Successes

Core Faculty

Michelle P. Winn, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine. Dr. Winn is a board certified nephrologist. Her research interests include the hereditary diseases of the human kidney. She is currently focusing her research on familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Her other interests include complex diseases in relation to kidney function such as hypertensive nephropathy, end-stage renal disease and acute renal failure.

MD, 1992, East Carolina University-School of Medicine, Greenville, NC
Residency in Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical School, Durham, NC
Fellowship in Nephrology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Selected Publications

Winn MP, Conlon PJ, Lynn KL, Farrington MK, Creazzo T, Hawkins AF, Daskalakis N, Kwan SY, Ebersviller S, Burchette JL, Pericak-Vance MA, Howell DN, Vance JM, Rosenberg PB. A Mutation in the TRPC6 Cation Channel Causes Familial Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. Science 2005 0: 1106215

Winn MP, Conlon PJ, Lynn KL, Howell DN, Gross DA, Rogala AR, Smith AH, Graham FL, Bembe M, Quarles LD, Pericak-Vance MA, Vance JM. Clinical and genetic heterogeneity in familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. International Collaborative Group for the Study of Familial Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. Kidney International 55(4):1241-6, 1999.

Winn MP, Conlon PJ, Lynn KL, Howell DN, Slotterbeck BD, Smith AH, Graham FL, Bembe M, Quarles LD, Pericak-Vance MA, Vance JM. Linkage of a gene causing familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis to chromosome 11 and further evidence of genetic heterogeneity. Genomics 58(2):113-20, 1999.

Conlon PJ, Lynn K, Winn MP, Quarles LD, Bembe ML, Pericak-Vance M, Speer M, Howell DN. Spectrum of disease in familial focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis. Kidney International 56(5):1863-71, 1999.

Contact:
Center for Human Genetics
DUMC Box 2903
Durham, NC 27710
Phone: 1-919-660-0038
Fax: 1-919-684-0920
E-mail: winn0001@chg.duhs.duke.edu

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