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128
Citations
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World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Agnes B. Fogo is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with a significant concentration in nephrology. The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of renal diseases and related conditions, addressing topics such as chronic kidney disease, glomerulopathies, and renal transplantation outcomes. Their work also intersects with molecular biology, artificial intelligence, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The major topics covered in their publications include:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • AI in cancer detection
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Medical Image Segmentation Techniques
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments

Fogo has been involved with various co-authors throughout their career, frequently collaborating with:

  • Haichun Yang
  • Yuankai Huo
  • Brad H. Rovin
  • Benjamin Adam
  • P Coates

The scientist's research has appeared in multiple publication venues, including:

  • Kidney International
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Laboratory Investigation
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Modern Pathology

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Agnes B. Fogo include:

  • "Renal histopathological analysis of 26 postmortem findings of patients with COVID-19 in China" (2020) published in Kidney International
  • "The Banff 2019 Kidney Meeting Report (I): Updates on and clarification of criteria for T cell- and antibody-mediated rejection" (2020) published in American Journal of Transplantation
  • "Chronic kidney disease and the global public health agenda: an international consensus" (2024) published in Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • "AKI and Collapsing Glomerulopathy Associated with COVID-19 and APOL 1 High-Risk Genotype" (2020) published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • "The Banff 2022 Kidney Meeting Report: Reappraisal of microvascular inflammation and the role of biopsy-based transcript diagnostics" (2023) published in American Journal of Transplantation

Throughout their career, Fogo has published extensively, with 289 publications in the field of medicine and 95 focused on nephrology alone. Other notable subfields of study include molecular biology with 49 publications and computer vision and pattern recognition with 34 publications.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Agnes B. Fogo was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • The Classification of Glomerulonephritis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Revisited

    Jan J. Weening;Vivette D. D'Agati;Melvin M. Schwartz;Surya V. Seshan

  • The Banff 97 working classification of renal allograft pathology

    Lorraine C. Racusen;Kim Solez;Robert B. Colvin;Stephen M. Bonsib

  • Banff 07 Classification of Renal Allograft Pathology: Updates and Future Directions

    K. Solez;R. B. Colvin;L. C. Racusen;M. Haas

  • Renal histopathological analysis of 26 postmortem findings of patients with COVID-19 in China.

    Hua Su;Ming Yang;Cheng Wan;Li Xia Yi

  • Pathologic Classification of Diabetic Nephropathy

    Thijs W. Cohen Tervaert;Antien L. Mooyaart;Kerstin Amann;Arthur H. Cohen

  • Antibody-mediated rejection criteria - an addition to the Banff 97 classification of renal allograft rejection.

    Lorraine C. Racusen;Robert B. Colvin;Kim Solez;Michael J. Mihatsch

  • The Oxford classification of IgA nephropathy: Rationale, clinicopathological correlations, and classification

    Daniel C. Cattran;Rosanna Coppo;H. Terence Cook;John Feehally

  • The Oxford classification of IgA nephropathy: pathology definitions, correlations, and reproducibility

    Ian S.D. Roberts;H. Terence Cook;Stéphan Troyanov;Charles E. Alpers

  • Effects on blood pressure and exploratory behaviour of mice lacking angiotensin II type-2 receptor

    T. Ichiki;P. A. Labosky;C. Shiota;S. Okuyama

  • Global kidney health 2017 and beyond: a roadmap for closing gaps in care, research, and policy

    Adeera Levin;Marcello Tonelli;Joseph Bonventre;Josef Coresh

  • Oxford Classification of IgA nephropathy 2016: an update from the IgA Nephropathy Classification Working Group

    Hernán Trimarchi;Jonathan Barratt;Daniel C. Cattran;H. Terence Cook

  • Pathologic classification of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: a working proposal.

    Vivette D D'Agati;Agnes B Fogo;Jan A Bruijn;J.Charles Jennette

  • Revision of the International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society classification for lupus nephritis: clarification of definitions, and modified National Institutes of Health activity and chronicity indices

    Ingeborg M. Bajema;Suzanne Wilhelmus;Charles E. Alpers;Jan A. Bruijn

  • The Banff 2019 Kidney Meeting Report (I): updates on and clarification of criteria for T cell- and antibody-mediated rejection

    Alexandre Loupy;Mark Haas;Candice Roufosse;Maarten Naesens

  • Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome and C3 glomerulopathy: conclusions from a “Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes” (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

    Timothy H.J. Goodship;H. Terence Cook;Fadi Fakhouri;Fernando C. Fervenza

  • C3 glomerulopathy: consensus report

    Matthew C. Pickering;Vivette D. D'agati;Carla M. Nester;Richard J. Smith

  • Prevention of Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Mice Lacking Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1

    Li Jun Ma;Su Li Mao;Kevin L. Taylor;Talerngsak Kanjanabuch

  • Gene targeting in mice reveals a requirement for angiotensin in the development and maintenance of kidney morphology and growth factor regulation.

    F Niimura;P A Labosky;J Kakuchi;S Okubo

  • Glomerular hemodynamic changes vs. hypertrophy in experimental glomerular sclerosis

    Yoshiyuki Yoshida;Agnes Fogo;Iekuni Ichikawa

  • ATYPICAL HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME AND C3 GLOMERULOPATHY: CONCLUSIONS FROM A «KIDNEY DISEASE: IMPROVING GLOBAL OUTCOMES» (KDIGO) CONTROVERSIES CONFERENCE

    Timothy H.J. Goodship;H. Terence Cook;Fadi Fakhouri;Fernando C. Fervenza

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles E. Alpers
Charles E. Alpers University of Washington
Iekuni Ichikawa
Iekuni Ichikawa Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Raymond C. Harris
Raymond C. Harris Vanderbilt University Medical Center
J. Charles Jennette
J. Charles Jennette University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert B. Colvin
Robert B. Colvin Harvard University
Nancy J. Brown
Nancy J. Brown Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vivette D. D'Agati
Vivette D. D'Agati Columbia University
Mark Haas
Mark Haas Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Yuankai Huo
Yuankai Huo Vanderbilt University
Sergio Fazio
Sergio Fazio Oregon Health & Science University

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