Michelle Starr MD MPH

I am so incredibly thrilled, honored and humbled to receive this @nih_nhlbi K23 and get to continue this really important and exciting work. I am incredible thankful for everyone to helped me get here. 1/3

@kidney_boy @tulunsokit The community note on this one:

And every nephrologist weeped

IU Peds Neph had a strong showing at the Joint Pediatric Nephrology meeting in Miami a huge success! - First year fellows workshop - PNRC Meeting - 52nd Annual Miami Seminar @thePNRC @ASPNeph @IptaPedsTx @IPNA_PedNeph @Alanepe1 @pFeNa_fellows #MiamiPedNephSem

Congrats @DanielleSoranno!

Thanks to Senator Young's staff along with policy staff from the HELP and Ways and Means for meeting with us!

Had a great @ASPNeph Hill Visit to meet with talk about NIH funding, the Living Donor Protection Act, Pediatric Reimbursement for Dialysis Care and other important topics. Two @IUDeptPeds Pediatric Nephrologists (Dr. Hains and Starr) participated. #JELFing

@mdefrei13 @thePNRC @ASPNeph @IptaPedsTx @IPNA_PedNeph @Alanepe1 @pFeNa_fellows Such a great meeting as always. Thanks to all!

Thank you to everyone who participated for making the Joint Pediatric Nephrology meeting in Miami a huge success! - First year fellows workshop - PNRC Spring Meeting - 52nd Annual Miami Seminar @thePNRC @ASPNeph @IptaPedsTx @IPNA_PedNeph @Alanepe1 @pFeNa_fellows #MiamiPedNephSem

Federal Government still has not released funds approved by congress for NIH grants for this year — hopefully that will change soon

🔔 NEW EPISODE🔔 Prematurity doesn’t end at NICU discharge! Follow-up pearls: 📈 Corrected age for milestones 💉 Chronologic age for vaccines 🍼 Growth velocity guides 24→22→20 kcal/oz 🧠 Head growth = brain growth 🌱 Low threshold to (re)refer Link in bio 🎙️

While Congress very clearly rejected cuts to the NIH for FY2026, money still isn’t coming to researchers (just waiting over here…). How can that be? The OMB is slow walking science funding in direct contradiction of Congressional priorities and orders. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Years ago, NIH submissions meant literal FedEx trucks full of paper. Reams shipped to Bethesda. Pallets. Human beings moving boxes. Now? We click a button. Electronic submission. Instant transmission. And then… ~4 months to review. Another ~4–5 months to Council. Then more months waiting for an NoA. I’ve had a grant funded ~1.5 years after submission. In 2026, the slowest part of biomedical research is not data collection or analysis or even recruitment. The slowest part is the administrative latency. If NIH really wants to accelerate science, shortening the time from submission → review → funding would do more than many of the culture war debates we’re having.

🎉 Save the Date! ASPN is excited to announce our inaugural independent Annual Meeting 📍 New Orleans, LA 🗓 April 14–17, 2027 Learn more: buff.ly/92VfUdX

Joint Pediatric Nephrology Meeting Schedule of Events. @ASPNeph @IptaPedsTx @Alanepe1 @IPNA_PedNeph @pFeNa_fellows

@roondoctors @ssfarouk @edgarvlermamd @kidney_boy @Maximal_Change @captainchloride @Adjweinstein @Dan_Batlle @Nephro_Sparks No pediatric nephrologists? And I agree @ssfarouk is incredible, one woman is far too low of a percentage!

Nephrology is live on Roon! Nephrology sits at the crossroads of clinical medicine, working closely with critical care, cardiology, transplant, hospital medicine, and many other specialties. Nephrologists guide everyday decisions on fluids, electrolytes, acid-base balance, blood pressure, and kidney complications across inpatient and outpatient care. We are proud to launch with an outstanding group of Roon Founding Physicians, known for national leadership, guideline development, fellow education, and development of widely-used educational platforms. Their conversations on Roon focus on practical clinical reasoning and how to turn complex physiology into bedside decisions. If you manage patients with kidney disease or are interested in learning from the top nephrologists in the country, this is a community worth being part of. Join here: roon.com

Congratulations to @IUMedSchool researchers Rebecca McNally Keehn, PhD and @DrMarciMD were just announced as finalists for Indy's Best & Brightest finalists in the Health and Life Science category!

Changing Kidney to Renal and then back again and changing CRRT to CKRT and back again depending on journal target may be my villain origin story. #IYKYK

Hyperkalemia following nephrectomies in children is a poorly studied, life-threatening complication. Read this Original Article on frequency & risk factors for hyperkalemia in pediatric patients who underwent nephrectomies resulting in an anephric state. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

@AlaskaAir there is a large group of students and teachers coming from Indianapolis and connecting in SEA. AS500 is delayed making their connection VERY tight to AS77. Anything you can do to help make their school trip start out on a good foot would be appreciated!

@rheault_m @UMNPeds Congrats!!

Excited for this new opportunity! The UMN Department of Pediatrics has been my home for a long time and I’m honored to lead us through this transition. @UMNPeds

Great to see this article published. Congrats to the study group including @NehaPottanat on this important work!