Study Enrollment
Thank you for your interest in participating in our research! We have multiple ongoing studies, and we are always accepting new participants. For more information regarding enrollment, please click the link below.
Non-Diabetic Kidney Disease in African Americans
African Americans are at disproportionate risk for non-diabetic kidney disease and FSGS in particular. Most of this disparity is due to two variants in the APOL1 gene. These variants confer resistance to trypanosomiasis, a serious disease in some African regions, and as such they have raised in frequency in Africa. Here at the Laboratory of Inherited Kidney Disease we are further investigating the biology that leads to this APOL1-related form of kidney disease. If you are an African American affected by non-diabetic kidney disease or have a relative with disease and you want to help with our research studies, we would like to hear from you.
Healthy Volunteers
Dr. Martin Pollak's Laboratory is looking for healthy adult volunteers to take part in a research study. Taking part would include a short questionnaire, a saliva sample, and/or a one-time donation of four teaspoonfuls (20ml) of blood from a vein.
Please contact Andrea at aknob@bidmc.harvard.edu or 617-667-0467 for more information on these studies.