Magali Araujo
Assistant Professor
Nephrology and Hypertension Division
Georgetown University Medical Center
Sweden
Biography
Dr. Araujo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Discipline of Nephrology and Hypertension at Georgetown University. She is a Physiologist in training with an extensive background in renal pathophysiology. During 15 years of research at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, her studies focused of acute kidney injury (AKI), and she conducted relevant basic research and actively participated in clinical studies, which resulted in several peer-reviewed publications. In addition to her laboratory research, she trained and co-mentored several undergraduate and graduate students in Brazil. Dr Araujo has also a substantial training in molecular biology and cell biology acquired during her training at the Uniformed Services University (USU).
Research Interest
At Georgetown University her scientific research focus on projects to study renal tubular transport of sodium and regulation of glomerular filtration rate by tubuloglomerular feedback in animal models of hypertension. Dr. Araujo is a recognized expert in the micropuncture technique.
