Our Team

We have a dedicated team of clinical researchers and staff that are committed to improving kidney health. To date, our highly productive team has published over 500 papers. The full list can be seen here.

Leadership

 

Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH 

Co-Founder and Scientific Director

Michelle Estrella, MD, MHS

Executive Director 

 

Rebecca Scherzer, PhD
Director of Biostatistics 

 

Operations and Finance Director

 

Associated Faculty 

Carmen A. Peralta, MD, MAS

Co-Founder and Senior Advisor

Chi-Yuan Hsu, MD

 

Carl Grunfeld, MD, PhD

 Meyeon Park, MD, MAS

 

 Vasantha Jotwani, MD

 

 Scott Bauer, MD, MS

 

 

 Anthony Muiru, MD

 

 TERESA CHEN, MD, MHS

Julio Lamprea-Montealegre, MD, MPH, PhD

Jesse Ikeme

Jesse Ikeme, MD

Delphine Tuot, MDCM, MAS

  

 

Other Faculty

 Simon B. Ascher, MD, MPH 

SRI LEKHA TUMMALAPALLI, MD

Michelle Odden, PhD

 

 

 

Post-Doctorates and Students (Residents, Fellows, PhDs, Medical Students)

Giselle Peschard, MD 

 Kristienne Edrosolan, BS  

Mason Lai, MD  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statisical Core

Erin Madden, MPH

Eric Vittinghoff, PhD

Kaiwei Lu, MS 

Laboratory Core

Kasey Campos, BS

Lab Operations Manager

David Ma, BS

Lab Technician