Joseph V Bonventre

Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States of America

Joseph V Bonventre

Academic positions:
- Director, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST)
- Robert H. Ebert Professor of Health Sciences and Technology
- Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)
- Director, Renal Division, BWH

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr. Bonventre studies the mechanisms of cellular and tissue injury and repair, particularly as applied to ischemic injury to the kidney (ischemic acute renal failure, ARF). One of the major focus of his laboratory studies is the phospholipase A2(PLA2) and the role of this family of enzymes on acute tissue injury, apoptosis, signal transduction and nuclear events including transcription. By understanding the role that PLA2s play in injury, Dr. Bonventre and his colleagues will have better insights into the mechanisms that are important for gene regulation such as cell proliferation, cell death and tissue repair after acute renal failure..

Any other information:
Dr. Bonventre has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and is the recipient of numerous awards and recognition, including membership in the ASCI, AAP, and American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). He was ranked as one of the three top mentors in the US by postdoctoral fellows in a Science magazine 2004 online survey and received the MERIT award, from the NIDDK, NIH. He also has an honorary doctorate degree from Mt. Saint Mary's College and from the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology in Norway.

Professional responsibilities include:
- Associate Editor, American Journal of Physiology:Renal; 1999-
- Associate Editor Cell & Tissue Res
- American Heart National Review Board; 1992, Ad hoc Member
- NIH Path A Study Section Member
- NIH NIDDK-D Grant Review Committee
- Board of Directors, National Space Biology Research Institute
- Board of Advisors, Dean, School of Engineering, Cornell University
- Board of advisors of the Norwegian Institute for Science and Technology.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Nephrology > Acute Renal Failure (since 16 November 2005)

Joseph V Bonventre is a Section Head for Acute Renal Failure, part of the NEPHROLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

http://web.mit.edu/hst/35/profiles/bonventre.html