Dr Dana Rizk is Tenured Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She also serves as Director of Clinical Trials Research in the Division of Nephrology and as Medical Director for the Clinical Trials Administrative Office (part of the CCTS) at UAB.
She has a passion for education and has served as a member of the Clinical Competency Committees for the Internal Medicine as well as the Nephrology Programs. She is the recipient of several teaching awards.
Her clinical and research interests revolve around glomerular diseases and, in particular IgA Nephropathy (IgAN). She has served as the site principal investigator on many clinical trials and is part of several multi-disciplinary translational research projects focused on the role of biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognosis of IgAN. Her research efforts have resulted in more than 60 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious medical journals including the New England Journal of Medicine.
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