I am so incredibly thrilled, honored and humbled to receive this @nih_nhlbi K23 and get to continue this really important and exciting work. I am incredible thankful for everyone to helped me get here. 1/3

I’m also seeing the consequences of the new “no paylines” mandate and it’s not good. POs have a lot more power but they’re also being influenced by leadership mandates that deprioritize the demographics you would expect and certainly not lifting up ECRs.

What happens to AKI survivors? A new paper shows worse long-term cognition, reading, and math in children up to 15 years after severe malaria who had AKI during hospitalization. doi.org/10.1001/jama.2026.07… Do we need to rethink AKI follow-up care in children?

Please stop multi-year funding! We appreciate the resistance to reduce NIH funding, but the multi-year funding scheme is really hurting science. There won’t be anyone left… @RoKhanna

American science continues to shrink despite the story being told to the public. And it’s the long term consequences that will be most devastating.

"The world needs pediatric researchers." So proud to be a part of such an incredible group.

Children’s Health Services Research at the @IUmedschool is celebrating 25 years of helping Hoosier kids. Read more about the organization's impact, researchers and plans for the future: go.iu.edu/RZp1Iu

NIH terminated $2.45 billion in grants in 2025. Using NIH’s own economic multiplier (2.5–2.7x), that’s ~$6 billion in unrealized economic output. Not to mention lost jobs, stalled discoveries, and a weakened scientific workforce. Worst case of “saving money” ever💀

Examining the role of biologic sex on kidney outcomes in preterm neonates: A secondary analysis of the PENUT/REPAIReD study @ped_neph #openaccess buff.ly/aTMkCIB

Love to see it!

Nearly three years ago, @DrMarciMD joined the Department of Pediatrics at @IUMedSchool with the aim of bringing more awareness to kidney disease and now she is encouraging young people to pursue medical careers. Discover more: go.iu.edu/Iw23Ia

IU Peds Neph had a strong showing at the Joint Pediatric Nephrology meeting in Miami a huge success! - First year fellows workshop - PNRC Meeting - 52nd Annual Miami Seminar @thePNRC @ASPNeph @IptaPedsTx @IPNA_PedNeph @Alanepe1 @pFeNa_fellows #MiamiPedNephSem

Congrats @DanielleSoranno!

Thanks to Senator Young's staff along with policy staff from the HELP and Ways and Means for meeting with us!

Had a great @ASPNeph Hill Visit to meet with talk about NIH funding, the Living Donor Protection Act, Pediatric Reimbursement for Dialysis Care and other important topics. Two @IUDeptPeds Pediatric Nephrologists (Dr. Hains and Starr) participated. #JELFing

Thank you to everyone who participated for making the Joint Pediatric Nephrology meeting in Miami a huge success! - First year fellows workshop - PNRC Spring Meeting - 52nd Annual Miami Seminar @thePNRC @ASPNeph @IptaPedsTx @IPNA_PedNeph @Alanepe1 @pFeNa_fellows #MiamiPedNephSem

Federal Government still has not released funds approved by congress for NIH grants for this year — hopefully that will change soon

🔔 NEW EPISODE🔔 Prematurity doesn’t end at NICU discharge! Follow-up pearls: 📈 Corrected age for milestones 💉 Chronologic age for vaccines 🍼 Growth velocity guides 24→22→20 kcal/oz 🧠 Head growth = brain growth 🌱 Low threshold to (re)refer Link in bio 🎙️

While Congress very clearly rejected cuts to the NIH for FY2026, money still isn’t coming to researchers (just waiting over here…). How can that be? The OMB is slow walking science funding in direct contradiction of Congressional priorities and orders. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Years ago, NIH submissions meant literal FedEx trucks full of paper. Reams shipped to Bethesda. Pallets. Human beings moving boxes. Now? We click a button. Electronic submission. Instant transmission. And then… ~4 months to review. Another ~4–5 months to Council. Then more months waiting for an NoA. I’ve had a grant funded ~1.5 years after submission. In 2026, the slowest part of biomedical research is not data collection or analysis or even recruitment. The slowest part is the administrative latency. If NIH really wants to accelerate science, shortening the time from submission → review → funding would do more than many of the culture war debates we’re having.

🎉 Save the Date! ASPN is excited to announce our inaugural independent Annual Meeting 📍 New Orleans, LA 🗓 April 14–17, 2027 Learn more: buff.ly/92VfUdX