President
CHARLES Jennette, M.D.
Vice President
LORRAINE RACUSEN , m.d.
Councillors
JAN BRUIJN, M.D.
STEPHEN BONSIB, M.D.
MARK HAAS, M.D.
Secretary and Treasurer
GUILLERMO A. HERRERA, M.D.
Department of Pathology
LSUHSC Shreveport
1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71130-3932
Telephone: (318) 675-4557
Fax: (318) 675-7662
E-mail: gherre@lsuhsc.edu

Research committee report

pd walker   March 2, 2004

1.    Best Practices Paper

    a.     Revised and significantly shortened.

    b.    To be submitted to Modern Pathology after another round of review by the BOD and the membership                       

2.    Dense Deposit Disease

    a.    USCAP (Platform session)

    b.    Need Clinical Data and More Cases

3.    Thin Basement Membrane Syndrome

    a.    So far, only Mark has shown any interest in pursuing this

    b.    The committee will look to recruit someone for this

4.       Quantitation of Interstitial Fibrosis

    a.    The committee will try to get this project off the ground

5.    IgA Nephropathy

     a.    Dr. Haas has this underway with an initial questionnaire completed

     b.    A proposal is under development for the consideration of the membership

6.    The Podocyte Registry

     a.    This is Dr. Barisoni's funded project

     b.    The membership may want to contribute to this interesting database

7.    Membranous Nephropathy

      a.    A proposal like the IgA is under development

8.    Lupus Classification

      a. Reproducibility - Dr. Seshan