Kidney Disease Research Updates
Spring/Summer 2009

Germino Appointed NIDDK Deputy Director

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Director Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P., announced the appointment of Gregory G. Germino, M.D., as the NIDDK’s deputy director. Germino came to the NIDDK from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he held dual appointments in the Division of Nephrology and the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics.

In addition to his world-class scientific expertise and perspective as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grantee, Germino’s management experience, commitment to mentoring the next generation of researchers, and work with professional and patient advocacy organizations makes him especially well suited to help the NIDDK advance research on many of the most serious health issues affecting the public.

Germino identified PKD1, the primary gene involved in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. He also developed novel methods for detecting altered genes and for characterizing the PKD1 protein and its role in cell signaling pathways and cell-cycle regulation.

After graduating summa cum laude in biology from Loyola University of Chicago, Germino earned his medical degree from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. He served his internship and residency in internal medicine and completed a clinical fellowship in nephrology at Yale University before spending a research year at Oxford University in England.

Germino has been an NIH grantee since 1994. He has written more than 70 peer-reviewed publications and has authored more than a dozen book chapters. He has been a visiting professor and invited lecturer across the United States and around the world.

NIH Publication No. 09–4531
August 2009

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