of Renal, Neurohormonal, and Metabolic Mechanisms”

Other presenters include:

   • Baback Roshanravan, MD, MS, MPH – UC Davis & Deputy Editor, Clinical Journal of ASN
   • Volker Vallon, MD – UC San Diego
   • Frank “Chip” Brosius III, MD – U of A Nephrology, COM-T, & Professor Emeritus, UMichigan
   • Asmaa S. AbuMaziad, MD – U of A Pediatrics, COM-T
   • Geovana Martin-Alemany, PhD – U of A College of Nutritional Sciences
   • Michael Romero, PhD – Mayo Clinic Rochester
   • Nathan Cherrington, PhD – Associate Dean, Research, U of A R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
   • Qiongzi “Joan” Qiu, PhD – U of A Physiology, COM-T
   • Jing “Jason” O. Wu, PhD – U of A Physiology, COM-T, & Associate Editor, AJP-Renal Physiology
   • Jason Wertheim, MD, PhD – Associate VP, Health Research, U of A Office of Research & 
     Partnership, & Vice Dean, Research & Grad Studies, COM-T
   • Sanjay Jain, MD PhD – Washington University in St. Louis
   • Ken Wilund, PhD – Director, U of A School of Nutritional Sciences & Wellness
   • Bekir Tanriover, MD – Chief, U of A Nephrology, COM-T
   • Floyd “Ski” Chilton, PhD – Director, U of A Center for Precision Nutrition & Wellness
   • Kai McAlister, PhD – PhD candidate, U of A R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy

See talk titles and full program here.