Organizing Committee
Michelle Gumz, PhD, FAHA
Chair, 2026 APS Renal Physiology Conference
Professor of Physiology and Aging
Co-Director, Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease
University of Florida
Clintoria Williams, PhD, FAHA, FAPS
Co-Chair, 2026 APS Renal Physiology Conference
Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology
Director, CardioRenal Institute
Wright State University
Carmen De Miguel, PhD
Career Development Coordinator, 2026 APS Renal Physiology Conference
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Christine Klemens, PhD
Fundraising Chair, 2026 APS Renal Physiology Conference
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
University of South Florida
Amanda Marks, PhD
Trainee Liaison, 2026 APS Renal Physiology Conference
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology
Uppsala University
Alexander Staruschenko, PhD, FAHA, FAPS
Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Director, Hypertension and Kidney Research Center
University of South Florida
Stephanie Franzen, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgical Sciences; Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Uppsala University
Yogesh Scindia, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
University of Florida
Daria Ilatovskaya, PhD, FAHA
Associate Professor of Physiology
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University
Robert Hoover, MD, FASN, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Nephrology and Hypertension Section
Tulane University
Kelly Hyndman, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Leslie Gewin, MD, FASN
Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Washington University