Collaborators
Meda Pavkov, MD, PhD
Meda E. Pavkov is a physician scientist with research centering on complications of diabetes. After completing a five-year post-doctoral research fellowship with the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in Phoenix, Arizona, she joined the Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, as medical epidemiologist. Currently serves as lead of the Epidemiology Team in DDT’s Epidemiology and Statistics Branch.
Dr. Pavkov’s projects center on the progression of early kidney disease in diabetes, and include The Longitudinal Study of Markers of Kidney Function, a collaborative project between CDC and the NIDDK/NIH, studies of the association of persistent organic pollutants with diabetes and kidney disease, development of simulation models of kidney disease progression, racial/ethnic disparities, and diabetes related kidney disease in youth. Other national and international research projects include the CKD Surveillance Project and the Global and Country-specific Rates and Trends in Incidence of Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease. For her contributions in developing the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative, she received HHS Secretary's Award for Distinguished Service.
Dr. Pavkov published articles, reviews and book chapters that focused on the relationship between kidney and cardiovascular disease, changes in the pattern of diabetes in a high risk population, the impact of youth-onset diabetes on development of kidney complications, and the epidemiology of kidney disease in diabetes.
Susan Wong, MD, MS
Dr. Susan Wong, associate professor (Nephrology) has been chosen as a Fulbright Distinguished Professor to the United Kingdom for the 2024-2025 academic year.
She was selected by a presidentially appointed 12-member board tasked with overseeing the Fulbright Program and advancing mutual understanding and scholarly exchange between the peoples of the United States and other countries.
Fulbright alumni include 62 Nobel Laureates, 89 Pulitzer Prize winners, 80 MacArthur Fellows, and thousands of leaders across the private, public and non-profit sectors.
Dr. Wong will investigate the feasibility of adapting kidney palliative care models in the United Kingdom's National Health Service for implementation within the infrastructure of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.