Adriana Dusso PhD

Dr. Adriana Dusso is a Summa Cum Laude graduate in Biochemistry from the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina. In 1978, after a two-year fellowship in Clinical Biochemistry, she joined Dr. Puche´s laboratory, in the Division of Biological Chemistry with a dual appointment: Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry for 2nd year medical students and Ph.D. student conducting the research work for her thesis entitled “Vitamin D and iron Metabolism”. She obtained her Ph. D. degree in Biochemistry in 1984.

In 1985, she received a postdoctoral scholarship to join Dr. Slatopolsky’s laboratory in the Renal Division at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to work on “Abnormalities in renal and extrarenal vitamin D synthesis in chronic kidney disease (CKD): Role in the development of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism.” She was appointed Faculty in 1988 and progressed through the ranks to Research Associate Professor, a position she held until June 30, 2010.

On September 1, 2010, as a Senior Investigator, she joined the Division of Experimental Nephrology at Lleida Institute for Biomedical Research, Lleida University in Lleida, Spain. In January 2015, her laboratory moved to the Bone and Mineral Research Unit, directed by Dr. Cannata-Andia, at the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias. In Spain, her research focused on “Vitamin D control of renal and vascular aging in CKD”.