NUGoKidney Innovation Symposium
The next frontiers of innovation in kidney therapeutics
In-person event on March 8th | Online events throughout March 2022
2022 NUGoKidney Innovation Symposium
The next frontiers of innovation in kidney therapeutics
Join us for a series of events exploring the latest innovative research and clinical advances propelling the field of nephrology into the future.
This year’s program includes a mix of in-person and virtual activities during March including:
- In-person event with exciting keynotes plus a poster session and reception
- Series of webinars on topics including HIF stabilizers, diabetic kidney disease management, and xenotransplantation
Join us for one, some, or all of the stellar lineup! Registration for all events is free and first-come, first-served. Please note: you must register separately for each event if you wish to do both.
Visit the Event Details tab to learn more.
Register for March 8th Register for online talks
Keynote Speaker
Samuel Stupp, PhD
Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science, Chemistry, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering
Director, Simpson Querrey Institute
Director, Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine
Samuel Stupp, PhD is Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. He also directs Northwestern’s Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology and the Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science, an Energy Frontiers Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Stupp’s interdisciplinary research is focused on developing self-assembling supramolecular nanostructures and materials for functions relevant to renewable energy, regenerative medicine, and robotic soft matter. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Spanish Academy, and the National Academy of Inventors. His awards include the Department of Energy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Materials Chemistry, the Materials Research Society Medal Award, the International Award from The Society of Polymer Science in Japan, the Royal Society Award in Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry, and three national awards from the American Chemical Society: the ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry, the Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry, and the Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry.
Keynote Speaker
Satish Nadig, MD, PhD
Director, Comprehensive Transplant Center
Chief of Organ Transplantation in the Department of Surgery
Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgical Research
Satish N. Nadig, MD, PhD is the Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Transplantation, and Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Center at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. He is an adult and pediatric multiorgan transplant surgeon and Professor in the Departments of Surgery, Microbiology/Immunology, and Pediatrics. He directs the NIH-funded Comprehensive Transplant Immunobiology Laboratory and holds a Doctor of Philosophy in immunology from Oxford University. He has served as a national and international visiting professor and has been identified as a “Key Opinion leader” in the Transplantation Society as well as a “Rising Star” in the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. Dr. Nadig is the Chief Medical Advisor to Pandorum Technologies, Ltd, Pvt. and his research interests are focused on innovations in transplantation tolerance including cellular therapy, biotechnology, and transplant immunology. Dr. Nadig was named as one of Charleston, South Carolina’s Forty under 40 in 2015, is featured in a 2016 TEDx Talk on organ donation, and has a recently published textbook entitled Technological Advances in Organ Transplantation.
Online Talks | Guest Speakers
Katherine Tuttle, MD, FACP, FASN
Clinical Professor, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington
Medical & Scientific Director, Providence Medical Research Center
Regional Co-Principal Investigator, Institute of Translational Health Science
Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, FASN, FACP, FNKF, is Executive Director for Research at Providence Health Care, Co-Principal Investigator of the Institute of Translational Health Sciences and Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington. Dr. Tuttle earned her medical degree and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. She was a fellow in Metabolism and Endocrinology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Her Nephrology fellowship training was performed at University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Tuttle’s major research interests are in diabetes and chronic kidney disease. She has published over 250 original articles and served as Associate Editor for the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology and the American Journal of Kidney Disease. Dr. Tuttle has received many honors and awards including the Medal of Excellence from the American Association of Kidney Patients, Garabed Eknoyan Award from the National Kidney Foundation, the YWCA Woman of Achievement Award in Science, and two Outstanding Clinical Faculty Awards at the University of Washington. Dr. Tuttle served on the Board of Directors for the Kidney Health Initiative and has chaired working groups and committees for organizations including the NIDDK/NIH, the National Kidney Foundation, the American Society of Nephrology, the International Society of Nephrology, and the American Diabetes Association.
