Jenny Varner
@drjennyv.bsky.social
(she/her) Pediatric nephrology fellow at Duke. Kidney lover, #KUHR-TN researcher, medical educator, mom (human and dog), wife, crafter, musician, traveler. And always a #TrueBlue Duke basketball fan.
Views are my own and =/= medical advice
Views are my own and =/= medical advice
The NC KUH TRIO team represented at the 2nd annual KUH research conference #KUHRTN2025. It was a blast connecting with trainees all over the country and sharing our passion for high quality research. @kuhrtrainees.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The NC KUH TRIO team represented at the 2nd annual KUH research conference #KUHRTN2025. It was a blast connecting with trainees all over the country and sharing our passion for high quality research. @kuhrtrainees.bsky.social
Sad to be leaving but even the view from the airport is beautiful. Mahalo to Hawai’i for the most beautiful vacation I’ve ever been on.
May 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Sad to be leaving but even the view from the airport is beautiful. Mahalo to Hawai’i for the most beautiful vacation I’ve ever been on.
There are sea urchins in that water behind me. Ask me how I found out. Otherwise today was a perfect end to the PAS conference and start to my vacation.
April 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
There are sea urchins in that water behind me. Ask me how I found out. Otherwise today was a perfect end to the PAS conference and start to my vacation.
Come to 306 at 2pm! I was diagnosed with ADHD as an intern, when the workload finally overwhelmed the coping mechanisms I had used for years. Learning about ADHD as a disability and strength, an explanation but not an excuse, has been and continues to be a complex journey.
April 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Come to 306 at 2pm! I was diagnosed with ADHD as an intern, when the workload finally overwhelmed the coping mechanisms I had used for years. Learning about ADHD as a disability and strength, an explanation but not an excuse, has been and continues to be a complex journey.
KUHR-TN Trainees- Submit your abstracts for the annual meeting today! Looking forward to seeing you all in person at the meeting in May.
To our trainees- Don't forget; today is the last day to submit your abstracts to the KUHR-TN annual meeting! See your e-mail for details on abstract submissions and conference registration.
April 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
KUHR-TN Trainees- Submit your abstracts for the annual meeting today! Looking forward to seeing you all in person at the meeting in May.
Normal people: Those Easter eggs are shaped like jelly beans.
Me: EASTER KIDNEYS!!
Me: EASTER KIDNEYS!!
April 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Normal people: Those Easter eggs are shaped like jelly beans.
Me: EASTER KIDNEYS!!
Me: EASTER KIDNEYS!!
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Are you a patient with Alport syndrome? The 2025 In-Person Alport Connect meeting will be in Chicago on July 19-20th. Child and teen programming available. See you there! alportsyndrome.org/for-patients...
March 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Are you a patient with Alport syndrome? The 2025 In-Person Alport Connect meeting will be in Chicago on July 19-20th. Child and teen programming available. See you there! alportsyndrome.org/for-patients...
Congratulations to everyone who Matched today! To our newest pediatricians- let me know when you’re ready to discuss a career in the best subspecialty, peds nephrology!
March 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Congratulations to everyone who Matched today! To our newest pediatricians- let me know when you’re ready to discuss a career in the best subspecialty, peds nephrology!
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Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Orgel, one of this year's recipients of the 2025 SPR Basic Research Award for Fellows Sponsored by the Emerging to Established (E2E) Section. @e2e-spr.bsky.social
Read more: ow.ly/VC6950VjWLG
Read more: ow.ly/VC6950VjWLG
March 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Orgel, one of this year's recipients of the 2025 SPR Basic Research Award for Fellows Sponsored by the Emerging to Established (E2E) Section. @e2e-spr.bsky.social
Read more: ow.ly/VC6950VjWLG
Read more: ow.ly/VC6950VjWLG
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Are you effectively preventing VTE in your patients with nephrotic syndrome?
Check out our paper below on KI reports about this important topic. It's a fantastic collaboration with some truly brilliant minds! #NephSky @glomcon.org
www.kireports.org/article/S246...
Check out our paper below on KI reports about this important topic. It's a fantastic collaboration with some truly brilliant minds! #NephSky @glomcon.org
www.kireports.org/article/S246...
Venous thromboembolism prevention for nephrotic syndrome: The role of aspirin, vitamin K antagonists and direct oral anticoagulants
Nephrotic syndrome (NS) carries a significantly elevated risk of venous thromboembolic
events (VTE), contributing to morbidity and mortality. Current guidelines for VTE
prophylaxis in NS are based on ...
www.kireports.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Are you effectively preventing VTE in your patients with nephrotic syndrome?
Check out our paper below on KI reports about this important topic. It's a fantastic collaboration with some truly brilliant minds! #NephSky @glomcon.org
www.kireports.org/article/S246...
Check out our paper below on KI reports about this important topic. It's a fantastic collaboration with some truly brilliant minds! #NephSky @glomcon.org
www.kireports.org/article/S246...
Great work, Ben!
JASN- Updates on the POSIBIL6ESKD Phase 2b/3 trial from Neuen et al. and NC KUH TRIO post-doc trainee Dr. Benjamin Catanese.
Effects of Clazakizumab on Anemia and Iron Metabolism in Patients with Kidney Failure pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39908111/
Effects of Clazakizumab on Anemia and Iron Metabolism in Patients with Kidney Failure pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39908111/
Effects of Clazakizumab on Anemia and Iron Metabolism in Patients with Kidney Failure - PubMed
Effects of Clazakizumab on Anemia and Iron Metabolism in Patients with Kidney Failure
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Great work, Ben!
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JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Sparsentan for FSGS isn’t dead yet… ir.travere.com/news-release...
ir.travere.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sparsentan for FSGS isn’t dead yet… ir.travere.com/news-release...
