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O'Brien Center for Acute Kidney Injury Research

O'Brien Center for Acute Kidney Injury Research

O'Brien Center

We are an NIH-sponsored George M. O'Brien Kidney Resource Center

We support shared core facilities to enhance collaborations and further research in kidney-related research, foster interactions among kidney researchers from different disciplines, and provide intellectual resources and infrastructure to attract new and established investigators.

Cores

Discover our cores and services

The UAB-UCSD O'Brien Center is made up of two Biomedical Resource Cores and a Resource Develoment Core with the goals of providing gold standard services in the area of kidney disease to enhance research foster collaborations.

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Pilot Program

Apply for pilot funding

The Pilot Grant program is designed to fund science that can expand the impact of the O’Brien Consortium with a focus on supporting early-stage investigators and new investigators to kidney research.

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Enrichment

Enhance your understanding and expertise

The UAB-UCSD O'Brien Center offers workshops, symposia, and courses to help investigators better apply these to their research programs, as well as student research experiences.

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Acknowledge the Center

We're supported by a U54 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Acknowledge the UAB-UCSD O'Brien Center and Grant NIH U54 DK137307 for support. Click here for suggested acknowledgment wording.