The Division and its affiliated faculty have had exciting growth in several areas of clinical research. Faculty have a broad range of clinical research interests. Key areas of intense research among division members are in

Cardiovascular Disease

• clinical trials in mechanisms of hypertension and accelerated cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease and renal transplantation
• clinical trials exploring effects of vitamin supplementation on vascular disease among patients with kidney disease
• kidney disease and hypertension in the African American population

Acute Renal Failure

• studies in survival of hospital patients with acute renal failure and examination of delivery of renal replacement therapies
• development of a bioartificial kidney now in a multi-center clinical trial

End-Stage Renal Disease, Dialysis, and Kidney Transplantation

• examination of various dialysis access techniques for hemodialysis therapy
• bioengineering and investigation of dialysis access with an emphasis on surveillance techniques
• access to kidney transplantation and renal transplant survival in the minority population
• clinical pharmacology of immunosuppressive medications

Faculty in the division are lead investigators and collaborators on recent NIH-sponsored multi-center clinical trials like the African American Study of Kidney Disease (AASK) and the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Study (CRIC). Many faculty conduct patient-oriented research in the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC), which has been continuously funded by the NIH for over 20 years.

Clinician scientists in the division have spear-headed collaborations with investigators regionally at Detroit Medical Center - Wayne State University, and St John Hospital as well as across the U.S and internationally.

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The following faculty have a particular interest in clinical research: