Susan E. Quaggin

Susan E. Quaggin is Charles Horace Mayo Professor at Northwestern University. She is also Director of the Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute and Chief of Nephrology and Hypertension in the Department of Medicine. Her research focuses on fundamental processes needed to establish and maintain the integrity of the specialized vascular beds in the kidney and eye. To understand and identify new therapeutic targets, she’s worked to develop genetic mouse models that allow cell and time-specific manipulation of functional genes. Translation of her group’s findings regarding the vasculature reveals pathogenic mechanisms and new therapeutic targets for several diseases, including diabetic kidney and eye disease, nephrotic syndrome, and glaucoma.

Quaggin has been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, the National Academy of Medicine, and the National Academy of Inventors. She has served as President of the American Society of Nephrology and on the council of the Association of American Physicians. She holds an M.D. from University of Toronto.