Novel Therapies in Kidney Disease Is Focus of new Jefferson Initiative
(Published: 01-17-2007) Building on the success of its Center for Translational Medicine, the Department of Medicine at Thomas
Jefferson University has created the Center for Novel Therapies for Kidney Disease, a program to combine basic research, clinical
research and care for patients suffering from diabetic kidney disease.
Joseph Cheung, M.D., Ph.D., Named Director, Division of Nephrology at Jefferson
(Published: 12-11-2006) Joseph Cheung, M.D., has been named director of the Division of Nephrology at Jefferson Medical College
of Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He is also the Capizzi Professor of Medicine at Jefferson
Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.
Jefferson Researchers Awarded Portion of Pennsylvania Tobacco Settlement
Money to be used to study obesity in African Americans
(Published 7-7-06) The Commonwealth grants focused on a specific priority--to develop centers of excellence (COE) to research
the prevention and treatment of obesity and its complications, placing emphasis on populations that are at high risk for and/or
disproportionately affected by obesity. At Thomas Jefferson University, the grant will fund the creation of the Center of
Excellence for Research on Obesity at Thomas Jefferson University. Featured in the Media
U.S.News & World Report this year named Jefferson University Hospital as among the best in the nation in kidney disease.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Ranked Best Hospital in Philadelphia for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Medicine by
U.S.News & World Report