{"id":240,"date":"2015-09-23T10:41:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T14:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/?page_id=240"},"modified":"2025-10-20T13:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:49:09","slug":"faculty-mentors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/education\/faculty-mentors\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Mentors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>T32 Training Grant: Kidney Disease &amp; Inflammation<\/h2>\n<div class='content-column one_half'><div style=\"padding-right:30px;\"><h6>Executive Committee<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/our-division\/meet-the-chief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark D. Okusa, MD<\/a><br \/>\nDirector, John C. Buchanan Distinguished Professor of Medicine<br \/>\nDivision Chief, Nephrology<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/faculty\/faculty-listing\/gko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">R. Ariel Gomez, MD<\/a><br \/>\nHarrison Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics<br \/>\nAssociate Director<br \/>\nDirector, Child Health Research Center<br \/>\nDirector, NIDDK Center of Excellence in Pediatric Nephrology<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/research\/shu-man-fu-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shu Man Fu, MD, PhD<\/a><br \/>\nMargaret M. Trolinger Professor of Rheumatology<br \/>\nDivision of Rheumatology\/CIIR Mentors<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Didier Portilla, MD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Didier Portilla, MD<\/a><br \/>\nAssociate Director<br \/>\nProfessor of Medicine<br \/>\nDivision of Nephrology\/CIIR<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/research\/julia-scialla-md-mhs-fasn-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julia Scialla, MD, MHS<\/a><br \/>\nAssociate Director<br \/>\nAssociate Professor of Medicine<br \/>\nDivision of Nephrology\/CIIR<\/p>\n<h6>Mentors &#8211; Kidney Disease Pathogenesis and Inflammation<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/research\/peter-lobo-lab\/\">Peter I. Lobo, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/our-division\/meet-the-chief\/\">Mark D. Okusa, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/endocrinology-metabolism\/research\/endocrine-labs\/helmy-siragy\/\">Helmy M. Siragy, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/endocrinology-metabolism\/research\/endocrine-labs\/robert-carey\/\">Robert M. Carey, MD, MACP<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uvahealth.com\/findadoctor\/profile\/michael-o-thorner\">Michael O. Thorner, DSc, FACP, MACP, MBBS<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/research.med.virginia.edu\/pcen\/investigators\/r-ariel-gomez-m-d\/\">Ariel Gomez, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/research.med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/key-investigators\/robert-l-chevalier-m-d\/\">Robert L. Chevalier, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/research\/didier-portilla-lab\/\">Didier Portilla, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/research.med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/key-investigators\/jennifer-charlton-md\/\">Jennifer Charlton, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.virginia.edu\/faculty\/pqb4b\">Paula Q. Barrett, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/research.med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/key-investigators\/maria-luisa-sequeria-s-lopez-md\/\">Maria Luisa, S. Sequeira-Lopez, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/research\/sundararaman-swaminathan-lab\/\">Sundararaman Swaminathan, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/research\/sho-morioka-phd\/\">Sho Morioka, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/research\/rahul-sharma-lab\/\">Rahul Sharma, PhD<\/a><br \/>\nAgnieska Swiatecka-Urban<\/p><\/div><\/div> <div class='content-column one_half last_column'><h6>Mentors &#8211; Inflammation and Vascular Biology<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/research\/mike-brown-lab\/\">Michael G. Brown, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/faculty\/faculty-listing\/kr4h\/\">Kodi Ravichandran, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/research.med.virginia.edu\/cic\/faculty\/?facbio=1&amp;id=25602\">Victor H. Engelhard, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/physiology-biophysics\/faculty\/primary-faculty\/?facbio=1&amp;id=25739\">Brant Isakson, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/surgery.virginia.edu\/tcv-lab\/faculty-and-staff\/laubach\/\">Victor Laubach, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.virginia.edu\/faculty\/krl2z\">Kevin R. Lynch, PhD.<\/a><\/p>\n<h6>Mentors &#8211; Patient-Oriented Research<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/research\/kambiz-kalantari-lab\/\">Kambiz Kalantari, MD, MSc<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/cphg\/stephen-s-rich\/\">Steven S. Rich, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/research\/jennie-z-ma-lab\/\">Jennie Z. Ma, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/faculty\/faculty-listing\/vfn6t\/\">Victoria F. Norwood, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/research\/guofen-yan-lab\/\">Guofen Yan, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/2018\/02\/16\/ratcliffe-sarah-j-ph-d\/\">Sarah Ratcliff, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/research\/brendan-bowman-md\/\">Brendan Bowman, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/cphg\/josyf-joe-c-mychaleckyj\/\">Josyf Mychaleckyj, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/2017\/08\/10\/balkrishnan-rajesh-ph-d\/\">Rajesh Balkrishnan, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n<h6>Mentors &#8211; Biomedical Engineering and Innovative Technology<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.virginia.edu\/faculty\/john-hossack\">John Hossack, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.virginia.edu\/faculty\/mark-kester\">Mark Kester, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.virginia.edu\/faculty\/alexander-l-sasha-klibanov\">A. Sasha Klibanov, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/infectious-diseases\/faculty-fellows\/clinical-and-research-faculty\/?facbio=1&amp;id=25937\">William Petri, MD, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n<h6>External Advisory Committee<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/wci-training-programs\/mentors\/david-j-salant-m-d\/\">David J. Salant, MD<\/a><br \/>\nDivision Chief, Division of Nephrology<br \/>\nBoston Medical Center<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/staff\/22483-john-sedor\">John R. Sedor, MD<\/a><br \/>\nRay W. Gifford, M.D., Endowed Chair in Kidney Research<br \/>\nGlickman Urology &amp; Kidney Institute<br \/>\nLerner Research Institute<br \/>\nCleveland Clinic<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.upenn.edu\/apps\/faculty\/index.php\/g275\/p8249525\">Larry Holzman, MD<\/a><br \/>\nC. 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