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Baseline predictors of renal disease progression in the African American Study of Hypertension and Kidney DiseaseKeith C Norris
Associate Dean for Research, Charles R Drew University, 1731 E 120th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 17:2928-36. 2006..These findings identify a subset of this high-risk population that might benefit from even more aggressive treatment...- The role of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibition in chronic kidney diseaseKeith Norris
Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R Drew University, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 1:51-63. 2003.... - Partnering with community-based organizations: an academic institution's evolving perspectiveKeith C Norris
Department of Medicine, Charles R Drew University, Lynwood, CA 90262, USA
Ethn Dis 17:S27-32. 2007..Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is ideally a collaborative approach to research that equitably involves all partners in the research process and recognizes the unique strengths that each brings... - Emerging insights in the first-step use of antihypertensive combination therapyKeith Norris
Clinical Research Center, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, 1731 East 120th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 9:5-14. 2007.... - Expanding the minority biomedical pipeline: the NIDDK National High School Summer Research ProgramKeith C Norris
Department of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University and UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
Ethn Dis 16:1-2. 2006 
Race and kidney disease: the scope of the problemKeith C Norris
Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R Drew University, Los Angeles, California 90058, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 94:1S-6S. 2002- The relationship between body mass index and pulse pressure in older adults with isolated systolic hypertensionDavid Martins
Department of Internal Medicine, King Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90059, USA
Am J Hypertens 15:538-43. 2002..However, there are limited data on the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and pulse pressure... - Cardiovascular outcomes in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) TrialKeith Norris
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Lynwood, CA 90262, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 48:739-51. 2006..Patients with chronic kidney disease are at increased risk for cardiovascular (CV) events... - Cocaine use, hypertension, and end-stage renal diseaseK C Norris
Department of Medicine, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 38:523-8. 2001..Cocaine should be considered as a cause of ESRD in patients without a clear cause of renal failure... - Unraveling the racial disparities associated with kidney diseaseKeith C Norris
Department of Medicine, Charles R Drew University, Los Angeles, California 90059, USA
Kidney Int 68:914-24. 2005..A better understanding of both the negative and positive racial/ethnic disparities may yield important insights, which can inform future research strategies and improve health outcomes for all patients afflicted with CKD... - Sociodemographic factors contribute to the depressive affect among African Americans with chronic kidney diseaseMichael J Fischer
Department of Medicine, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Kidney Int 77:1010-9. 2010..Sociodemographic factors have especially strong associations with this increased depressive affect. Because this study was conducted in an African-American cohort, its findings may not be generalized to other ethnic groups... - Cocaine use and chronic renal failureK C Norris
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
Semin Nephrol 21:362-6. 2001.... - Quality-of-life and mortality in hemodialysis patients: roles of race and nutritional statusUsama Feroze
Harold Simmons Center for Chronic Disease Research and Epidemiology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, 1124 West Carson Street, C1 Annex, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 6:1100-11. 2011..We hypothesized that poor QoL scores and their nutritional correlates have a bearing on racial survival disparities of MHD patients... 
Community-partnered approaches to enhance chronic kidney disease awareness, prevention, and early interventionRoberto B Vargas
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 15:153-61. 2008....- Using focus groups of older African Americans and Latinos with diabetes to modify a self-care empowerment interventionCatherine A Sarkisian
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095 1687, USA
Ethn Dis 15:283-91. 2005..To make cultural and age-specific modifications to a self-care empowerment intervention... - Impact of race on hyperparathyroidism, mineral disarrays, administered vitamin D mimetic, and survival in hemodialysis patientsKamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Harold Simmons Center for Chronic Disease Research and Epidemiology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA
J Bone Miner Res 25:2724-34. 2010..Survival advantages of blacks appear restricted to those receiving higher doses of active vitamin D. Examining the effect of MBD modulation on racial survival disparities of hemodialysis patients is warranted... - Health insurance status and hypertension monitoring and control in the United StatesO Kenrik Duru
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California
Am J Hypertens 20:348-53. 2007..In this study, we examined whether insurance status (private, Medicare, Medicaid, no insurance) was associated with the odds of blood pressure (BP) monitoring and control... - Story of Stone Soup: a recipe to improve health disparitiesBowen Chung
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Ethn Dis 20:S2-9-14. 2010.... - Survival disparities within American and Israeli dialysis populations: learning from similarities and distinctions across race and ethnicityKamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA, Harold Simmons Center for Chronic Disease Research and Epidemiology, Torrance, California 90509 2910, USA
