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Dietary Factors & Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD): Dietary Interventions – 3pm Session
This presentation on Dietary Factors & Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD): Dietary Interventions, reviews human composite dietary intervention trials conducted in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). These dietary interventions include reductions in dietary sodium and protein to reduce solute load, increasing fluid intake to control vasopressin, and increasing fruit and vegetable intake to control dietary acids. In this presentation, the impact of these dietary interventions on this pathophysiology and its associated outcomes in patients with PKD will be discussed.
Speakers are employees of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
Featured Speakers

Jacob Taylor, PhD, RD*
Dr. Jacob Taylor, PhD, RD, is a Medical Science Liaison in the Nephrology division for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization. He did his undergraduate training at the University of Tennessee and his graduate training at the University of Memphis in clinical nutrition. He completed his PhD in Medical Nutrition Science at the University of Kansas with a focus in understanding the effects of diet on polycystic kidney disease progression and completed an international research fellowship at the Polycystic Kidney Disease Expertise Center in the Netherlands. Jacob also completed a research fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with a focus on nephrology and epidemiology. In addition to his research background, Jacob also practiced as a pediatric nephrology dietitian treating children with chronic kidney disease, kidney failure, and with kidney transplants.

Kaitlin Dehlin, PhD, RD*
Kaitlin Dehlin, PhD, RD earned her doctorate from West Virginia University in Animal and Nutritional Sciences. Her doctoral work examined various dietary interventions to attenuate disease progression in a preclinical rat model of polycystic kidney disease. Prior to that, Dr. Dehlin earned a master’s degree and worked clinically as a Registered Dietitian. Since the completion of her doctorate in 2014, Dr. Dehlin joined Mead Johnson Nutrition and worked on various products and clinical trials. She joined Otsuka in 2018 as a Medical Science Liaison. During her time at Otsuka, she has built relationships with key opinion leaders, assisted in resource development, and worked with several clinical trial sites.
Location
Online via NephU.org