Dr. Chris Ketchum : NIDDK

Dr. Chris Ketchum

DKUHD
DIVISION KIDNEY, UROLOGIC, & HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
6707 Democracy Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20817
Tel: 301-594-7717
Fax: 301-480-3510
Email: KetchumC@extra.niddk.nih.gov

Current Position:
Program Director, KUH

Current Portfolio/Responsibilities:

            • Manage the basic renal physiology program (KCK BRP), which supports basic research on normal function of the mature kidney.

            • Manage the basic diabetic nephropathy program (KCK AMDC), which supports basic research on disease pathogenesis in the diabetic kidney.
• Serve as Project Scientist for the Animal Models of Diabetic Complications Consortium (AMDCC), an interdisciplinary program designed to develop animal models that closely mimic the human complications of diabetes for the purpose of studying disease pathogenesis, prevention and treatment.



Previous Training and Experience:

Ph.D. - Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia (1993-1998)

Postdoctoral Fellow - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1998 – 2003)

Visiting Scientist - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2003 – 2005)

Visiting Assistant Professor, Cell Biology - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2005 – Present)

Visiting Assistant Professor, Physiology - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2005 – Present)



Committees/ Working Groups:

KUH:

            • KUH Program Project (P01) Review Committee (2005 – Present)

            • KUH Scientific Conference (R13) Review Committee (2005 – Present)

 

NIDDK:

            • NIDDK Extramural Policy & Procedure Oversight Committee (EPPOC) (2003 – Present)

            • NIDDK Genetics/Genomics Working Group (2003 – Present)

            • NIDDK Diabetic Complications Working Group (2004 – Present)

            • NIDDK Translational Research Working Group (2004 – Present)

 

Trans NIH:

            • NIH Roadmap Metabolomics Working Group (2004 – Present)

            • NIH Staff Training in Extramural Programs (STEP) Committee (2006 – Present)



Other Activities:

            • Visiting Assistant Professor, Cell Biology - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2005 – Present)

            • Visiting Assistant Professor, Physiology - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2005 – Present)

Page last updated: September 01, 2007

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