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Principle Investigator
Manjula Kurella Tamura, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
& Director, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto GRECC.
Dr. Kurella Tamura is a practicing nephrologist and clinical investigator whose research is broadly interested in evaluating the safety, effectiveness, and quality of kidney disease treatments in real-world populations. Her research program has been supported by multiple NIH and VA awards, including a K24 Mid-Career Mentoring award from the National Institute on Aging. Much of her work for the past decade has critically examined health system practices, models of care, and health policies for advanced chronic kidney disease and kidney failure. Between 2014 to 2019, she served as co-PI of the United States Renal Data System Special Study on Palliative and End of Life Care, a national resource for understanding the use of, and disparities in access to palliative care in end-stage kidney disease. Currently, she serves as an Associate Editor at CJASN.
Collaborators
Maria E. Montez Rath, PhD
Director of Biostatistics Core and Sr. Research Engineer, Division of Nephrology
Michelle Odden, PhD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Population Health
Vivek Charu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Medicine (QSU)
Laura Holdsworth, PhD
Primary Care & Population Health
Carolyn Seib, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor, General Surgery
Christine K. Liu, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Primary Care & Population Health
Lab Members
I-chun Thomas, MPH
Data manager
Mengjiao Huang, PhD
Post-doctoral researcher & Analyst
Chandana Gowdara, MAS
Research Coordinator
June Li, BS
Graduate Student, Epidemiology
Joshua Martinez, MD
Post-doctoral fellow, Nephrology
Lab Alumni
