• American Society of Nephrology, 2008-2011, Effect of ACE-inhibitors on Aortic Stiffness in Elderly Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine, DHHS, PHS, NIH, 2010-2011, The Genomics of Chronic Allograft Rejection

• "Desensitization across the HLA barrier in kidney transplantaion"

Mohamed MA, Lorentzen D, Kim J et al., Front Biosci (Schol Ed). 3: 929-936 Jun 2011. We investigate desensitization across the HLA barrier in kidney transplantation. PubMed/NLM.

• "Reproducibility of renal perfusion MR imaging in native and transplanted kidneys using non-contrast arterial spin labeling"

Artz NS, Sadowski EA, Wentland AL et al., J Magn Reson Imaging. 33 (6): 1414-1421 Jun 2011. We examine both inter-visit and intra-visit reproducibility of a MR arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion technique in native and transplanted kidneys over a broad range of renal function. PubMed/NLM.

• "Update on nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: are we making progress?"

Haemel AK, Sadowski EA, Shafer MM et al., Int J Dermatol. 50(6): 659-666 Jun 2011. Here, we present an update on emerging evidence for the role of gadolinium-based contrast agents, renal dysfunction, and background inflammation in disease expression, with a focus on current experimental models. PubMed/NLM.

• "Measurement and comparison of T1 relaxation times in native and transplanted kidney cortex and medulla"

Huang Y, Sadowski EA, Artz NS, et al., J Magn Reson Imaging. 33(5):1241-7 May 2011. To measure and compare cortical and medullary T1 values in native and transplanted kidneys with a wide range of function as measured by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).