🌟 ECC Highlight 🩺 Dr. Jared Cook, Assistant Professor of Nephrology at UAB and APD for @UAB_NRTC Neph Fellowship 🍎Loves to engage with learners at all stages of medical education and take care of entire families in Polycystic Kidney Disease clinic! #SSCI

🌟2026 Tinsley Harrison Scholars Highlight 1/ Dr. Ignacio Portales Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Nephrology Washington University in St. Louis As a clinician-scientist, Dr. Portales focuses on mineral bone disease in CKD.

Applications are open for the SSCI Research Scholar Award! Early-career physician-scientists can receive $25,000 + 10% indirect costs to support innovative Internal Medicine/subspecialty research. Deadline: Sept. 1. #ResearchFunding www.ssciweb.org/ssci-researc...

SSCI Research Scholar Award - The Southern Society for Clinical Investigation

The SSCI Research Scholar Award provides funding for physician-scientists with innovative research projects related to Internal Medicine and its subspecialties.

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Day 3 of #SRM2026! — SATURDAY, FEB 28 ✨ Joint Plenary. Generative AI in Medicine: Transforming Care, Research & Education ✨ Cardiovascular–Adult II ✨ Afternoon packed with specialty tracks across disciplines

Honoring Dr. Kenneth Nugent, MD — a truly remarkable clinician, educator, researcher, and leader in academic medicine. Proud to celebrate him as the 2026 SSCI Founder’s Medal recipient. We’re deeply grateful for his many years of dedicated service to the Society and his community. #SRM2026

#SRM2026 Congratulations to the Tinsley Harrison Scholar Class of 2026👏🎉

We kick off Day 2 of #SRM2026 with an award ceremony and a presidential speech from Dr. Dana Rizk from UAB

#SRM2026 - Friday, Feb 27 📌Highlights: 🔸 Registration: 7am–7pm 🔸 SSCI Plenary Session SSCI Presidential Symposium 🔸 Clinical Case Sessions 🔸 SSCI 80th Anniversary Celebration

#SRM2026 - THURSDAY, FEB 26 📌Highlights: 🔸 Registration: 7am–7pm 🔸 Workshops: Academic career building, clinical research, & AI 🔸 LA CaTS Annual Meeting & NextGen Clinical Research Minds Symposium 🔸 Clinical Case Sessions 🔸 Poster Session 🔸 SSCI Networking Reception

1 day away! 🎉🎉We can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow at the 2026 Southern Regional Meeting! #SRM2026

📢 It is ALMOST time for the 2026 Southern Regional Meeting #SRM2026!! February 26-28, 2026! 🎊 Pre-registration ends TOMORROW, Feb 22nd. Register here: ww2.highmarksce.com/tulane/Plann...

Congratulations to 2025 Tinsley Harrison Scholar Ruth Adekunle, MD, MSCR! Dr. Adekunle is Assistant Professor at Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina. Her research includes HIV and HCV care continuums and infections in immunocompromised hosts.

Congratulations to our Early Career Council Vice Chair, Dr. Clarissa Tio of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, for being named as a Nephrologist with Promising Work by the President of the American Society of Nephrology @asnkidney.bsky.social

📢 Congrats to Dr. Fabian Maximilian Bock, MD, PhD @vumedicine.bsky.social, recipient of the 2024 SSCI Research Scholar Award, on his new PNAS publication! We are proud your amazing amazing accomplishment!! 👏👏 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Rac1 promotes proximal tubule kidney repair by coupling the actin cytoskeleton to mitochondrial function | PNAS

The kidney proximal tubule (PT) is a specialized polarized epithelium that functions as a high capacity resorptive machine. PT cells are exquisitel...

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Congratulations to Dr. Fabian Bock, recipient of the 2024 SSCI Research Scholar Award, on his new PNAS publication! Read the paper here: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/.... We are proud of your outstanding accomplishment!

