Uta Erdbrügger, MD Lab
PRIMARY APPOINTMENT
Associate Professor, Nephrology
Contact:
UVA Division of Nephrology
PO Box 800133
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Telephone: 434-971-8888
Email: ue2u@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- 1996 MD degree, Medical School at Free University, Berlin, Germany
- 1997 Internship: Franz Volhard Klinik Buch, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
- 1998 Residency Internal Medicine: Tulane University, Louisiana, USA
- 2001 Fellowship in Nephrology: University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, USA
- 2005 Senior Residency Hannover Medical School, Germany
- 2009 Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, USA
- 2017 Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, USA
FUNDED PROJECTS
- NIH 1k23HL12610-01A1 (Circulating and Urinary Microparticles as Markers of End-organ Damage in Hypertension)
RESEARCH AREAS
Extracellular vesicles as novel bio-markers and bio-activators in HTN and Kidney disease.
RESEARCH SUMMARY:
The Erdbrügger Lab is interested in studying the fascinating role of extracellular vesicles (EVs) as novel bio-markers and bio-activators in kidney disease and high blood pressure. EVs are a very heterogeneous group of small vesicles that can derive from all cells in the body either by secretion or blebbing of cell membranes. Initially thought of as “cell trash,” EVs are emerging as novel communicators in health and disease. Because of their small size (submicron) and heterogeneous nature, our second research focus is the optimization of EV isolation and characterization. See links to our publications for more details.
