Center for Precision Medicine
April 3, 2025
We are thrilled to celebrate Dr. Afaf Saliba, recent PhD graduate and postdoc in the Sharma Lab at the Center for Precision Medicine, at UT Health SA! Her abstract has been selected for an oral presentation and a travel award of $1000 at the upcoming American Society of Nephrology “Bench to Bedside” Conference in May 2025! Dr. […]
March 18, 2025
New Commentary in “Kidney International” by Dr. Soumya Maity and Dr. Kumar Sharma delving into the pivotal study by Patil et al. on the mitochondrial choline transporter SLC25A48 and its role in regulating urinary and blood choline levels. Check out the full discussion: https://www.kidney-international.org/article/S0085-2538(24)00811-1/fulltext#fig1 Check out the study by Patil et al.: https://www.kidney-international.org/article/S0085-2538(24)00526-X/fulltext
February 25, 2025
Led by our PhD graduate, Dr. Afaf Saliba, under the mentorship of our director Dr. Kumar Sharma! https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/180229 This research highlights a crucial connection between kidney disease and brain health. The team found that quinolinic acid, a byproduct of tryptophan metabolism, builds up in the plasma kidney and brain during kidney failure, associated with inflammation […]
October 21, 2024
October 17, 2024
We are excited to announce that Dr. Saliba, our recent PhD graduate, has accepted a postdoctoral fellowship position at the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center under the mentorship of Nobel Laureate Bruce Beutler, MD starting June 2025! We are proud of her achievements and excited for her […]
September 7, 2023
UT Health San Antonio President William L. Henrich, MD, MACP; Robert Clark, MD, Department of Medicine; and Afaf Saliba, PhD student, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Center for Precision Medicine were quoted in this story which appeared on the front page of Monday’s print editions of San Antonio Express News. Ian Tamayo of the […]
August 24, 2023
Urine levels of adenine, a metabolite produced in the kidney, are predictive and a causative biomarker of looming progressive kidney failure in patients with diabetes, a finding that could lead to earlier diagnosis and intervention, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) reported Aug. […]
August 3, 2023
We are proud to announce that Afaf Saliba was selected to participate in-person at Pfizer’s Pharmaceutical Careers and Postdoctoral Opportunities Educational Event in Pfizer Cambridge, MA. Pfizer Pharmaceutical Careers and Postdoctoral Opportunities Educational Event is an opportunity for PhD students within 12 months of graduation to attend an in-person event at Pfizer to learn […]