A highly diverse team imagining the undiscovered

RENAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Transforming
patient care
through data-driven
innovation

ABOUT THE RENAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The heart of RRI’s capacity for innovation is our ability to examine complex problems through multiple lenses.

The Renal Research Institute (RRI) is an internationally recognized incubator of ideas, treatment processes, and technologies to improve the lives of kidney patients. RRI’s leadership in data analytics, computational biomedicine and AI, as well as our access to a large patient population, accelerates the pace of scientific discoveries and their translation into applied medicine. Our team includes some of the brightest minds from around the world, who, along with their disciplinary expertise, bring a deep understanding of global healthcare issues and challenges.

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At RRI, we embrace a cross-functional mindset, bringing together physicians, data scientists, mathematicians, engineers, theoretical physicists, analysts—all united by one purpose: to translate groundbreaking research and science into transformative clinical care. Learn how our teams are bridging disciplines and pushing boundaries to deliver data-driven solutions.

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Our Research

We operate at the intersection of clinical data, machine data, and real-world practice, with access to a large patient population and one of the world's largest and richest renal datasets. Our deep connection to the scientific community and to med-tech innovators gives us the rare ability to translate insight into action—quickly, precisely, and meaningfully.

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Latest Research & News

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6 Aug 2026 Authors' reply to "Residual confounding in the prognostic interpretation of iron deficiency in incident peritoneal dialysis

Vladimir Rigodon, Murilo Guedes, Peter G Pecoits, Brianna Hartley, Yue Jiao, Len A Usvyat, Dinesh K Chatoth, Jeffrey L Hymes, Franklin W Maddux, Jeroen Kooman, Thyago P Moraes, Jochen G Raimann, Peter Kotanko, John W Larkin, Roberto Pecoits-Filho

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29 Jul 2026 Renal Research Institute Expands Global Research Capabilities

Since its inception, the Renal Research Institute (RRI) has been built on collaboration, bringing together cross-disciplinary teams with a shared purpose: translating scientific research into clinical practice...

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LATEST EPISODE

Beyond the Equation | Dr. Amaka Eneanya on Kidney Function, Clinical Change, and Communication

March 2, 2026

In this episode of Frontiers in Kidney Medicine and Biointelligence, host Len Usvyat, MD, is joined by Amaka Eneanya, MD, MPH, FASN, Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and former Chief Transformation Officer at Emory Healthcare. Dr. Eneanya reflects on kidney function estimation, the evolution of clinical tools in nephrology, and the role of communication, patient perspectives, and digital platforms in shaping medical discourse. This episode offers an in-depth discussion on how research findings move from theory into real-world clinical practice.

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