Past Student Research Projects

Student Research Program

Club members have an opportunity to engage in research initiatives through the Student Research Program (SRP). Members gain valuable research experience and earn both upper division (SRP-199) and lower division (SRP-99) course credit while developing research presentations and papers. Previous SRP projects encompassed a variety of topics regarding kidney disease and kidney-related diseases, such as Lupus Nephritis, IgA Nephropathy, Fabry’s Disease, and APOL1 genetics.

Winter 2024 SRP Projects 

Living Kidney Donors

Presented by: Disha Yadav, Jessica Soan, Neelaj Das, Ashley Ma, Shaun Wallrich, and Siddhant Watwani

Stem cells

Presented by: Gabriel Muñoz, Jerica Fang, Audrey Kim, Rain Wong, Ariv Tandon, and Jacob Torres

Fall 2024 SRP Projects 

IgAN Deep Dive

Presented by: Siddhant Watwani, Amy Shimizu, Shaun Wallrich, and Alisha Chowdhary

Summer 2024 SRP Projects

IgAN Pathogensis + Active Clinical Trials

Presented by: Siddhant Watwani, Alisha Chowdhary, Ariv Tandon, and Simran Ovalekar

Spring 2024 SRP Projects

Autosomal Dominant Alports Syndrome

Presented by: Neelaj Das

Fabry Enzyme Replacement Therapy

Presented by: Kayla Saens and Rain Wong

Fabry: Migalistat - ATTRACT and FACET Studies

Presented by: Jessica Soan

Gb3

Presented by: Jerica Fang

Living Kidney Donation

Presented by: Audrey Kim and Siddhant Watwani

Pegunigalsidase-Alfa (Elfabrio)

Presented by: Jacob Torres and Evan Schneider

Renal Glycosuria

Presented by: Ashley Ma

SLGT Receptors

Presented by: Divya Mehta 

Winter 2023 SRP Projects

APOL-1

Presented by: Josh Ooka and Amy Shimizu

Fall 2023 SRP Projects

Kidney Disease: General Facts

Presented by: Jerica Fang, Neelaj Das, Rain Wong, and Sohum Bhargava 

Kidney Transplantation

Presented by: Madeline Pineda, Disha Yadav, and Divya Mehta

Home Dialysis

Presented by: Kayla Saens, Amy Shimizu, Gabe Muñoz, and Audrey Kim 

Spring 2023 SRP

The Role of Multitarget and Emerging Therapies in Lupus Nephritis: A Review of Three Study Trials

Presented by: Jessica Soan, Ashley Ma, Divya Mehta, Arjun Anumula, Disha Yadav, Neelaj Das, Jerica Fang, Madeline Pineda, Rain Wong, Christina Lopez, Dr. Anjay Rastogi, and Dr. Sarkar Mrinalini