2006 RENAL DISCOVERIES Winners
The following Institutions were awarded funding for the 2006 Grant Round of RENAL DISCOVERIES, The Baxter Extramural Grant Program:
Region Europe:
Institution: Keele University / University Hospital of Staffordshire
Country: United Kingdom
Sponsor and Principal Investigator: Simon Davies BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCP
Fellow: Cian Chan MBBS, MRCP
Title of Grant: "Cardiac function and near patient analysis of fluid status in dialysis patients with differing fluid removal risk phenotypes"
Region Asia Pacific:
Institutuion: University of Hong Kong
Country: Hong Kong
Sponsor: Kar Neng Lai MD, DSc, FRCP
Principal Investigator: Joseph C.K. Leung PhD
Fellow: Man Fai Lam MBBS
Title of Grant: "Is there a contributory role of peritoneal adipocytes to the chronic inflamation in peritoneal dialysis?"
Region North America:
Institution: University of Iowa College
Country: United States
Sponsor: John Stokes MD and Victoria Liim MD
Prinicpal Investigator: Manish Suneja MD
Fellow: Amina Khan MD
Title of Grant: "Anorexia in chronic kidney disease patients - a proposal to characterize its hormonal and metabolic profile."
Region Latin America:
Institution: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Sponsor: Dante Amato MD, PhD and Daniel Teta MD, PhD
Principal Investigator: Ramon Paniagua MD, PhD
Fellow: Laura-Elena Reyna-Carmona MD
Title of Grant: "Effects of PD regimen low in glucose on insulin resistance, body composition, adipokine profile and sympathetic over activity in Peritoneal Dialysis patients."
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