Semin Dial 23:586-94. 2010..Better understanding the roots of racial/ethnic survival differences may help improve outcomes in both patients with chronic kidney disease and other individuals with chronic disease states... - High prevalence of stage 3 chronic kidney disease in older adults despite normal serum creatinineO Kenrik Duru
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:86-92. 2009..Serum creatinine is commonly used to diagnose chronic kidney disease (CKD), but may underestimate CKD in older adults when compared with using glomerular filtration rates (eGFR). The magnitude of this underestimation is not clearly defined... - Building an academic-community partnered network for clinical services research: the Community Health Improvement Collaborative (CHIC)Kenneth B Wells
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USA
Ethn Dis 16:S3-17. 2006.... - A systematic review of diabetes self-care interventions for older, African American, or Latino adultsCatherine A Sarkisian
Division of Geriatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095 1687, USA
Diabetes Educ 29:467-79. 2003..This study systematically identified and examined published self-care interventions designed to improve glycemic control or quality of life (QoL) among older, African American, or Latino adults... - CKD and cardiovascular disease in screened high-risk volunteer and general populations: the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004Peter A McCullough
Department of Medicine, Divisions of Cardiology, Nutrition, and Preventive Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 51:S38-45. 2008..Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is recognized as an independent cardiovascular disease risk state. The relationship between CKD and cardiovascular disease in volunteer and general populations has not been explored... - Calcium antagonists: a more expansive role in treating persons with reduced kidney function?Susanne B Nicholas
David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ethn Dis 14:S2-42-5. 2004.... - Education, motivation and medication for African Americans: bringing hypertension guidelines to practiceDavid Martins
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
Ethn Dis 14:S2-38-41. 2004..Understanding health care systems and the socio-economic and demographic factors that impair access can enhance the ability of the provider to enlist and engage the patient for optimal blood pressure control and end organ protection... - Increasing diversity in the biomedical sciences and health professions: the NIDDK National High School Student Summer Research Program. ForewardKeith C Norris
Department of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, 11705 Deputy Yamamoto Place, Suite B, Lynwood, California 90262, USA
Ethn Dis 17:iv. 2007 - Cardiorenal metabolic syndrome in the African diaspora: rationale for including chronic kidney disease in the metabolic syndrome definitionJanice P Lea
Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Emory University, 550 Peachtree St, 8th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, USA
Ethn Dis 19:S2-11-14. 2009..quot;.. - Historically black medical schools: addressing the minority health professional pipeline and the public mission of care for vulnerable populationsKeith C Norris
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 101:864-72. 2009.... - The epidemiology of end-stage renal disease among African AmericansD Martins
Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, California 90059, USA
Am J Med Sci 323:65-71. 2002.... - Chronic kidney disease, hypovitaminosis D, and mortality in the United StatesRajnish Mehrotra
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California 90502, USA
Kidney Int 76:977-83. 2009..Randomized, controlled trials are needed to conclusively determine whether vitamin D supplementation reduces mortality... - Kidney disease physician workforce: where is the emerging pipeline?Velvie A Pogue
Department of Medicine, Harlem Hospital, New York, NY 10037, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 94:39S-44S. 2002.... - Addressing health disparities through multi-institutional, multidisciplinary collaboratoriesErik S Fleming
Research Centers in Minority Institutions Translational Research Network, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California 90062, USA
Ethn Dis 18:S2-161-7. 2008.... - Expanding the minority biomedical pipeline--the way forewardKeith C Norris
Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, California, USA
Ethn Dis 18:foreward. 2008 - Cardiovascular risk modification in participants with coronary disease screened by the Kidney Early Evaluation ProgramP A McCullough
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan 48073, USA
Intern Med J 40:833-41. 2010..Coronary artery disease (CAD) identifies the need for intensive treatment of risk factors among individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a high-risk, complex cardiovascular risk state... - Vitamin D and the cardiovascular systemJorge N Artaza
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 4:1515-22. 2009.... - G-protein-coupled receptor kinase 4 polymorphisms and blood pressure response to metoprolol among African Americans: sex-specificity and interactionsVibha Bhatnagar
Deparment of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
Am J Hypertens 22:332-8. 2009..This study explores the association between G-protein-coupled receptor kinase type 4 (GRK4) variants and blood pressure response to metoprolol among African Americans with early hypertensive nephrosclerosis... - Chronic kidney disease, prevalence of premature cardiovascular disease, and relationship to short-term mortalityPeter A McCullough
Department of Medicine, Divisions of Cardiology, Nutrition and Preventive Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA
