Dr. Sunny Hartwig
College Member
Current Employer
University of Prince Edward Island
Election Year
2014
Academy
College of New Scholars
Keywords
Kidney Development, Nephrogenesis, Nephron Endowment, Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT), Transcription Factor Signaling, Sry-Related HMG Box (SOX) Proteins
Sunny Hartwig’s research focuses on the genetic and molecular mechanisms that control normal and disrupted human kidney development. Dr. Hartwig completed her PhD at the Hospital for Sick Children in 2006, and her postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School in 2009. Her research is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Kidney Foundation of Canada, and the Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training (KRESCENT) New Investigator Award.
Les recherches de Sunny Hartwig portent sur les mécanismes génétiques et moléculaires qui contrôlent le développement normal ou anormal des reins humains. La Dre Hartwig a obtenu son doctorat à l’Hospital for Sick Children en 2006 et sa bourse de recherche postdoctorale à l’Harvard Medical School en 2009. Ses recherches sont financées par les Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, la Fondation canadienne du rein et la bourse Nouveaux chercheurs du Programme national de formation scientifique et d’encadrement des chercheurs spécialisés dans le domaine rénal (KRESCENT).
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