University of Michigan George M. O'Brien Kidney Translational Core Center
Leaders in Precision Health and Best in Clinical Care
For over 50 years, the Division of Nephrology at the University of Michigan has been internationally recognized for the excellence of its rich and diverse research, education programs and clinical care. Our multidisciplinary research programs, totaling over $16 million in annual funding, are at the forefront of science with a focus on precision health reducing the burden of kidney disease around the world. Key research programs include the Kidney Precision Medicine Program, the United States Renal Data System and several clinical trials (CRIC, NEPTUNE, CUREGN, APOLLO and others). The George M. O'Brien Kidney Translational Research Center at the University of Michigan, funded continuously by the National Institutes of Health since 1987, assists investigators and clinicians worldwide in kidney disease research. We provide state-of-the-art care to patients from across the country in all areas of kidney disease - acute and chronic kidney diseases, cystic diseases of the kidney, diabetes, fluid and electrolyte disorders, glomerulonephritis and glomerular diseases, lupus, hypertension, kidney and pancreas transplantation, kidney-related metabolic disorders, kidney stones, and rare and genetic kidney diseases.