UAB UCSD OBrien Center

The George M. O’Brien centers were established in 1987 as NIH-funded interdisciplinary research centers in kidney and urological diseases. The UAB-UCSD O’Brien Core Center for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is one of 8 centers funded nationwide and is an interdisciplinary center of excellence in AKI-related research.

The Center
• Supports shared core facilities and
   leverages these technologies into new
   projects, interactions and collaborations,
• Fosters interactions among UAB-UCSD
   investigators from several different
   disciplines and extends these interactions
   to include a cadre of investigators from
   multiple institutions at the regional,
   national and international levels,
• Provides intellectual resources and
   research infrastructure to attract new and
   established investigators to AKI research.
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The Center works closely with our institutional Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) at UAB and UCSD.

Assay of stereoisomeric F2-isoprostanes and prostaglandins by LCMS-MRM for urine and blood samples More info

Continuous Dialysis for ICU Patients Provides Better Fluid Removal

A review article has been published in the Clinical Therapeutics section of the Dec. 27, 2012, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) nephrologist Ashita Tolwani, M.D. More info

iSAEC Announces Collaboration

UAB-UCSD O’Brien Center to coordinate an international research network to research the role of genetic variation in drug induced renal injury. More info

LC-MS Measurement of Oxidized Fatty Acids for Assessment of Lipid Oxidation in Acute Kidney Injury. More info

AKI SYMPOSIUM
Changing Paradigms in Acute Kidney Injury: From Mechanisms to Management
Sponsored by:
The UAB-UCSD O’Brien Core Center for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Multimedia Online Lectures Available Now!

Team News

Publications

AKI Symposia

AKI Registry