Susan Quaggin Wins ASN’s John P. Peters Award

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has selected Susan Quaggin, MD, as this year’s recipient of the John P. Peters Award. Named for a founder of the field of nephrology, the award recognizes individuals who have made substantial research contributions to nephrology and have sustained achievements in one or more areas of academic medicine, including clinical care, education, and leadership.

Dr. Quaggin is the Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine chair, and director of the Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. She is the immediate past president of ASN, a councilor of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians, an American Heart Association distinguished scientist, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Inventors, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition, she serves as the deputy editor of The Journal of Clinical Investigation, co-editor of Seldin and Geibisch’s: The Kidney, and co-editor of the pathophysiology section of Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension Renal Physiology.

Dr. Quaggin’s extensive body of research focuses on kidney and vascular health. Her work has led to connections between growth factor inhibition and thrombotic microangiopathy and kidney failure; inspired new protocols for renal assessments and led to new insight into preeclampsia; and improved treatments for patients at high risk of cardiovascular mortality due to kidney disease.