Kidney, Nutrition, Obesity and Diabetes Study Section [KNOD]

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The Kidney, Nutrition, Obesity and Diabetes [KNOD] Study Section reviews applications concerned with descriptive and analytic epidemiology as well as genetics of  kidney disease, obesity, diabetes, gastro-intestinal conditions, environmental and nutritional influences on health outcomes. Specific areas covered by KNOD:

  • The distribution of kidney diseases/conditions, obesity, diabetes, gastro-intestinal conditions, environmental and nutritional influences on health in human populations in relation to time, place, and personal characteristics.
  • Elucidation of the determinants of kidney diseases/conditions, obesity, diabetes, gastro-intestinal conditions, environmental and nutritional influences on health outcomes in human populations in relation to time, place, and personal characteristics.  The focus is to determine systematically whether the risk of disease/condition is different for individuals who are exposed or not exposed to specific factors (or combinations of factors) of interest. These may be either risk or protective factors.
  • Elucidation of the genetic determinants of kidney diseases/conditions, obesity, diabetes, gastro-intestinal conditions, environmental and nutritional influences on health outcomes through studies of populations and their genetic architecture. The focus is to locate, identify, and measure the impact of genetic loci contributing to these complex biomedical entities and understand the interaction between genetic loci, environmental influences, and lifestyles within populations.
  • Development and improvement of research designs and methodologies addressing epidemiologic questions in kidney diseases/conditions, obesity, diabetes, gastro-intestinal conditions, environmental and nutritional influences on health outcomes in human populations in relation to time, place, and personal characteristics.

Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science are:

Integrative Physiology of Obesity and Diabetes Study Section [IPOD]
Clinical and Integrative Diabetes and Obesity Study Section [CIDO]
Genetics of Health and Disease Study Section [GHD]
Pathobiology of Kidney Disease [PBKD]
Clinical and Integrative Gastrointestinal Pathobiology [CIGP]

 


 



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