James Lash
Robert Wood Keeton Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Nephrology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
Biography
Dr. James Lash (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC)
Dr. James Lash is the Robert Wood Keeton Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Nephrology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. His research focuses on the epidemiology of chronic kidney disease and interventional trials in the treatment of kidney disease, particularly in underrepresented populations in the United States.
He has particular expertise in evaluating the impact of patient-centered factors and lifestyle on the development and progression of kidney disease.
Lash is the UIC principal investigator on the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases-sponsored Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study and the University of Illinois Chicago Kidney Precision Medicine Project CKD Recruitment Site. His clinical practice focuses on the treatment of kidney disease and hypertension.
