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  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Akinlolu O. Ojo is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States, focusing primarily in the field of Medicine with a strong emphasis on Nephrology. Their research encompasses subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Surgery.

The scientist's work covers significant topics including:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Celiac Disease Research and Management
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes

Akinlolu O. Ojo has published frequently in several venues, with multiple contributions to the following journals:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Kidney International Reports
  • Kidney International
  • Cureus
  • New England Journal of Medicine

Selected recent publications include:

  • "High-depth African genomes inform human migration and health", 2020, Nature
  • "Inaxaplin for Proteinuric Kidney Disease in Persons with Two APOL1 Variants", 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Genetics in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference", 2022, Kidney International
  • "Novel Risk Factors for Progression of Diabetic and Nondiabetic CKD: Findings From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study", 2020, American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • "Regional Patterns and Association Between Obesity and Hypertension in Africa", 2020, Hypertension

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Rasheed Gbadegesin, Rulan S. Parekh, Ifeoma Ulasi, Manmak Mamven, and Titilayo O. Ilori.

Akinlolu O. Ojo is a recognized member of the Association of American Physicians, indicating their engagement within the professional medical community.

Best Publications

  • Comparison of Mortality in All Patients on Dialysis, Patients on Dialysis Awaiting Transplantation, and Recipients of a First Cadaveric Transplant

    Robert A. Wolfe;Valarie B. Ashby;Edgar L. Milford;Akinlolu O. Ojo

  • Chronic renal failure after transplantation of a nonrenal organ.

    Akinlolu O. Ojo;Philip J. Held;Friedrich K. Port;Robert A. Wolfe

  • FGF23 induces left ventricular hypertrophy

    Christian Faul;Ansel P. Amaral;Behzad Oskouei;Ming Chang Hu

  • Delayed graft function: risk factors and implications for renal allograft survival.

    Akinlolu O. Ojo;Robert A. Wolfe;Philip J. Held;Friedrich K. Port

  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Risks of Mortality and End-Stage Renal Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

    Tamara Isakova;Huiliang Xie;Wei Yang;Dawei Xie

  • Survival in Recipients of Marginal Cadaveric Donor Kidneys Compared with Other Recipients and Wait-Listed Transplant Candidates

    Akinlolu O. Ojo;Julie A. Hanson;Herwig-Ulf Meier-Kriesche;Chike N. Okechukwu

  • Long-term survival in renal transplant recipients with graft function.

    Akinlolu O. Ojo;Julie A. Hanson;Robert A. Wolfe;Alan B. Leichtman

  • Effect of waiting time on renal transplant outcome

    Herwig-Ulf Meier-Kriesche;Friedrich K. Port;Akinlolu O. Ojo;Steven M. Rudich

  • Deceased-donor characteristics and the survival benefit of kidney transplantation.

    Robert M. Merion;Valarie B. Ashby;Robert A. Wolfe;Dale A. Distant

  • APOL1 Risk Variants, Race, and Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease

    Afshin Parsa;W. H Linda Kao;Dawei Xie;Brad C. Astor

  • The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study: Design and Methods

    Harold I. Feldman;Lawrence J. Appel;Glenn M. Chertow;Denise Cifelli

  • Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study: Baseline Characteristics and Associations with Kidney Function

    James P. Lash;Alan S. Go;Lawrence J. Appel;Jiang He

  • Cardiovascular complications after renal transplantation and their prevention.

    Akinlolu O. Ojo

  • Mycophenolate mofetil reduces late renal allograft loss independent of acute rejection.

    Akinlolu O. Ojo;Herwig Ulf Meier-Kriesche;Julie A. Hanson;Alan B. Leichtman

  • Chronic kidney disease and prevalent atrial fibrillation: The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC)

    Elsayed Z. Soliman;Ronald J. Prineas;Alan S. Go;Dawei Xie

  • Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 and Cardiovascular Events in CKD

    Julia J. Scialla;Huiliang Xie;Mahboob Rahman;Amanda Hyre Anderson

  • Donor morbidity after living donation for liver transplantation.

    Rafik M. Ghobrial;Chris E. Freise;James F. Trotter;Lan Tong

  • Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa

    Charles Rotimi;Akin Abayomi;Alash'le Abimiku;Victoria May Adabayeri

  • The impact of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation on long-term patient survival.

    Akinlolu O. Ojo;Herwig Ulf Meier-Kriesche;Julie A. Hanson;Alan Leichtman

  • Proceedings from an international consensus meeting on posttransplantation diabetes mellitus: Recommendations and future directions

    A. Sharif;M. Hecking;A.P. de Vries;E. Porrini

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Kusek
John W. Kusek National Institutes of Health
Harold I. Feldman
Harold I. Feldman University of Pennsylvania
Raymond R. Townsend
Raymond R. Townsend University of Pennsylvania
Mahboob Rahman
Mahboob Rahman Case Western Reserve University
Alan S. Go
Alan S. Go Kaiser Permanente
Jiang He
Jiang He Tulane University
Friedrich K. Port
Friedrich K. Port University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lawrence J. Appel
Lawrence J. Appel Johns Hopkins University
Chi-yuan Hsu
Chi-yuan Hsu University of California, San Francisco
Robert A. Wolfe
Robert A. Wolfe University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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