We are seeking nominations for our 2023 ANIO AWARDS to be presented at ASN 2023 in Philadelphia. This year we have 4 awards as described below. Nominations must come from a single person, with nominee’s CV, a letter of nomination (not to exceed 2 pages) specific to the award category, and a maximum of 5 signatories. Please email the nominations to our Awards Committee Chair and last year’s awardee for Clinical Excellence Dr Vineeta Kumar at vkumar@uabmc.edu.

Deadline for nominations is Sept 18 2023.  The 4 awards categories are: 

For faculty: 

Academic excellence  

Clinical excellence

Recognition for community service

For fellows: 

GP Kaushal Award (for fellows):  For outstanding potential and contributions. 

Dr Kaushal’s seminal contributions included the description of Meprin as the major matrix degrading enzyme in the kidney and the role of caspases and autophagy in acute kidney injury. The award includes a monetary stipend, a certificate, and is open to fellow trainees  presenting their research at a national or international nephrology meeting.

Much thanks, ANIO EXEC COMMITTEE (Amit, Kenar, Shuchi, Priya and Nupur) 

Previous awardees include:

Brian Pereira, Vikas Sukhatme,Mannikam Suthintharan,Kirpal Chugh,Sudhir Shah, TKS Rao,Ravi Mehta,Ajay Singh, Balakuntlam Kasinath, Manjari Venkatachalam,Karl A Nath,Ravi Thadhani,Anupam Agarwal,Vinod Bansal,John Feehally ,Pravin Singhal (Academic Excellence),Rajiv Agarwal (Clinical Excellence),Sanjay Nigam (Academic Excellence),Ramesh Khanna (Clinical Excellence),Prasad Devarajan (Academic Excellence),Sundaram Hariharan (Clinical Excellence),Prabir Roy-Chaudhury (Academic Excellence),Rulan Parekh (Clinical Excellence),Hamid Rabb (Academic Excellence),Mohan Rajapurkar (Outstanding Service),Chirag Parikh (Academic Excellence),Ananth Karumanchi (Academic Excellence),Rajnish Mehrotra( Academic Excellence) and Vivek Jha ( Academic Excellence), Natarajan Gopalakrishnan( Service Excellence), Vandana Niyyar( Clinical Excellence), Samir Parikh( Academic Excellence), Vikas Dharnidharka( Academic Excellence), Rajan Ravichandran( Service Excellence), Girish Nadkarni( Rising Star), Nisha Bansal( Academic excellence), Vineeta Kumar( Service excellence)

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