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 | | Tomoko Hayashida, MD, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Division of Kidney Diseases Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University | | | | Decipher intracellular signals for TGF-β that induces extracellular metrix accumulation in kidney mesangial cells. | | | Medical School: Keio University Medical School in Tokyo Postgraduate training: Residency and Fellowship in Medicine/Nephrology at Keio University Hospital; worked as an attending at Dialysis center of Keio hospital and Saitama Central Hospital; came to US and joined with Schnaper Lab in 1997 | | | | Playing the cello, tennis, skiing, camping/hiking |
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