Fellows' Research
All fellows in our research track have received competitive or extramural grant funding support in recent years.
Class starting 2022
Meghana Eswarappa: Am Soc Neph fellowship
Victor Prado: Diversity supplement to R01DK122797, declined Am Soc Neph fellowship
Class starting 2023
2023 Kevin Shi: TL1DK139565 training grant slot, NKF Young Investigators Award
Class starting 2024
Kashvi Gupta: Am Soc Neph fellowship
Class starting 2025
Zhen (Billy) Zeng: UCSF/Genentech Postdoctoral Fellowship
Omid Vadpey: TL1DK139565 training grant slot
Examples of recent fellowship research project publications:
Bicki AC, Grimes B, McCulloch CE, Copeland TP, Ku E. Dialysis facility staffing ratios and kidney transplant access among adolescents and young adults. JAMA. 2024 Dec 17;332(23):2003-2013.
Dr. Bicki is now a faculty member at the UCSF.
Demko J, Saha B, Takagi E, Manis A, Weber R, Koepsell H, Pearce D. Coordinated regulation of renal glucose reabsorption and gluconeogenesis by mTORC2 and potassium. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Apr 10;36(9):1733-1748.
Dr. Demko is now a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania.
Eswarappa M, Katz R, Arking DE, Shi W, Newcomb C, Tranah GJ, Ix JH, Parikh CR, Cummings S, Waikar SS, Parikh SM, Sarnak MJ, Shlipak MG, Jotwani V. Associations of Blood Mitochondrial DNA Quality and Quantity with Risk of Kidney Function Decline. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2026 Feb 1;21(2):242-250.
Dr. Eswarappa is now a faculty member at UCSF.
Gupta K, Hsu CY. National survey of blood pressure management practices in peritoneal dialysis. BMC Nephrol. 2026 https://doi. org/10.1186/s12882-026-05201-8
Dr. Gupta remains a renal fellow at UCSF.
Jamshidian MS, Scherzer R, Estrella MM, Kravitz RL, Boxer RS, Tancredi DJ, Berry JD, de Lemos JA, Ginsberg C, Ix JH, Shlipak MG, Ascher SB. Individualized Net Benefit of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in SPRINT. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 May;73(5):1441-1453.
Dr. Jamshidian is now a faculty member at UCSF.
Loeb GB, Kathail P, Shuai RW, Chung R, Grona RJ, Peddada S, Sevim V, Federman S, Mader K, Chu AY, Davitte J, Du J, Gupta AR, Ye CJ, Shafer S, Przybyla L, Rapiteanu R, Ioannidis NM, Reiter JF. Variants in tubule epithelial regulatory elements mediate most heritable differences in human kidney function. Nat Genet. 2024 Oct;56(10):2078-2092.
Dr. Loeb is now a faculty member at UCSF.
Peschard VG, Scherzer R, Estrella MM, Sarnak MJ, Ascher SB, Lash J, Bonventre JV, Greenberg JH, Gutierrez OM, Schelling JR, Katz R, Cheung KL, Levitan EB, Schrauben SJ, Cushman M, Ilori TO, Parikh CR, Kimmel PL, Rao PS, Taliercio JJ, Sondheimer J, Shulman R, Coca SG, Chen J, Ramachandran VS, Ix JH, Shlipak MG. Defining kidney health dimensions and their associations with adverse outcomes in persons with diabetes and CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 May 1;20(5):665-675.
Dr. Peschard is now a medical director at Biogen.
Postalcioglu M, Katz R, Ascher SB, Hall T, Garimella PS, Hallan SI, Ix JH, Shlipak MG. Associations of urine epidermal growth factor with kidney and cardiovascular outcomes in individuals with CKD in SPRINT. Kidney Int Rep. 2024 Aug 10;9(11):3167-3176.
Dr. Postalcioglu is now a faculty member at UCSF.
Prado VE, McCoy IE, Zhang Y, Hsu JY, Liu KD, Muiru AN, Chinchilli VC, Coca SG, Go AS, Himmelfarb J, Kaufman JS, Kimmel PL, Ikizler TA, Parikh CR, Siew ED, Wurfel MM, Hsu CY. Independent association between acute kidney injury and kidney function trajectory. Kidney Int. 2026 Jul;110(1):206-213.
Dr. Prado is now a faculty member at University of Miami.
Shi K, Hamdan H, Cheng E, Tuot DS. Assessment of large language model chatbots for hemodialysis meal planning: a descriptive study. BMC Nephrol. 2026 Mar 31;27(1):298.
Dr. Shi remains a renal fellow at UCSF.
Ikeme JC, Madden E, Lamprea-Montealegre JA, Chu CD, Shlipak MG, McCoy IE, Estrella MM. Association of kidney function with sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor discontinuation among US veterans. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 Nov 1;19(11):1426-1434.
Dr. Ikeme is now a faculty member at UCSF.