Mineral Metabolism & the Kidney

BIOGRAPHY

Alan S. L. Yu, M.B., B.Chir.

Academic positions:
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics

All industry positions (in last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
- Renal tubule transport of salts, minerals and water
- Paracellular transport, and the role of tight junction proteins
- Disorders of mineral metabolism (calcium and magnesium)

Any other information:
Section Editor, Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension (2000-2003)
Editorial Board, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (2003-2006)
Editorial Board, American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology
(2003-Present)
External reviewer, Wellcome Trust Programme Grants, UK (2000-Present)
External Referee Panel, National Kidney Research Fund, UK (2001-Present)
American Heart Association, Western Review Consortium Committee (2003)
Ad hoc member, NIH General Medicine B Study Section (2003)
Ad hoc member, Veterans Administration Nephrology Merit Review
Subcommittee (2004)
American Physiological Society, Renal Section Awards Committee (2004-Present)
Acute Renal Failure Medical Advisory Board, Genzyme Corp. (2005)
Editorial Board, Journal of Biological Chemistry (2006)