CJASN Trainee of the Year

CJASN is strongly committed to the next generation of nephrologists and strives to encourage junior colleagues as they begin their careers. In honor of this commitment, in 2019, CJASN launched CJASN Trainee of the Year, a prize contest among trainees for the best article submitted to the journal by a trainee as first author. This competition recognizes outstanding work done by junior colleagues in the early stages of their careers in nephrology.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Submission eligibility for the 2022 competition is June 17, 2021-June 17, 2022 11:59 PM ET.
• The study must report upon original research conducted by the Trainee.
• The first author must be a Trainee (defined as student, resident, graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, or fellow).
• The trainee must be a member of the American Society of Nephrology at the time of submission of the manuscript. (ASN membership is free for Trainees. Become an ASN member)
• The article must be submitted during or within six (6) months of completion of the training program. A 12-month extension will be considered for child-birth in the last year of training or within six (6) months of completion of the training program, allowing for submission within 18 months of completion of training.
• Prize recipients will not be eligible in subsequent years.
• The submitting author must select “CJASN Trainee of the Year” as the Manuscript Type during online submission to ensure the manuscript is considered for this competition. (Manuscripts will be reviewed to confirm correct Manuscript Type was selected.)

Judging Criteria:

• Significance: This will be the primary consideration and will entail an assessment of the extent to which the findings advance the field of nephrology.
• Internal and external validity of the findings reported in the study.
• Quality of writing including how well the manuscript describes the research methods, the clarity with which the results are presented, and putting the findings of the study in context of our current knowledge in the discussion.

Prizes (up to two cash prizes will be awarded):

• Cash prize:
  • $750 1^st place cash prize
  • $500 2^nd place cash prize
• Article page fees reimbursed/waived
• Announcement at Kidney Week*
• Certificate presented to the trainee at the annual CJASN Editorial Board Luncheon at Kidney Week*
• Letter from CJASN EIC to Author’s Department Head and/or Division Chief upon acceptance
• Podcast with CJASN EIC discussing highlights of the study

CJASN encourages all applicants to separately submit an abstract for consideration at Kidney Week following the “Call for Abstracts” announcement for Kidney Week 2021 on the same original research topic; poster acceptance cannot be guaranteed.

*Depends on the format (in person, virtual, or hybrid) of Kidney Week.

 

2021 Trainee of the Year Award Recipients

First Place Sook Hyeon Park, MD, MSCI				Combining Blood Gene Expression and Cellfree DNA to Diagnose Subclinical Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Sookhyeon Park, Kexin Guo, Raymond L. Heilman, Emilio D. Poggio, David J. Taber, Christopher L. Marsh, Sunil M. Kurian, Steve Kleiboeker, Juston Weems, John Holman, Lihui Zhao, Rohita Sinha, Susan Brietigam, Christabel Rebello, Michael M. Abecassis, and John J. Friedewald Sook Hyeon Park, MD, MSCI, is a transplant nephrologist and an assistant professor in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Before joining as a faculty, Park completed the NIH T32 postdoctoral fellowship (NUKIDs: Scientist Training Program In Kidney Disease) at Northwestern University at Chicago. Her research focus is on improving kidney transplant long-term outcomes. Park is passionate about developing noninvasive biomarkers for kidney allograft rejection and predictive models using artificial intelligence to provide personalized medicine.
				CJASN Editor-in-Chief Rajnish Mehrotra interviewed Sook Hyeon Park on the findings from her article, as well as her outlook on the field and advice for trainees. A transcript of the interview is also available.
Second Place Courtney Jane Lightfoot, BSc, Msc, PhD				Reliability and Validity of the Patient Activation Measure in Kidney Disease Courtney J. Lightfoot, Thomas J. Wilkinson, Katherine E. Memory, Jared Palmer, and Alice C. Smith Courtney Jane Lightfoot, BSc, Msc, PhD, is a mixed methods researcher working with the Leicester Kidney Lifestyle Team at University of Leicester, UK. She has an interest in patient activation, self-management, health and lifestyle behavior change, remote health care, and experiences of living with kidney disease. Lightfoot has led on the development of a theory- and evidence-based online self-management program for people with kidney disease called “My Kidneys & Me.” She is now leading on both the evaluation and implementation of My Kidneys & Me.
				CJASN Editor-in-Chief Rajnish Mehrotra interviewed Courtney Jane Lightfoot on the results of her study and her next steps in research. A transcript of the interview is also available.

 

2020 Trainee of the Year Award Recipients

Karly Murphy, MD, MHS     Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine		Association of Socioeconomic Status and Comorbidities with Racial Disparities during Kidney Transplant Evaluation Karly A. Murphy, John W. Jackson, Tanjala S. Purnell, Ashton A. Shaffer, Christine E. Haugen, Nadia M. Chu, Deidra C. Crews, Silas P. Norman, Dorry L. Segev, and Mara A. McAdams-DeMarco Listen to a podcast interview with Dr. Rajnish Mehrotra and Dr. Karly Murphy.
Jordan G. Nestor, MD      Columbia University		Pilot Study of Return of Genetic Results to Patients in Adult Nephrology Jordan G. Nestor, Maddalena Marasa, Hila Milo-Rasouly, Emily E. Groopman, S. Ali Husain, Sumit Mohan, Hilda Fernandez, Vimla S. Aggarwal, Dina F. Ahram, Natalie Vena, Kelsie Bogyo, Andrew S. Bomback, Jai Radhakrishnan, Gerald B. Appel, Wooin Ahn, David J. Cohen, Pietro A. Canetta, Geoffrey K. Dube, Maya K. Rao, Heather K. Morris, Russell J. Crew, Simone Sanna-Cherchi, Krzysztof Kiryluk, and Ali G. Gharavi Listen to a podcast interview with Dr. Rajnish Mehrotra and Dr. Jordan G. Nestor.

 

2019 Trainee of the Year Award Recipients

Tessa Novick, MD, MS, MSW       University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School		Associations of Opioid Prescriptions with Death and Hospitalization across the Spectrum of Estimated GFR Tessa K. Novick, Aditya Surapaneni, Jung-Im Shin, G. Caleb Alexander, Lesley A. Inker, Eric A. Wright, Alex R. Chang and Morgan E. Grams
Denver D. Brown, MD Children's National Hospital		Low Serum Bicarbonate and CKD Progression in Children Denver D. Brown, Jennifer Roem, Derek K. Ng, Kimberly J. Reidy, Juhi Kumar, Matthew K. Abramowitz, Robert H. Mak, Susan L. Furth, George J. Schwartz, Bradley A. Warady, Frederick J. Kaskel and Michal L. Melamed

 

Questions? Please contact Natalie Ngo, Managing Editor, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.