The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
03/10/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 03/10/2026 10:51
UTHSC News: Dr. Aman Bajwa Awarded $3.7 Million to Develop Early Detection Test for Kidney Damage
Aman Bajwa, PhD, professor of Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been awarded a multi-principal investigator R01 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health.
The five-year, $3.7 million award supports a groundbreaking project titled, "Utilizing Resazurin Fluorescence to Monitor Kidney Function and Organic Anion Transporter Activity." Dr. Bajwa shares the award with principal investigator Navjot Pabla, PhD, of Ohio State University.
The research team is advancing the discovery and development of a novel fluorescent dye, resazurin, that could substantially improve clinicians' ability to detect and monitor kidney injury. Unlike conventional kidney function tests, which often fail to identify damage until significant injury has occurred, the resazurin-based test is designed to detect kidney dysfunction much earlier, potentially even before irreversible damage develops.
Read more on the UT Health Sciences website.
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