Stephen H Wright
Professor, Physiology
Professor, Biochemistry/Molecular Biophysics
Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Investigator, Center for Toxicology
Professor, BIO5 Institute
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Department Affiliations
Contact
(520) 626-4253
Work Summary
Work Summary
The kidney plays a critical role in clearing the body of potentially harmful compounds, including many commonly prescribed drugs. Unfortunately, this also sets the kidney up as a site where multiple drugs can interact in unwanted ways. We study the cellular transport processes responsible for renal drug clearance with the intent of developing predictive models that can assist clinicians, drug companies, and the Food & Drug Administration in their efforts to increase patient safety.