Research Projects & Grants

College/University

  • Uremic Solutes in Pediatric Renal Failure, Role: PD/PI, Stanford University, (05/2018 - 04/2019) Status: Awarded

For Profit Organization

  • A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose Escalation Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Voclosporin in Adolescents with Lupus Nephritis, Role: Investigator, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (09/2024 - 09/2025) Status: Approved
  • Hemoglobin Maintenance In Pediatric ESRD Patients By Ferric Pyrophosphate Citrate (FPC), Role: PI, Rockwell Medical Inc., (05/2022 - 05/2023) Status: Completed
  • An open-label, single-arm, multicenter study to ascertain the optimal starting dose of Mircera® given subcutaneously for the maintenance treatment of Anemia in pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis or not yet on dialysis, Role: PI, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., (04/2021 - 04/2022) Status: Completed
  • Pharmacokinetics of triferic (ferric pyrophosphate citrate) administered via dialysate and IV to pediatric patients on chronic hemodialysis, Role: PI, Rockwell Medical Inc., (10/2016 - 10/2017) Status: Completed
  • A phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of Obinutuzumab in adolescent patients with active class III or IV Lupus Nephritis, Including an Evaluation of Open-Label Safety and PK in a Cohort of Pediatric Patients (Aged 5 to, Role: Investigator, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., (01/2025 - 01/2026) Status: Approved
  • Treatment of drug-resistant adult and pediatric primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis using the Liposorber LA-15 System, Role: Investigator, Kaneka Medical America LLC, (03/2025 - 03/2026) Status: Approved

Internal

  • North American Pediatric Renal Trials Collaborative Studies (NAPRTCS), Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (06/2024 - 06/2025) Status: Approved
  • Effects of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on intra-abdominal pressure and acute kidney injury, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (10/2020 - 10/2021) Status: Completed
  • Uremic solutes in pediatric renal failure, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (09/2019) Status: Completed
  • Rituximab use in nephrotic syndrome, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (04/2016) Status: Completed
  • A prospective study of citrate based dialysate in pediatric patients receiving intermittent hemodialysis, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (04/2015 - 04/2016) Status: Completed