Clinician Researcher, Division of GIM University of Washington | VUMCMedicineRes | Alumni @KU_Medicine | Tweets are my own

Seattle, WA
Joined March 2020
I matched at my #1 choice, Vanderbilt Internal Medicine!! Beyond thrilled that I will join the @VUMCMedicineRes family and continue calling Vandy home for another 3 years 🤍 #Match2023
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🎉 So excited to announce our research paper “Myeloid Activator Protein-1 Complex Contributes to Salt-Sensitive Hypertension” is now published in @CircRes! 🧂🫀 Grateful to my amazing supervisor, Dr. Kirabo @annetkiraboc1, and all our co-authors! 🙏 🔗 ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/…
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First #TLM2025 in the books! Honored to receive the 2025 Early Career Investigator Award in Clinical/Translational Science & the opportunity to share our work on The Utility of Coronary CT Angiography vs. Dobutamine Stress in Predicting Obstructive CAD in LT eval @AASLDtweets
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So excited to have @MDemirc1 join our program on July 1st! Incredibly well-deserved!
Huge CONGRATULATIONS @MDemirc1 for matching to the Internal Medicine Program @VUMC! The #KiraboLab is so proud of you!
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Congrats @DoctorAlbritton !
In this week's #KiraboLab newsletter we celebrate @DoctorAlbritton for passing his #PhD Candidacy Exams! Congratulations Claude! So proud of you! @MeharryMedical @mvalliance @MeharryScience
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Two faculty researchers in the Department of @VUMC_Medicine have received Young Physician-Scientist Awards from the @the_asci. Congratulations to Juan Pablo Arroyo Ornelas, MD, PhD, and David Patrick, MD, PhD! news.vumc.org/2025/01/23/eli…
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Beyond excited about this review article where we overview Epigenetic Regulation of Innate and Adaptive Immune Cells in SSBP & discuss ongoing research in my lab of IsoLG-modified histones as potential epigenetic regulators! @CircRes @MeharrySOGS @merrylindseyphd @annetkiraboc1
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Access to excess dietary sodium has heightened the risk of cardiovascular diseases, particularly affecting individuals with salt sensitivity of blood pressure.… Congrats ⁦@ashleylpitzer⁩! 1st & Corresponding author invited paper ⁦@CircRes⁩ search.app/zfFQGBSWB4hpVFma8
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Lale Ertuglu, MD retweeted
Check out the latest Review by @ashleypitzer et al "#Epigenetic Regulation of Innate & Adaptive #Immune Cells in Salt-Sensitive #Hypertension" at ahajrnls.org/40EUrMY @annetkiraboc1 @Mohamma91591696 @_SydneyJamison @PorciaHaynes @MaboodK05962100
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Our paper is published in @CircRes! Congratulations and thanks to all co-authors!
Mutchler & colleagues found #ET-3/#ETBR signaling in #lymphatic vessel dynamics is a novel pathogenic component & possible therapeutic target in #kidney disease. Learn more at ahajrnls.org/3WoU9az @ashleypitzer @Jianyong_zhong @EShelton24 @annetkiraboc1
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Our paper "Sodium-Directed Crosstalk Between Immune Cells and Lymphatic Vessels" is now published in @SpringerNature #CurentHypertensionReports! link.springer.com/10.1007/s1… Congrats 1st author @drtasir2011 and Huge thanks @EShelton24 for your tremendous leadership on this!
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So grateful to be part of this wonderful team #KiraboLab
Happy Holidays from the #KiraboLab! We’re grateful for scientific discoveries, meaningful collaborations, and the brilliant minds that make it all possible. Here’s to a joyful & restful holiday filled with love and inspiration for the year ahead! 🧪❤️ #Gratitude #ScienceFamily
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Our paper "Salt’s Sex-Specific Impact of Gut Microbiota in Hypertension" is now published in @CircRes ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/… Thanks @DoctorAlbritton @MeharrySOGS & 1 author @selamdesta00 Editorial to a fantastic paper by Dr. Tao Yang!
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This week's #KiraboLab Newsletter highlights fantastic presentations and incredible time at #AHA24 @AHAScience by @drtasir2011 @ashleylpitzer @MDemirc1 & @Tinish_tmed. Thanks @ShariaYasmin our lab manager for putting this together!
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Fantastic poster presentation by #KiraboLab faculty ⁦@ashleylpitzer⁩ on Monocyte regulation of magnesium during salt sensitivity of blood pressure at #AHA24 ⁦@AHAScience⁩!
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Our paper on "Epithelial Na+ Channels, Immune Cells, and Salt" published in @AnnualReviews of Physiology is now in pubmed @PubTrend pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3953… Thanks @sepiso_masenga & @tkleyman!
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Fantastic talk on RNA Sequencing Analysis of Skeletal Muscle in Moderate to Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease by Dr. Mert Demirci, MD work from Dr. Jorge L. Gamboa, MD, PhD lab ⁦@VUMCClinPharm⁩ ⁦@VUMCKidney⁩ at #ASN24 ⁦@ASNKidney⁩! So proud of you ⁦@MDemirc1!
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#KiraboLab weekly newsletter featuring Dr. @saleemMMH 1st author paper featured on cover of @CircRes & @drtasir2011 @MaboodK05962100 poster presentations @VandyPostdoc @VandyOPA fantastic symposium
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Lale Ertuglu, MD retweeted
Replying to @saleemMMH
@saleemMMH reveal the #APC #JAK2 signaling as a potential target for diagnosing & treating #SSBP in humans ahajrnls.org/3ZYlvXx @annetkiraboc1 @ashleypitzer @LErtuglu @isjaima @CWanjallaMDPhD @NstorPastor @PaulKastner128 @DoctorAlbritton @drtasir2011 @AlexBickMDPhD
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Lale Ertuglu, MD retweeted
Extremely happy to see it on the cover!
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