Kidney Health Research Institute
Kidney disease affects one in every seven adults, and is associated with diminished quality of life and excessive morbidity and mortality. Geisinger Kidney Health Research Institute (KHRI) is dedicated to decreasing the burden of kidney disease through a clinic-based, patient-oriented research program leveraging several system-level assets at Geisinger.
Our team
Investigators
- Alexander Chang, MD, MS
- Jamie A Green, MD, MS
- Prince Mohan, MD
Biostatisticians
- Lester H Kirchner, PhD
- Amanda Young, MS
Research support staff
- Christina Yule, research project manager II
- Lauren Gummo, research project coordinator
- Sara Kwiecien, senior research assistant
- Megan Oliveri, research assistant
KHRI researchers are engaged in projects with other health services researchers, social scientists, dietitians, biostatisticians, informaticists, health economists and geneticists at Geisinger's research institutes and centers.
Research focus
Acute kidney injury

Burden of kidney disease

Genetics of kidney disease

Health literacy and outcomes

Obesity and diet quality

Patient centered care
Kidney Patient Advisory Council (KPAC)
The KPAC was formed by the Geisinger Kidney Health Research Institute in June 2016, as an initiative to enhance partnership and collaboration between patients and kidney health researchers and clinicians. The advisory council consists of 11 patients with CKD, in varying stages of CKD. The goal of the advisory council is to get feedback about existing and future research KHRI projects, to help incorporate patients as partners in clinical research. The advisory council meets three times a year, and often topics discussed are initiated by patient input.
KHRI research resources

Patient-centered focus in the clinical setting

Multi-dimensional research resources
