LEAF LAB – Clinical Research in Acute Kidney Injury

suPAR is a biomarker and therapeutic target for AKI

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Catalytic iron is a biomarker

and therapeutic target in AKI

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A common genetic variant in HO-1 predicts risk of AKI following cardiac surgery

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Immune checkpoint inhibitors cause AKI through tubulo-interstitial nephritis

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FGF23 is an early marker of AKI and death after cardiac surgery and in critically ill patients.

Research

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Publications

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Bio

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The Leaf Lab conducts patient-oriented research in acute kidney injury (AKI) and critical illness. Our goal is to develop novel approaches to prevent AKI, and to improve outcomes in patients who suffer from AKI. Read more about AKI.

Our research is highly collaborative and interdisciplinary and includes:

• Randomized trials
• Biomarker studies
• Genetics
• Epidemiology

News

Match Day

March 19, 2021

Congratulations to Harkarandeep Singh for matching to Rochester General Hospital for Internal Medicine.

Top Paper Award

January 27, 2021
Shruti Gupta’s paper entitled, “AKI Treated with Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19” was selected as one of the top 5 original research papers published in J Am Soc Nephrol in 2020.

NIH R01 Grant

September 1, 2020
David Leaf was awarded an R01 grant from the NIH/NIDDK for his proposal entitled, “Deferoxamine for the Prevention of Acute Kidney Injury.”

NIH R01 Grant

May 1, 2019
David Leaf was awarded an R01 grant from the NIH/NHLBI for his proposal entitled, “Precision Medicine Approach to Vitamin D3 Administration in Critically Ill Patients.”

Gottschalk Grant

July 1, 2018
David Leaf was awarded a Carl W. Gottschalk Research Scholar Grant to study, “Hepcidin, Dysregulated Iron Homeostasis, and Anemia in Human AKI” from the American Society of Nephrology Foundation for Kidney Research.