Clinical and Epidemiology Research

Primary Faculty in Clinical and Epidemiology Research

  • Mirela Dobre headshot

    Mirela Dobre, MD, MPH

    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Email: Mirela.Dobre@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.8341

    Secondary Phone: 216.844.8341

    Kidney

    Interests: chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its related metabolic and cardiovascular complications

  • Jennifer Gassman headshot

    Jennifer Gassman, PhD

    Cleveland Clinic

    Email: gassmaj@ccf.org

    Phone: 216.444.9938

    Kidney

    Interests: clinical trials: African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, Focal Segmental Glomerular Sclerosis; Novel Therapies for Resistant FSGS, and Blood Pressure in Hemodialysis

  • Leal Herlitz headshot

    Leal Herlitz, MD

    Cleveland Clinic

    Phone: 216.444.6781

    Kidney

    Interests: relation of renal pathology with clinical features in acute and chronic kidney diseases; site pathologist, Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation

  • Lalitha Nayak, MD

    University Hospitals

    Hematology

    Interests: hemophilia, hypercoagulation & thrombotic microangiopathies management; endothelial & neutrophil function in thrombosis; inflammasomes

  • Mahboob Rahman headshot

    Mahboob Rahman, MD, MS

    University Hospitals

    Email: Mahboob.Rahman@uhhospitals.org

    Kidney

    Interests: multi-center trials: African American Study of Kidney Disease & Hypertension, Antihypertensive & Lipid Lowering Treatment in Hypertension, Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study & Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention.

Secondary Training Faculty Participating in Collaborative Projects in Clinical and Epidemiology Research

  • Jeffery Schelling, M.D. Kidney clinical trials in hypertension and chronic kidney disease including CRIC
  • Ashwini Sehgal, M.D. Kidney outcomes in kidney transplantation, chronic kidney disease and dialysis.
  • Katherine Dell, M.D. Kidney treatments and outcomes of chronic kidney disease in pediatric populations
  • John F. O’Toole, M.D. Kidney Clinical trials for hypertension and glomerular disease.
  • John R. Sedor, M.D. Kidney Chair for the Kidney X innovation accelerator; clinical trials for hypertension and glomerular disease
  • Jesse Schold, Ph.D. Kidney health policy related to evaluation and wait listing for kidney transplantation; costs and outcomes related to kidney transplantation
  • John Daryl Thornton, M.D./MPH Kidney Clinical Research examining the association of sleep disorders with chronic kidney disease progression in the CRIC cohort.