![]() ![]() ![]() Grubbs maintained a clinical practice and research program with a focus on palliative care for patients with end-stage kidney disease at San Francisco General Hospital until 2019, at which point she chose to leave academia to focus on writing. After completing a nephrology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, in 2009, Dr. Grubbs is a nephrologist, internist and writer. Her lecture will specifically examine the implications for nephrology, and the use of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) for diagnosis, treatment and long-term outcomes for people experiencing kidney-related problems.ĭr. She will discuss how biological ideas of race influence historical and contemporary practices of and approaches to medicine. Vanessa Grubbs is a key voice in contemporary advocacy efforts to bring attention to the racial inequities in how kidney function is evaluated, reported, and treated, and the particular implications for African Americans. Weber Supported Lecture, “Racism in Medicine: Why and How I Confront It” with Dr. The UIC College of Medicine and the UIC Women’s Leadership and Resource Center invite the UIC community to the Richard J. ![]()
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