Keisha L. Gibson MD, MPH, FASN
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Department of Medicine Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion
Chief, Pediatric Nephrology Division
Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program
Keisha L. Gibson, MD, MPH, FASN is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Chief of Pediatric Nephrology in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is also the Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion for the Department of Medicine. Dr. Gibson received her medical degree and Masters of Public Health degree in epidemiology from UNC Chapel Hill. She completed a residency in general pediatrics at MUSC in Charleston and a fellowship in pediatric nephrology from UNC-Chapel Hill. She is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric nephrology. Her research and clinical interests focus on lupus nephritis and other glomerular diseases. In the area of epidemiology, she is interested in ethnic and socioeconomic disparities and their effect on patient outcomes. She has been involved as a co-investigator with large consortium studies such as the Nephrotic Syndrome Network Study (Neptune Study) and the Cure Glomerulonephropathy Network (Cure GN Study). Within the ASN, Dr. Gibson has served in several capacities. She has served as a member of the American Society of Nephrology's Program Committee and worked as a founding member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She has been a Cabinet Member for the ASN Foundation Campaign and served on the ASN Glomerular Disease Advisory Group. As an ASN Treks mentor, she provides mentoring for students and residents interested in potential nephrology careers and research.
Jayme Locke MD, MPH
Director, Division of Transplantation & Chief of the Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Arnold G. Diethelm Endowed Chair in Transplantation Surgery
Director, UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute
Dr. Locke is an abdominal transplant surgeon specializing in innovative strategies for the transplantation of incompatible organs, disparities in access to and outcomes after solid organ transplantation, and transplantation of HIV-infected end-stage patients. Dr. Locke completed an undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry at Duke University and her medical degree at East Carolina University prior to matriculating to Johns Hopkins Hospital where she received training in general surgery and multi-visceral abdominal transplantation. Dr. Locke completed her Master of Public Health degree with an emphasis in biostatistics and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Her research interests include complex statistical analysis and modeling of transplant outcomes and behavioral research focused on health disparities. She has authored more than 140 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 20 book chapters, and is an NIH R01-funded investigator. In addition, Dr. Locke is a Deputy Editor for the American Journal of Transplantation, and is an editorial board member for Annals of Surgery. She is also a member of the American Society of Transplantation (AST), American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS; Councilor-at-Large), and American Society of Nephrology (ASN), as well as, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), Society of University Surgeons (SUS; Councilor-at-Large), the Southern Surgical Association (SSA), Society of Clinical Surgery (SCS), and the American Surgical Association (ASA). Dr. Locke is the recipient of numerous honors including the UAB Dean’s Excellence Award in Research 2016, and was named the 2016 James IV Association of Surgeons Traveling Fellow, Top 40 Under 40 by the Birmingham Business Journal, AL.com’s 2015 Women Who Shape the State, B-Metro Top Women in Medicine 2017, American College of Surgeons Traveling Fellow 2018, Association for Clinical & Translational Science (ACTS) Distinguished Investigator Award: Translation into Public Benefit and Policy (2018), and the AST Clinical Science Faculty Award 2020.
We're bringing together cutting-edge researchers and clinical leaders to explore the latest innovative research and clinical advances that are propelling the field toward a future beyond kidney diseases.
This year's program will include a mix of in-person and online activities - the dates and format are listed for each event below. All times are listed in Central Time. Schedule subject to change.
Registration for all events is free and first-come, first-served. Join us for one, some, or all of the stellar lineup! Please note: you must register separately for each event if you wish to do both.
Reserve your spot for our March 8th - held in-person (registration required)
Schedule
Tuesday, March 8th | 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm [In-person]
Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center
303 E. Superior St.
Chicago, IL 60611
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Registration & check-in
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Opening remarks and keynote with Samuel Stupp, PhD
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM | Update on NUGoKidney Pilot & Feasibility Projects
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Pretreatment Strategies in Organ Transplantation: The next era of immune suppression with Satish Nadig, MD, PhD
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM | Poster session and reception
**This is currently planned as an in-person event with appropriate health measures. We will adjust to an online format if necessary.
Online Talks
Happening weekly during March 2022. At checkout, select a ticket for each talk you'd like to attend.
Wednesday, March 9th | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT [Online]
Topic: The Promise of Better Kidney Health in Diabetes with Katherine Tuttle, MD, FASN, FACP, FNKF
In this session, you'll learn:
- SGLT-2 inhibition and a non-steroidal MRA are new standards-of-care that reduce risks of kidney failure, heart failure, atherosclerotic CVD and death in people with type 2 diabetes.
- GLP-1 receptor agonists lower albuminuria, rate of eGFR decline, and risks of atherosclerotic CVD and death in people with type 2 diabetes.
- Based on the underutilization of standards-of-care in clinical practice, implementation strategies are essential to deliver on the promise of these new therapies.
