Browsing by Author "Reidy, Kimberly J."

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    Developing a Research Mentorship Program: The American Society of Pediatric Nephrology's Experience
    (Frontiers, 2019-04-24) Vasylyeva, Tetyana L.; Díaz-González de Ferris, María E.; Hains, David S.; Ho, Jacqueline; Harshman, Lyndsay A.; Reidy, Kimberly J.; Brady, Tammy M.; Okamura, Daryl M.; Samsonov, Dmitry V.; Wenderfer, Scott E.; Hartung, Erum A.; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Background: Most pediatric nephrologists work in academia. Mentor-mentee relationships provide support and guidance for successful research career. Mentorship program implementation is valuable in medical fields for providing research opportunities to young faculty. Methods: The American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) established a research mentorship program to (a) assist with matching of appropriate mentor-mentee dyads and (b) establish metrics for desirable mentor-mentee outcomes with two independent components: (1) the grants review workshop, a short-term program providing mentor feedback on grant proposals, and (2) the longitudinal program, establishing long-term mentor-mentee relationships. Regular surveys of both mentors and mentees were reviewed to evaluate and refine the program. Results: Twelve mentees and 17 mentors participated in the grant review workshop and 19 mentees were matched to mentors in the longitudinal program. A review of NIH RePORTER data indicated that since 2014, 13 NIH grants have been awarded. Mentees in the longitudinal program reported that the program helped most with identifying an outside mentor, improving grant research content, and with general career development. Mentors perceived themselves to be most helpful in assisting with overall career plans. Email communications were preferred over phone or face-to-face communications. Mentees endorsed strong interest in staying in touch with their mentors and 100% of mentors expressed their willingness to serve in the future. Conclusion: This mentorship program was initiated and supported by a relatively small medical society and has shown early success in cultivating mentoring relationships for a future generation of clinician-scientists.
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    Racial-Ethnic Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life among Adults and Children with Glomerular Disease
    (Karger, 2021) Krissberg, Jill R.; Helmuth, Margaret E.; Almaani, Salem; Cai, Yi; Cattran, Daniel; Chatterjee, Debanjana; Gbadegesin, Rasheed A.; Gibson, Keisha L.; Glenn, Dorey A.; Greenbaum, Laurence A.; Iragorri, Sandra; Jain, Koyal; Khalid, Myda; Kidd, Jason M.; Kopp, Jeffrey B.; Lafayette, Richard; Nestor, Jordan G.; Parekh, Rulan S.; Reidy, Kimberly J.; Selewski, David T.; Sperati, C. John; Tuttle, Katherine R.; Twombley, Katherine; Vasylyeva, Tetyana L.; Weaver, Donald Jack; Wenderfer, Scott E.; O’Shaughnessy, Michelle M.; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Introduction: Disparities in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) have been inadequately studied in patients with glomerular disease. The aim of this study was to identify relationships between race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, disease severity, and HRQOL in an ethnically and racially diverse cohort of patients with glomerular disease. Methods: Cure Glomerulonephropathy (CureGN) is a multinational cohort study of patients with biopsy-proven glomerular disease. Associations between race/ethnicity and HRQOL were determined by the following: 1. Missed school or work due to kidney disease; 2. Responses to Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) questionnaires. We adjusted for demographics, socioeconomic status, and disease characteristics using multivariable logistic and linear regression. Results: Black and Hispanic participants had worse socioeconomic status and more severe glomerular disease than White or Asian participants. Black adults missed work or school most frequently due to kidney disease (30% versus 16-23% in the other three groups, p=0.04), and had the worst self-reported global physical health (median score 44.1 versus 48.0-48.2, p<0.001) and fatigue (53.8 versus 48.5-51.1, p=0.002), compared to other racial/ethnic groups. However, these findings were not statistically significant with adjustment for socioeconomic status and disease severity, both of which were strongly associated with HRQOL in adults. Among children, disease severity but not race/ethnicity or socioeconomic status were associated with HRQOL. Conclusions: Among patients with glomerular disease enrolled in CureGN, the worse HRQOL reported by Black adults was attributable to lower socioeconomic status and more severe glomerular disease. No racial/ethnic differences in HRQOL were observed in children.