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Invited Guest

Hajime Nagasu

Associate Prof., Kawasaki Medical School
Current Position, Affiliation
  • Associate Professor at Kawasaki Medical School, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension since 2020.
Education / Training
  • 2003, M.D., Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan M.D. Medicine
  • 2012, PhD., Graduate Course at Kawasaki Medical School Ph.D. Nephrology and Hypertension
Professional and Research Experience
  • 2012 - 2014, Postdoctoral Research Fellow , Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases.
  • 2014 - 2015, Postdoctoral Research Fellow , University of Michigan, Department of Human Genetics.
  • 2015 - 2020, Assistant professor, Kawasaki Medical School, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension since 2020.
Awards & Honors
  • 2010, 47th ERA-EDTA Congress Best 8-Abstracts
  • 2011, World Congress of Nephrology, travel grant
  • 2016, International Society of Hypertension Travel grant award
Selected Publications
  • ASK-1 activation exacerbates kidney dysfunction via increment of glomerular permeability and accelerates cellular aging in diabetic kidney disease model mice. Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 2;14(1):26438.
  • Kidney outcomes associated with haematuria and proteinuria trajectories among patients with IgA nephropathy in real-world clinical practice: The Japan Chronic Kidney Disease Database. Nephrology (Carlton). 2023
  • Oxidative stress and the role of redox signalling in chronic kidney disease. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2023 Oct 19.
  • Kidney Outcomes Associated With SGLT2 Inhibitors Versus Other Glucose-Lowering Drugs in Real-world Clinical Practice: The Japan Chronic Kidney Disease Database. Diabetes Care. 2021 Nov;44(11):2542-2551.
  • Evaluation of Glomerular Hemodynamic Function by Empagliflozin in Diabetic Mice using In Vivo Imaging. Circulation. 2019 Jul 23;140(4):303-315.
Genomics in CKD
Role
Speaker
Date & Time
12/07 09:45 - 10:00
Place
Room 7 ( 703 )
Lecture Title
Genome-wide Association Study of the Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney-related Traits in the Japanese Population: J-Kidney-Biobank