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AnnouncementFirst Author SpotlightPublished Online:09 Sep 2022https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.2022.323.3.AUMoreSectionsPDF (285 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat RAWAN ALMUTLAQCardiorenal Physiology and Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AlabamaFigure 1.Rawan AlmutlaqDownload figureDownload PowerPointRawan Almutlaq is a PhD student in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology at the University of Minnesota, mentored by Dr. Louise Evans. She earned her BS in Biochemistry from King Abdulaziz University and her MS in Biotechnology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her research interest focuses on salt-sensitive hypertension. In her spare time, she likes to bake [Photo: Fig. 1].https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00055.2022DENISE C. HASSONDivision of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OhioFigure 2.Denise HassonDownload figureDownload PowerPointDenise Hasson was born and raised in a suburb of Los Angeles, CA. She graduated from Dartmouth College and then earned her medical degree at Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. She completed an Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency at the University of Colorado Hospital/Children's Hospital Colorado. She moved to Cincinnati, OH, to pursue research mentorship from Dr. Steve Standage, Dr. Hector Wong, and Dr. Stuart Goldstein in the laboratory of Dr. Steve Standage at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. She finished a Pediatrics Critical Care Fellowship and a Critical Care Nephrology Fellowship. Her research interests focus on the improvement of pediatric acute kidney injury outcomes with a translational approach to nutritional/metabolic optimization. She has accepted a position as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at NYU Langone Health/NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Denise enjoys traveling, biking, swimming, and she is a loyal Dodgers fan [Photo: Fig. 2].https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00033.2022SOPHIA M. SEARSDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KentuckyFigure 3.Sophia SearsDownload figureDownload PowerPointSophia Sears recently earned her PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Louisville. During her graduate studies, she was awarded an F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases under the mentorship of Dr. Leah Siskind. She then became a postdoctoral associate in Dr. Siskind's laboratory. Her research interests include chronic kidney disease and inflammation. In her spare time, she enjoys exercising and playing with her dog [Photo: Fig. 3].https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00097.2022This article has no references to display. Download PDF Back to Top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedInformationRelated ArticlesAromatase inhibition increases blood pressure and markers of renal injury in female rats 23 Aug 2022American Journal of Physiology-Renal PhysiologyCholine supplementation attenuates experimental sepsis-associated acute kidney injury 17 Aug 2022American Journal of Physiology-Renal PhysiologyPharmacological inhibitors of autophagy have opposite effects in acute and chronic cisplatin-induced kidney injury 17 Aug 2022American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology More from this issue > Volume 323Issue 3September 2022Pages i-i Crossmark Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2022 the American Physiological Society.https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.2022.323.3.AUHistory Published online 9 September 2022 Published in print 1 September 2022 Metrics