Resources at Penn, CHOP and the NIH
Cores, cohorts, consortia and open data used and maintained by Center investigators. For tissue, data or statistical support, see the Cores.
Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology (PCEN)
The NIDDK-funded center at CHOP for clinical trial research in pediatric nephrology, and the Center's Pediatric Clinical Trials Core.
Penn Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
The academic nephrology division of the Perelman School of Medicine: clinics, research and the nephrology fellowship.
CHOP Division of Nephrology
Pediatric kidney care and research at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, with its dialysis, transplant, glomerular, stone and inherited kidney disease programs.
TRIDENT
Transformative Research in Diabetic Nephropathy: the Penn-led kidney biopsy consortium for diabetic kidney disease, now in its second phase.
NIDDK Kidney Disease Centers
The NIH page listing the O'Brien Kidney National Resource Centers, the Pediatric Centers of Excellence in Nephrology (CHOP is one of three) and the PKD Research Resource Consortium.
O'Brien Kidney Centers coordinating site (OKRA)
Resources, cores and pilot funding from the seven NIH O'Brien Kidney National Resource Centers.
PKD Research Resource Consortium
The NIH PKD-RRC; UAB and CHOP form one of its four Research and Translation Core Centers.
Penn Renal Division research interests
Research programs of the faculty of the Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division.
Susztak Lab Kidney Biobank
Thirty open atlases of human kidney genetics, epigenomics, single-cell and spatial data, available through the Biobanking and Data Core.
CHOP Research Institute cores
Biorepository, genomics, bioinformatics (Arcus), biostatistics and clinical research support at CHOP.
PEDSnet
The pediatric learning health system network coordinated at CHOP, with electronic health records of millions of children.
Kidney Precision Medicine Project (KPMP)
Multi-omic atlas of kidney biopsies from the NIDDK consortium.
CRIC Study
The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort, with its public data repository at NIDDK.
NEPTUNE
Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network.
CureGN
Cure Glomerulonephropathy Network.
CKD Biomarker Consortium
NIDDK-supported biomarker discovery and validation.
GTEx
Genotype-Tissue Expression portal.
Human Protein Atlas
Protein expression across human tissues and cells.
CKDGen Consortium
Meta-analyzes of kidney function genetics.
Clinical trials
Open studies for adults and children, and where to find them.
- Penn Renal Division clinical trials
- Penn Medicine clinical trials in kidney disease
- CHOP clinical trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: kidney studies in Philadelphia
Patients looking for a study: For patients.