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Congratulations to everyone matching into Urology today!
February 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Congratulations to everyone matching into Urology today!
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Why does nephrotic syndrome (NS) present with periorbital edema?
I generally feel comfortable explaining why patients with NS have edema. But, why does it accumulate around the eyes? And, why doesn’t heart failure present this way?
Time for more Starling! And George Burch...
Why does nephrotic syndrome (NS) present with periorbital edema?
I generally feel comfortable explaining why patients with NS have edema. But, why does it accumulate around the eyes? And, why doesn’t heart failure present this way?
Time for more Starling! And George Burch...
November 18, 2024 at 4:55 AM
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Why does nephrotic syndrome (NS) present with periorbital edema?
I generally feel comfortable explaining why patients with NS have edema. But, why does it accumulate around the eyes? And, why doesn’t heart failure present this way?
Time for more Starling! And George Burch...
Why does nephrotic syndrome (NS) present with periorbital edema?
I generally feel comfortable explaining why patients with NS have edema. But, why does it accumulate around the eyes? And, why doesn’t heart failure present this way?
Time for more Starling! And George Burch...
Reposted by Jenny Varner
🔬 Genetic testing is a game-changer in nephrology, but it’s still not routine practice. This paper lays out a clear framework for when and how to use genetic testing in kidney care. 🧵1/4
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Navigating Genetic Testing in Nephrology: Options and Decision-Making Strategies
Technological advances such as next-generation sequencing (NGS) have enabled high-throughput assessment of the human genome, supporting the usage of g…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
🔬 Genetic testing is a game-changer in nephrology, but it’s still not routine practice. This paper lays out a clear framework for when and how to use genetic testing in kidney care. 🧵1/4
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Time to post this again
January 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Time to post this again
Big news in chronic kidney disease.
FDA approves Novo Nordisk's Ozempic to treat chronic kidney disease in those with diabetes, expanding its use cnb.cx/3CpEFfK
FDA approves Novo Nordisk's Ozempic to treat chronic kidney disease in those with diabetes, expanding its use cnb.cx/3CpEFfK
FDA approves Novo Nordisk's Ozempic to treat chronic kidney disease in those with diabetes, expanding its use
Expanded Ozempic approval in the U.S. could transform how doctors treat patients with chronic kidney disease, which involves a gradual loss of kidney function.
cnb.cx
January 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Big news in chronic kidney disease.
FDA approves Novo Nordisk's Ozempic to treat chronic kidney disease in those with diabetes, expanding its use cnb.cx/3CpEFfK
FDA approves Novo Nordisk's Ozempic to treat chronic kidney disease in those with diabetes, expanding its use cnb.cx/3CpEFfK
Reposted by Jenny Varner
Reposted by Jenny Varner
Want to see what the trainees of the NIDDK U2C/TL1 Kidney Urology non-malignant Hematology Research Training Network (KUHR-TN) have been up to?
Follow @kuhrtrainees.bsky.social
The trainee steering committee is excited to connect and network on bluesky!
Follow @kuhrtrainees.bsky.social
The trainee steering committee is excited to connect and network on bluesky!
January 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Want to see what the trainees of the NIDDK U2C/TL1 Kidney Urology non-malignant Hematology Research Training Network (KUHR-TN) have been up to?
Follow @kuhrtrainees.bsky.social
The trainee steering committee is excited to connect and network on bluesky!
Follow @kuhrtrainees.bsky.social
The trainee steering committee is excited to connect and network on bluesky!
I am in constant awe of how new research helps me take better care of kids. But now, as I work to figure out my identity as a clinician researcher, I am scared for the future.
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”
www.science.org
January 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I am in constant awe of how new research helps me take better care of kids. But now, as I work to figure out my identity as a clinician researcher, I am scared for the future.
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring www.science.org/content/arti...
Proud to share our recently published paper on our efforts to address the impending workforce shortage in uronephrology.
Addressing the Workforce Crisis in Uronephrology: Design... : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...
Addressing the Workforce Crisis in Uronephrology: Design... : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...
Addressing the Workforce Crisis in Uronephrology: Design... : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
An abstract is unavailable.
journals.lww.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Proud to share our recently published paper on our efforts to address the impending workforce shortage in uronephrology.
Addressing the Workforce Crisis in Uronephrology: Design... : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...
Addressing the Workforce Crisis in Uronephrology: Design... : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...
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Only one month left!
Apply now for Duke PUMP Program 2025.
✔️ Mentorship in Urology and Nephrology
✔️ $7000 stipend for 8-week summer research
✔️Build research skills
📆 Deadline: February 24, 2025: duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#Urology #Nephrology #Undergraduate #Summer #Research #Health
Apply now for Duke PUMP Program 2025.
✔️ Mentorship in Urology and Nephrology
✔️ $7000 stipend for 8-week summer research
✔️Build research skills
📆 Deadline: February 24, 2025: duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#Urology #Nephrology #Undergraduate #Summer #Research #Health
Happy new year College Students!! We are accepting applications for tthe Duke PUMP. A summer research and immersion program to address the workforce crisis and diversify the workforce in Uronephrology. Spend & enjoy a summer of science at Duke. Link for application duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
January 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Only one month left!
Apply now for Duke PUMP Program 2025.
✔️ Mentorship in Urology and Nephrology
✔️ $7000 stipend for 8-week summer research
✔️Build research skills
📆 Deadline: February 24, 2025: duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#Urology #Nephrology #Undergraduate #Summer #Research #Health
Apply now for Duke PUMP Program 2025.
✔️ Mentorship in Urology and Nephrology
✔️ $7000 stipend for 8-week summer research
✔️Build research skills
📆 Deadline: February 24, 2025: duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#Urology #Nephrology #Undergraduate #Summer #Research #Health