Thursday, March 17th | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT [Online]
Topic: Race and Nephrology: What we need to Learn Unlearn with Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, FASN
In this session, you'll learn:
- How examining race-based outcomes in kidney disease through a biologic lens is myopic
- Why we must consider the impact of structural racism in kidney outcome disparities
- The concrete actions our kidney community can take to combat the social inequities driving CKD outcomes.
Tuesday, March 22nd | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT [Online]
Topic: First-in-human Clinical Grade 10GE Pig-to-Human Kidney Xenotransplant with Jayme Locke, MD, MPH
Learn more about Dr. Locke's recently featured in the New York Times on the first clinical-grade transplant of gene-edited pig kidneys into humans.
Call for Posters
NUGoKidney is inviting posters for presentation from the academic and professional communities at our 2022 NUGoKidney Innovation Symposium.
We invite submissions from health-care providers, fellows, faculty, graduate students and alumni, and medical students who have ties to Northwestern University or other medical centers and academic institutions. Graduate students, post-doctoral trainees and early-stage investigators affiliated with Chicago Kidney Urology Hematology network FOR city-Wide reseArch tRaining and career Development (Chicago KUH FORWARD) are especially encouraged to submit their work.
Abstracts that align with Symposium topics or NUGoKidney’s mission are encouraged. We welcome posters focusing on other topics relevant to nephrology including those highlighting preliminary results.
NUGoKidney’s Innovation Symposium offers an exciting chance to share research and discoveries in nephrology, foster discussion and collaborate with colleagues around new ideas, and generate inspiration to advance therapeutic discovery and implementation in kidney diseases.
There are no fees for registration or abstract submission. Abstract submission is not required to attend any of the symposium events.
The symposium is planned as an in-person event with appropriate health measures. We will adjust to an online format if necessary. Presenters should be willing to present in either format.
Space is limited for in-person event and poster session. Abstract submission and registration will be first come, first served. So, register and submit early!
Submit your abstract here.
Important Dates
Submission deadline EXTENDED: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 | 11:59 pm CT
Poster set-up: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 | 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm CT
Poster session: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 | 5:15 pm – 7:00 pm CT
Submission Guidelines
- Only one poster may be submitted per participant.
- Participation in the poster session is limited by space and spots are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Up to 40 posters are accepted.
- Submit posters by 11:59pm on February 22, 2022 using the form here.
Abstract Content
- Title: All titles should not exceed 15 words and should clearly indicate the nature of the study / project / procedure.
- Author information: Please list the names of all authors. For the Submitting Author, you will be asked to provide an email address, institutional affiliation, mailing address, and phone number. (Official correspondence will be sent by email, but other contact information is requested to assist with follow-up as needed.) The Submitting Author must be available to present at the Symposium.
- Abstracts: Authors should prepare an abstract of no more than 500 words. Please enter your abstract information as accurately as possible. It cannot be changed once you submit the form.
- By submitting your poster, you are agreeing that we may distribute your abstract to Innovation Symposium attendees via NUGoKidney's online portal and/or in print.
Poster Instructions
- Poster should include the following sections:
- Title (up to 15 words)
- Introduction / Background
- Aims / Hypotheses
- Methods
- Results / Findings
- Conclusions / Discussion
- It is strongly recommended that posters be professionally designed and printed.
- Maximum poster size is 5 feet wide by 3 feet high.
- Cite funding source, if applicable.
- Posters are visual media. People should be able to see information standing at a distance of 3 feet.
Printing and Duplicating Services provides poster printing services to researchers across Northwestern University.
Poster Set-Up
- Presenters may begin setting up their displays on March 8th between 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm. Posters must be ready for viewing by 5:15 pm.
- Authors whose abstracts are accepted are asked to display their posters at the Symposium throughout the conference.
- Posters left after 7:30 pm on March 8thwill be discarded.
- Presenters are responsible for all expenses associated with preparing, submitting, and presenting their poster. NUGoKidney will provide tackboards and push pins.
Poster Presentation Schedule
Authors should plan to be available to discuss their work with attendees on Tuesday, March 8 from 5:15 pm – 7:00 pm.
Questions or need additional information?
Please send questions about the submission process to nephrohub@northwestern.edu
Frequently Asked Questions
When is the NUGoKidney 2022 Innovation Symposium?
- In-person event on March 8th with exciting keynotes followed by a poster session and reception.
- Series of webinars weekly during March from leading experts in kidney therapeutics.