Dr. Tracy Rankin : NIDDK

Dr. Tracy Rankin

Program Director
DIVISION KIDNEY, UROLOGIC, & HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Building 2DEM, Room 623
6707 Democracy Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20892-5462
Tel: 301-594-4748
Fax: 301-480-3510
Email: rankint@mail.nih.gov

Current Position:
Director, Kidney and Urologic Research Training Programs

Current Portfolio/Responsibilities:
Portfolio includes institutional (T32) and individual (F) National Research Service Awards and all career development awards (K) in kidney and urologic diseases.  These awards support early training in both basic and clinical research related to kidney and benign urologic diseases and facilitate the transition to independence for clinicians and scientists pursuing academic careers.  Additionally, manages the developmental grant program (R03) that supports career-development awardees as they begin their independent research program.


Previous Training and Experience:
2001 - 2007 Program Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
1994  - 2001 Staff fellow, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
1992  - 1994 Post doctoral fellow, Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research, Shrewsbury,
1990  - 1992 Post doctoral fellow, Tufts University, Department of Biology.
Ph.D. 1990 Vanderbilt University, Cell Biology B.A.   1981 University of Virginia, Biology


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