Richard Johnson to join ISN Council
The
International Society of Nephrology (ISN) is pleased to announce that Dr. Richard Johnson has accepted the invitation to join the ISN Council as an interim member until June 2005. Dr. Johnson will replace Councilor Thomas Coffman, who had to resign his position to avoid a conflict of interest after having been elected to the ASN Council. Dr. Johnson was the runner up for
in the 2001 ballot, where Dr. Coffman was elected.
Rick is currently the Chief of Nephrology, Hypertension and Transplantation and the J Robert
Cade
Professor of Medicine and Professor of Physiology and Functional Genomics at the
of
in
. He graduated from the
of
, trained in
,
, and subsequently served as Chief of Nephrology and Director of Renal Transplantation at Baylor College of Medicine before taking his current position in
.
He has received many highly
prestigious
awards, co-edited a leading textbook in Clinical Nephrology and published over 320 original papers. His major scientific contributions include studies examining the role of the
glomerular
endothelial cell in maintaining
glomerular
health; the role of
mesangial
cell proliferation and phenotype change in
glomerulonephritis
; mechanisms of
glomerular
injury and repair; mechanisms of
tubulo
-interstitial injury and scarring; the role of
angiotensin
-II, proteases, ischemia and oxidative stress in progression; the association of HCV with
glomerulonephritis
and of salt-sensitive hypertension with subtle
mictovascular
and interstitial renal injury, and many other important topics. He also has collaborated on studies exploring the epidemiology of kidney disease in
and mechanisms responsible for the development of kidney disease at high altitude.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Johnson and we look forward with the highest anticipation to his enthusiastic contribution to ISN activities in many fields.
,
, FRCP,
FRCPE
Secretary
-General, ISN
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