Andrew Terker Archive — Page 1 of 1

Three-dimensional imaging of kidney tubules (yellow and green noodle-like structures) under low potassium conditions, which puts the kidney into a state of metabolic overdrive and causes cardiovascular problems.
August 5, 2024

Low potassium ‘turns on’ kidney proximal tubule: study

A kidney protein that responds to low levels of blood potassium — which can cause high blood pressure and cardiovascular problems — may be a target for new therapeutics.

By Leigh MacMillan
Grid of ten professional headshots arranged in two rows, labeled Brittain, Self, Shibao, Wilson, Casey, Haake, Terker, Wanjalla, Bock, and Mashayekhi.
February 9, 2023

American Society for Clinical Investigation honors 10 Vanderbilt physicians

By Bill Snyder
Top-view arrangement of potassium-rich foods on a blue wooden surface, including bananas, avocado, potatoes, mushrooms, tomatoes, broccoli, grapefruit, kiwi, carrots, nuts, beans, and a bowl of dried fruit.
January 19, 2023

Low potassium injures kidney

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that low dietary potassium causes direct kidney injury, suggesting potential new targets for treating chronic kidney disease.

By Leigh MacMillan
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling man wearing a red, blue, and white checkered shirt against a brown background.
October 27, 2022

Terker selected as VUMC Discovery Scholar in Health and Medicine

By Bill Snyder
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling man wearing a red, blue, and white checkered shirt against a brown background.
October 4, 2022

Vanderbilt’s Terker wins NIH Director’s Early Independence Award

Andrew Terker, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center who is committed to advancing the understanding and treatment of kidney disease, has received a 2022 National Institutes of Health Director’s Early Independence Award.

By Bill Snyder
VUMC faculty members attending the meeting of the American Society for Clinical Investigation included, from left, Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, Patrick Hu, MD, PhD, Lorraine Ware, MD, Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, Christopher Williams, MD, PhD, Lori Jordan, MD, PhD, Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH, ASCI Council Member Julie Bastarache, MD, Eric Tkaczyk, MD, PhD, and James Crowe Jr., MD.
April 21, 2022

VUMC a national leader in physician-scientist training

Physician-scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center were well represented at the recent annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), Association of American Physicians (AAP) and the American Physician-Scientist Association.

By Bill Snyder