Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a widespread health problem, with increased incidence among hospitalized patients. The most common cause of AKI is ischemic injury, which tar [...]

Post–kidney transplant patients often experience complications such as reduced kidney function, hypertension, weight gain, and hyperlipidemia. Physical inactivity may con [...]

Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but obesity may increase the risk of new-onset diabetes after transplant (NODAT) or [...]

Black and white photograph of a cake celebrating the 40th anniversary of the OHSU Kidney Transplant Program in 1999.

Cardiorenal syndrome type 1 (CRS1) is acute kidney injury (AKI) due to rapid worsening of cardiac function, and is a common cause of AKI. Ischemic AKI and subsequent chro [...]

Acute cardiac injury with renal injury (acute cardiorenal syndrome) can induce chronic kidney disease (CKD), but mechanisms by which heart injury signals to kidney are un [...]

Black and white photograph of Charlene Hamilton (1947 - 2010) standing with her parents, Alvin and Helen Mae Hamilton. In 1959, Ms. Hamilton was the first person to recei [...]

Color photographic print of Charles M. Grossman, M.D. (b.1914) in a library in China. His peripatetic career includes periodic affiliation with UOMS faculty since 1946. H [...]