Consider supporting SSCI this Thanksgiving! To mark the 80th anniversary of SSCI, we established the “80 for 80 Club” to mark this milestone 🎂 📷 $800 donation 📷 Members recognized at SRM 2026 📷Join here 📷https://ssciweb.org/donate.php👉

Congratulations to our Early Career Council Vice Chair, Dr. Clarissa Tio of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, for being named as a Nephrologist with Promising Work by the President of the American Society of Nephrology @asnkidney.bsky.social

Checkout this AJMS publication: 📊 New study (1999–2020) shows rising mortality from hypertensive renal disease in the U.S. with sharp upticks after 2013 and during COVID-19.

Trends in hypertensive renal disease with renal failure-related mortality among gender ethnicity and states in the United States from 1999–2020

Hypertensive renal disease impacts approximately 753 million individuals worldwide each year. This study evaluates trends in hypertensive renal disease mortality from 1999 to 2020 in the US, focusing ...

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🌟2025 Tinsley Harrison Scholars Highlight📷 Crystal Cobb, DO – Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipids Dr. Cobb's research focuses on cystic fibrosis related endocrinopathies.

Early Career Council (ECC) Highlight 📷 Dr. Priyanka Majety is an Assistant Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and serves as the Adult Outpatient Diabetes Director at VCU Health.

📅 SSCI Deadlines Reminder ✨ Oct 15 🏅 Early Career Awards: For faculty ≤6 years from training, nominated by an SSCI Fellow. 💰 Includes a monetary award + 1-year SSCI membership. 🔗 www.ssciweb.org/early-career...

📣📣CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! 2026 Southern Regional Meeting 🚨2 DAYS AWAY- Submit your abstracts for the 2026 Southern Regional Meeting (SRM). Due October 3rd at 6 pm Eastern. srm2026.abstractcentral.com

🚨 Deadline Approaching: October 3 🚨 Apply now for the SSCI Tinsley Harrison Scholars Award — a prestigious opportunity for early-career MD & MD/PhD investigators in clinical or basic research! 🔬 Open to: Postdocs, Instructors, Assistant Professors www.ssciweb.org/tinsley-harr...

🧵 Upcoming SSCI Awards & Opportunities – Deadlines in October! 1️⃣ SSCI Early Career Awards 🗓 Deadline: Oct 15 Recognizing outstanding early career faculty in research, education, or clinical service. 🏆 Includes monetary award + 1-year SSCI membership 🔗 ssciweb.org/early-career...

William Arthur Ward: “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” That’s the spirit of SSCI. 🙌 With its rare Clinician Educator Track, SSCI proves that a great teacher can come from anywhere —

Check out this 🆕 New review in the September issue of @AmJMedSci : “Cirrhosis and hyponatremia: A review of pathogenesis, clinical relevance, and management.” www.amjmedsci.com/article/S000...

Cirrhosis and hyponatremia: A review of pathogenesis, clinical relevance, and management

This narrative review examines the prognostic significance of sodium levels in cirrhosis. Clinical findings such as ascites typically develop between 5 and 10 years post-diagnosis, often with dysregul...

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🌟2025 Tinsley Harrison Scholars Highlight📷 1/ Dr. Deepshikha Ashana, MD, MBA, MS Assistant Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Duke University School of Medicine @dukemedschool.bsky.social

📢 SRM 2026 Abstracts due Oct 3, 2025! 📝 Submit: srm2026.abstractcentral.com (open Aug 8–Oct 3) More info + Call for Abstracts: www.ssciweb.org/southern-reg...

🎉 SSCI is turning 80! 🎉 Join us at SRM 2026 for our 80th Anniversary Celebration 🐠 📍 Audubon Aquarium 📅 Fri, Feb 27, 2026 | 6:30–9:30 pm Reception + aquarium access + dinner 🌊🍽️ 🎟️ $100 faculty | $75 jr faculty | $40 trainees/students ⌛Space is limited to 150 seats so reserve your spot now!

It’s not too late to nominate a deserving faculty to become a Fellow of the SSCI! Open to those at or above the Assistant Professor level with meritorious scholarly and leadership activities. Due: Aug. 15, 2025 Link for details: ssciweb.org/fellowship.php