Alessia Fornoni
Director and Chair, Peggy and Harold Katz Family Drug Discovery Center · University of Miami/Jackson Health System
Credentials: · · · · ·
History
- Present
- Present
MSTP program · University of Miami/Jackson Health System
- Present
CTSI/KL2 and Mentoring program · University of Miami/Jackson Health System
- 1998–2000
- 1995–1998
Internal Medicine
- 1991–1995
Research
Circulating urokinase receptor as a cause of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Nature Medicine · 2011 · 680 citations
Role of mTOR in podocyte function and diabetic nephropathy in humans and mice
Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2011 · 485 citations
Activation of Cardiac Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 4 Causes Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
Cell Metabolism · 2015 · 438 citations
28 papers
- OL
21 papers · 12 as a resident
15 papers
14 papers
12 papers
- YZ
10 papers
9 papers
9 papers · 4 as a fellow
Grants
- 2020–2030
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · T35
Contact PI · $290.2K · University of Miami School of Medicine
- 2015–2029
Crosstalk Between Lipid Droplets and Other Organelles in Podocytes
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $5.9M · University of Miami School of Medicine
- 2023–2028
Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute K12 Program
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences · K12
PI · $3M · University of Miami School of Medicine
- 2023–2028
Workshops and Coaching to Foster Career Skills in Newly Funded NIDDK Scholars
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · UE5
Contact PI · $648K · University of Miami School of Medicine
Clinical trials
- 2012–2016
Rituximab to Prevent Recurrence of Proteinuria
Principal investigator · Terminated · Phase 3
George W. Burke
- 2010–2030