Mitchell R. Lunn MD, MAS

Dr. Mitchell R. Lunn is a nephrologist who specializes in diagnosing and managing acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease and difficult-to-control hypertension. He also specializes in glomerular diseases, conditions in which infection, certain drugs or certain systemic diseases have damaged kidney function. Lunn's research primarily focuses on the health and health care disparities affecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) communities. He co-directs a national online study of LGBTQ+ general health called The PRIDE Study. He also co-directs PRIDEnet, a collaborative effort to engage the LGBTQ+ communities in all aspects of the clinical research process. Lunn is also interested in patient-performed blood and urine testing using new technologies that allow patients to perform their own blood and urine tests to allow monitoring of kidney diseases in the home environment.