Cierra Sharp, a Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology PhD candidate has been selected as a 2016 American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney STARS award recipient. Cierra will receive an $800 travel support stipend and complimentary registration to the Annual Meeting of ASN Kidney Week 2016 in Chicago, IL.

Cierra is pursuing her dissertation research in the laboratory of Dr. Leah Siskind, Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology.