Projects & Funding

Current Projects:

1. SDF-1: a diagnostic and therapy-specific Biomarker for AKI
2. The impact of uremic Serum on the Bioenergetics of Renal and Stem Cell Mitochondria
3. Treatment of CKD and AKI on CKD with allogeneic Stem Cells
4. Stem Cell Technology for the Cure of experimental T1DM
5. Stem Cell Technology for the Treatment of experimental Parkinson’s disease

Current Funding:

1. VA Central Office Merit review grant: SDF-1: a diagnostic and therapy-specific Biomarker for AKI
2. O’Brien Center, UAB and UCSD and WIBR grants: The impact of uremic Serum on the Bioenergetics of Renal and Stem Cell Mitochondria
3. TCIP Grant, State of Utah: Stem Cell Technology for the Cure of  T1DM
4. University of Utah, Research Foundation Seed grant: Stimulation of renal Erythropoietin Production with an oral Polypeptide