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Principal Investigators
Site Leaders
Core Leaders
Program Staff

Terri Fraterrigo
- Program Manager
- Northwestern University

Anthony Tagliola
- Program Assistant
- Northwestern University

Anita Varma
- Research Administrator
- Northwestern University
Steering Committee

Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD
- Professor & Chair, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
- Northwestern University

Alfred George, MD
- Professor & Chair, Department of Pharmacology; Director, Center for Pharmacogenomics
- Northwestern University

Aline Martin, PhD
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Nephrology and Hypertension
- Northwestern University

Richard McGee, Jr, PhD
- Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment & Professional Development; Professor of Medical Education
- Northwestern University

Priya S Verghese, MBBS, MPH
- Division Head, Nephrology (Kidney Diseases) and Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program
- Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Carla L Ellis, MD, MS, FCAP
- Associate Professor of Renal Pathology & Genitourinary Pathology
- Northwestern University

Tamara Isakova, MD, MMSc
- Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
- Northwestern University
Robert Liem, MD
- Interim Division Head, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation and Section Head, Hematology
- Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Bennett B Goldberg, PhD
- Director, Research in Higher Education, Training & Evaluation; Professor, Physics & Astronomy
- Northwestern University
Valentin David, PhD
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Nephrology & Hypertension
- Northwestern University

Haimanot (Monnie) Wasse, MD, MPH
- Professor & Chief of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine
- Rush University
External Evaluation Board
Ben Humphreys, MD, PhD
- Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Chief, Division of Nephrology
- Washington University
Chad Vezina, PhD
- Professor of Comparative Biosciences
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
Crystal Gadegbeku, MD
- Professor and Chair, Department of Nephrology
- Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Hunter Wessells, MD, FACS
- Professor and Chair, Department of Urology
- University of Washington
Kathleen Sakamoto, MD
- Professor of Pediatrics in Hematology/Oncology
- Stanford University
Sarah Hokanson, PhD
- Olin College of Engineering