Dr. Deidra Crews, professor in the Division of Nephrology, and Dr. Chirag Parikh, professor and director in the Division of Nephrology, recently received funding from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to create the Johns Hopkins O’Brien Center to Advance Kidney Health Equity. The overarching goal of the center is to serve as a national resource for investigators conducting pre-clinical (basic), clinical or population health research addressing kidney health disparities, and make recommendations to inform strategies, interventions and approaches aimed at achieving kidney health equity.
With this five-year, $4.3M grant, they will leverage the strengths and existing infrastructure of the Division of Nephrology, the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity to create three integrated cores (Administrative, Biomedical Resource and Resource Development), an executive committee, an internal advisory committee and a community advisory board.
