Nephrology and Hypertension

DEIC member Jennifer S. Yu interviewed Juan Pablo Arroyo, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and recipient of a 2022 ASCI Emerging Generation Award. Dr. Arroyo’s work focuses on how the kidney regulates fluids and electrolytes. His research group has recently shown that kidney epithelial cells make biologically active vasopressin. In this video, Dr, Arroyo discusses his circuitous career path and the importance of forefronting kindness.

African Americans have long been known to be at increased risk of kidney disease due to a dangerous genetic mutation that creates a hole in the kidney cells, but Vanderbilt researchers have now discovered a protective genetic mutation that covers the hole to eliminate the risk.

Vanderbilt scientists, including Nephrology and Hypertension Dr. Roy Zent, have received a $1.2 million award from the W. M. Keck Foundation for their groundbreaking project, “Genetic Intolerance Patterns as a Treasure Map to Genes that Define Us as Human.”