3rd Annual University of Arizona Kidney Symposium

Schedule

Wed Sep 23 2026 at 08:00 am to 04:30 pm

UTC-07:00
Location

BIO5 Institute | Tucson, AZ

Annual Symposium on Kidney Health, Research and Networking
Agenda

🕑: 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Session I: Metabolic and Therapeutic Strategies in CKD and DKD
🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Mitochondria to Motion: Targeting Muscle Metabolic Health in CKD
Host: Baback Roshanravan, MD MS MPH

Info: Paul F. Gulyassy Endowed Professor of Medicine
UC Davis Health, University of California, Davis, CA
Director, LAUNCH NIDDK KUH TL1 Fellowship Training Program
Deputy Editor, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology


🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Protecting the kidneys: Lessons from targeting a glucose transporter
Host: Volker Vallon, MD

Info: Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Division of Nephrology–Hypertension
University of California, San Diego, CA
Director, Kidney Physiology Core
UAB–UCSD O’Brien Kidney Center for Acute Kidney Injury Research


🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Where do we go from here? Additional targets for treatment of DKD and CKD
Host: Frank “Chip” Brosius III, MD

Info: Professor of Medicine
College of Medicine – Tucson
University of Arizona


🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Title TBD
Host: Asmaa S. AbuMaziad, MD

Info: Associate Professor of Pediatrics
College of Medicine – Tucson
University of Arizona


🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Personalized Exercise Prescriptions for Improving Physical Function in CKD
Host: Geovana Martin-Alemany, PhD

Info: Postdoctoral Researcher, Wilund Laboratory
College of Nutritional Sciences
University of Arizona


🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Coffee Break
🕑: 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Session II Renal Solute Transport, Toxicology, and Precision Genomics
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Electrogenic Na+/HCO3- cotransporters, NBCe1/SLC4A4, in renal health & disease
Host: Michael Romero, PhD, FAPS

Info: Professor of Physiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Nephrology and Hypertension
Director, nuSURF Program (R25)
Director, Mayo Clinic–UW Madison KUH TL1 Program
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Rochester, MN


🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Renal elimination of organic anions in MASH: Implications for susceptibility
Host: Nathan Cherrington, PhD

Info: Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Associate Dean for Research, College of Ph*rm*cy
Director, Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center
Director, Center for Toxicology
1885 Society Distinguished Scholar
University of Arizona


🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
From kidney multiome to genetic regulation of sex differences in BP
Host: Qiongzi (Joan) Qiu, PhD

Info: Assistant Research Professor
Department of Physiology
College of Medicine – Tucson
University of Arizona


🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Determinants of PFAS Disposition & Renal Toxicity–Role of ABCG2 Q141K variant
Host: Jing (Jason) O. Wu, PhD

Info: Assistant Professor of Physiology
College of Medicine – Tucson
University of Arizona
Associate Editor, AJP–Renal Physiology


🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch, Poster Presentation & Judging
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Session III Keynote Talk
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Keynote Lecture - Title TBD
Host: John Hall, PhD

Info: Arthur C. Guyton Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Biophysics; Director, Mississippi Center for Obesity Research; Director, Cardiorenal and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS


🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Refreshments
🕑: 02:15 PM - 04:30 PM
Session IV Emerging Models, Mechanisms, and Therapies in Kidney Disease
🕑: 02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
hiPSC-model to study salt-sensitive hypertension
Host: Jason Wertheim, MD, PhD

Info: Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
Vice Dean, College of Medicine – Tucson
Associate Vice President for Research and Partnerships
University of Arizona


🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:15 PM
Title: TBD
Host: Sanjay Jain, MD PhD

Info: Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, Pediatrics, Pathology, and Immunology
Director, Kidney Translational Research Center
PI/MPI: HuBMAP TMC, HIVE OT2, KPMP TIS, ATLAS-D2K, and PCEN-WU
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO


🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM
Potential impacts of muscle sodium accumulation in CKD: insights from Na-MRI
Host: Ken Wilund, PhD

Info: Professor and Director
School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
University of Arizona


🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM
Evolving Paradigms in Antibody-Mediated Rejection: Lessons from Anti-CD38
Host: Bekir Taniover, MD

Info: Professor of Medicine
Division Chief, Division of Nephrology
College of Medicine – Tucson
University of Arizona


🕑: 04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
5-HT2B antagonism reduces renal fibrosis and improves recovery in CKD
Host: Kai McAlister, PhD Candidate

Info: PhD Candidate in Pharmacology and Toxicology
Schnellmann Laboratory


🕑: 04:30 PM
Closing Remarks & Award Presentation

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BIO5 Institute, 1657 East Helen Street, Tucson, United States
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