UCD 1ST ANNUAL
KIDNEY
RESEARCH DAY
Thursday, March 17, 2016
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
GBSF Building, Auditorium
451 Health Sciences Drive
Davis Campus
8:00-8:30 AM
8:30-8:40 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Welcome by Dr. Robert Weiss
Keynote Speaker
8:40--9:05 AM
“Uremic Solutes from Gut Microbes”
Timothy Meyer, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Stanford University
Session I
9:10-9:30 AM
Metabolism and the Kidney
“Targeting Podocytes for Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy”
Fawaz George Haj, DPhil, Professor, Department of Nutrition, UC Davis
9:35-9:55 AM
“Biochemical Ecology of Renal Function in Freshwater and Marine Sticklebacks”
John Li, PhD Student, Department of Animal Sciences, UC Davis
10:00-10:20 AM “The Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel KCa3.1 as a Target for Transplant Vasculopathy”
Heike Wulff , PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, UC Davis
10:25-10:40 AM Coffee Break
Session II
Kidney Omics and Cancer
10:45-11:05 AM “The Increasing Incidence of Kidney Cancer – Incidentalomas or Increased Risk?”
Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Professor and Director, Institute for Population Health Improvement, UC Davis
Cyllene Morris, DVM, PhD, Institute for Population Health Improvement, UC Davis
11:10-11:30 AM “Aberrant Target Gene Specificity Converts Thyroid Hormone Receptor into an Oncoprotein in Renal
Clear Cell Carcinoma”
Martin L. Privalsky, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UC Davis
11:35-11:55 AM “From Pee to Thera-Pee: Omics in Kidney Disease Research”
Robert Weiss, MD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, UC Davis
12:00-12:20 PM
“Targeting MARCKS at a Pivot Connection Between the HIF-1α and PI3K Signaling Pathways for
Kidney Cancer Therapy”
Ching-Hsien Chen, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care, UC Davis
12:25-1:25 PM
Lunch (provided for the first 50 registrants) AND
Poster Judging (Poster Facilitators: Drs. Haj, Depner and Weiss)
Keynote Speaker
1:30-1:50 PM
“Physical Functioning Among Patients with CKD”
Kirsten L. Johansen, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, UC San Francisco
and Director of Dialysis at the San Francisco VA Medical Center
Session III
1:55-2:15 PM
Clinical Research
“Body Composition in Frail Patients with CKD”
Cynthia Delgado, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, UC San Francisco
2:20-2:40 PM
“Residual Kidney Function in Hemodialysis”
Andrew Chin, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, UC Davis
2:45-3:00 PM
Coffee Break
3:05-3:25 PM
”Target BPs in CKD: the SPRINT Study“
Thomas A. Depner, M.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, UC Davis
3:30-3:50 PM
“Hospitalization among Medicare Beneficiaries with End-Stage Renal Disease Receiving Dialysis“
3:55-4:15 PM
“Acute Kidney Injury in Deceased Donors - UC Davis Experience”
Chandrasekar Santhanakrishnan, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Transplant, UC Davis
4:20-4:30 PM
Poster Award Announcements and Closing Remarks by Dr. Robert Weiss
Lorien Dalrymple, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, UC Davis
KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS:
Timothy Meyer, MD
Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Stanford University
Kirsten L. Johansen, MD
Professor and Director
Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
UC San Francisco
Dialysis at the San Francisco VA Medical Center
ABSTRACT &
REGISTRATION
DEADLINE:
Friday, March 4, 2016
www.surveymonkey.com/r/FMBR7W2
Lunch provided for the
first 50 registrants
QUESTIONS:
Robert Weiss, MD
Internal Medicine, Nephrology
rhweiss@ucdavis.edu
OR
Monique Vasquez
Internal Medicine, RAS Unit
(916) 734-8589
mmvasquez@ucdavis.edu