New York, NY
AAKP Ambassador since 2018
Jonathan was diagnosed with pauci-immune glomerulonephritis when he was 22 years old and started peritoneal dialysis at age 23. He was on PD for 2 years before receiving a kidney from his sister Rachel on March 14, 2019 (World Kidney Day)! Jon recently finished graduate school with an MS in chemical engineering from Georgia Tech. Jon is currently a 5th year PhD student in the Biomedical Sciences program at Mount Sinai in NYC. He works in the Division of Nephrology under the tutelage of Dr. Evren Azalogue where most of his work involves understanding the mechanisms of kidney disease, especially glomerular diseases. He is scheduled to graduate in 2025 and plans on pursuing a post-doc in nephrology. His long-term goal is to obtain a tenure-track position in a nephrology department.
Jon has experience in Development/Grant writing, he has submitted his own research grants for funding and has assisted his PI in writing many RO1 grant submissions. He is currently on the data safety monitoring board of the Caring for OutPatiEnts after Acute Kidney Injury (COPE-AKI) study.
Jon has received the pre-doctoral training grant: T32 HD075735, “Interdisciplinary Training in Systems and Developmental Biology and Birth Defects”, ASN Kidney TREKS (Tutored Research and Education for Kidney Scholars) and ASN Kidney STARS (Kidney Week, 2024)
