Dr. Chris Ketchum : NIDDK

Dr. Chris Ketchum

DKUHD
DIVISION KIDNEY, UROLOGIC, & HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Building 2DEM, Room 647
6707 Democracy Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20892
Tel: 301-594-7717
Fax: 301-480-3510
Email: KetchumC@extra.niddk.nih.gov

Current Position:
Deputy Director, DKUHD Basic Science

Current Portfolio/Responsibilities:
• Direct the Renal Physiology Program, which supports basic research on normal function of the mature kidney
• Project Scientist for the AMDCC (www.AMDCC.org), an interdisciplinary program designed to develop 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 
• Fellowship - The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Cell Biology - The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Physiology - The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine



Committees/ Working Groups:

• DKUHD Program Project (P01) Review Committee
• DKUHD Scientific Conference (R13) Review Committee
• NIDDK Genetics/Genomics Working Group 
• NIDDK Diabetic Complications Working Group
• NIDDK Translational Research Working Group

Page last updated: November 13, 2009

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