Am Heart J 156:277-83. 2008..The relationship between CKD and CVD in younger and middle-aged adults has not been fully explored... - Alterations in acid-base homeostasis with agingNaureen Tareen
Department of Medicine at the West Los Angeles, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, CA, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 96:921-5; quiz 925-6. 2004 - The role of vitamin D in mild to moderate chronic kidney diseaseTheodore C Friedman
Dept Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, 1731 E. 120th St, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
Trends Endocrinol Metab 13:189-94. 2002.... - The impact of routine vitamin supplementation on serum levels of 25 (OH) D3 among the general adult population and patients with chronic kidney diseaseNaureen Tareen
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Department of Internal Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
Ethn Dis 15:S5-102-6. 2005..We must re-asses the dose of vitamin D in routine vitamin supplements in the United States... - Implications of ethnicity for the treatment of hypertensive kidney disease, with an emphasis on African AmericansKeith C Norris
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
Nat Clin Pract Nephrol 4:538-49. 2008.... - Independent components of chronic kidney disease as a cardiovascular risk state: results from the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP)Peter A McCullough
Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:1122-9. 2007..We hypothesized that each of these chronic kidney disease-related measures would have an independent relationship with CVD... - The need for health professionals and scientists from underrepresented minority and disadvantaged communitiesKeith C Norris
Ethn Dis 15:1-2. 2005 - Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism predicts the time-course of blood pressure response to angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition in the AASK trialVibha Bhatnagar
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
J Hypertens 25:2082-92. 2007..It has yet to be determined whether genotyping at the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) locus is predictive of blood pressure response to an ACE inhibitor... - For the patient. Managing diabetes with cultural sensitivity and self-empowermentCatherine A Sarkisian
Ethn Dis 15:351. 2005 - CKD in the United States: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004Adam T Whaley-Connell
University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine and the Harry S Truman VA Medical Center, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 51:S13-20. 2008..CKD is silent and undetected until advanced stages. The study of populations with earlier stages of kidney disease may improve outcomes of CKD... - Diabetes mellitus in CKD: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition and Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004Adam T Whaley-Connell
University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine and Harry S Truman VA Medical Center, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 51:S21-9. 2008..Early diabetes identification through targeted screening programs is important for the development of preventive strategies... - Prevalence and associations of anemia of CKD: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004Samy I McFarlane
Division of Endocrinology, SUNY Downstate and Kings County Hospital Centers, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 51:S46-55. 2008..We compared anemia prevalence and characteristics in the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004 populations... - Long-term effects of renin-angiotensin system-blocking therapy and a low blood pressure goal on progression of hypertensive chronic kidney disease in African AmericansLawrence J Appel
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Institutions, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 2223, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:832-9. 2008..A low blood pressure (BP) goal (BP, <130/80 mm Hg) is also recommended. The objective of this study was to determine the long-term effects of currently recommended BP therapy in 1094 African Americans with hypertensive CKD... - Applying an expanded set of cognitive design principles to formatting the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) longitudinal surveyJosé Luis Calderón
College of Pharmacy, Health Professions Division, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 7796, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 51:S83-92. 2008..KEEP has defined objectives to enhance follow-up survey response rates and target vulnerable populations who bear the greatest CKD risk-factor burdens... - Trends in mineral metabolism: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004Joseph A Vassalotti
National Kidney Foundation, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Pl, Nephrology Box 1243, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 51:S56-68. 2008..No study specifically examined mineral metabolism trends in a generalizable sample of patients at increased CKD risk... - Translational research: moving scientific advances into the real-world settingKeith C Norris
Ethn Dis 15:363-4. 2005
Research Grants
- Prevent/Kidney Disease/Minority Groups/Emerging NationsKeith Norris; Fiscal Year: 2003..abstract_text> ..
- Renal Disease in Minority Populations and Developing Nations Conference GrantKeith Norris; Fiscal Year: 2005..abstract_text> ..
- Drew RCMI Translational Research NetworkKeith Norris; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Drew AASK Cohort StudyKeith Norris; Fiscal Year: 2007..Such results might eventually lead to new strategies that delay or prevent ESRD. ..
- Drew National High School Student Summer Research Apprentice ProgramKeith Norris; Fiscal Year: 2007..4. Evaluate the impact of the NIH/NI DDK/Drew NHSSSRAP. ..
- Renal Disease in Minority Populations and Developing Nations: A Satellite MeetingKeith Norris; Fiscal Year: 2007....