Patient-centered Approach To Improving Dialysis Adherence in African Americans

Ebele Umeukeje博士是肾脏科的肾脏病学家和健康服务研究员， 范德比尔特大学。她的长期职业目标是成为一名成功的独立医生科学家 具有肾脏疾病差异研究方面的专业知识，专注于改善易受影响患者的临床结局。 肾病患者。她特别感兴趣的是减少过度住院和重新- 终末期肾病（ESRD）住院治疗，干预透析治疗不依从性。她 短期的职业目标，在这个K23的支持下，是获得1）在小说开发方面的高级技能 具有文化敏感性的多层次战略，通过加强患者对自我护理的参与来消除差异 和2）以患者为中心的坚持和差异研究的实践经验，包括负责人 进行研究。ESRD的过度住院和再住院具有显著的

Dr. Ebele Umeukeje is a Nephrologist and a Health Services Researcher in the Nephrology Division at Vanderbilt University. Her long-term career goal is to become a successful Independent Physician Scientist with expertise in kidney disease disparities research focused on improving clinical outcomes in vulnerable kidney disease patients. She is specifically interested in reducing the excessive hospitalization and re- hospitalization in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) by intervening upon dialysis treatment non-adherence. Her short-term career goals, with support from this K23, are to gain 1) advanced skills in the development of novel culturally sensitive, multi-level strategies to eliminate disparities by enhancing patient engagement in self-care and 2) practical experience in patient-centered adherence and disparities research, including the responsible conduct of research. Excessive hospitalization and re-hospitalization in ESRD has significant