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National Kidney Foundation Honors Susan Furth, MD, PhD, With Excellence in Care Award

Published on

Mar 10, 2023

NKF Honors Dr. Susan Furth With Excellence in Care Award

The National Kidney Foundation honored Susan Furth, MD, PhD, with the 2023 Excellence in Care Award.

Dr. Furth's research focuses on defining risk factors for kidney disease progression in children; characterizing the effect of kidney function decline on neurodevelopment, cognitive abilities and behavior; identifying the prevalence and evolution of cardiovascular disease risk factors, and examining the effects of declining glomerular filtration rate on children’s growth.

E-mail:

furths [at] chop.edu

CHOP Set to Join New PCORI Network, PCORnet

Published on

Dec 23, 2013

in Cornerstone Blog

A network of children’s hospitals, data partners, and specialty networks led by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was recently approved for an award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to develop and expand its work as part of PCORnet: the National Patient-Centered National Clinical Research Network.