Julie Ho, MD, FRCPC

Research summary

Dr. Ho’s research focuses on improving understanding of fundamental human responses to early renal injury, and developing new diagnostic or therapeutic targets to improve kidney transplant and patient outcomes. Her research interests include early detection of rejection and predicting kidney transplant outcomes, ischemia reperfusion injury and acute kidney injury, kidney transplant rejection, and non-invasive biomarkers. She is the principle investigator of the Manitoba Center for Proteomics and Systems Biology, and the Transplant Manitoba Adult Kidney Research Group. Her research uses proteomics and mass spectrometry, activity-based protein profiling. Dr. Ho is presently conducting an international multi-center clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of the early treatment of rejection, as detected by urine chemokines, for improving kidney transplant outcomes.

Research interests

• Early detection of rejection and predicting kidney transplant outcomes
• Ischemia reperfusion injury and acute kidney injury
• Kidney transplant rejection
• Non-invasive biomarkers

Research affiliations

Principle Investigator, Manitoba Center for Proteomics and Systems Biology

Principle Investigator, Transplant Manitoba Adult Kidney Research Group

Keywords

• Proteomics – mass spectrometry, activity-based protein profiling
• Translational research
• Transplant clinical trials

Dr. Julie Ho is a Professor of Internal Medicine (Sections of Nephrology and Biomedical Proteomics) at the University of Manitoba. She is a transplant nephrologist and clinician-scientist with the Transplant Manitoba Adult Kidney Program. She is also the Medical Director for the Transplant Manitoba Adult Kidney Program.

Education

• Post-doctoral research fellowship, University of Manitoba, Proteomics & Systems Biology (2008)
• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada, University of Manitoba (2006)
• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada, University of Western Ontario (2005)
• Doctor of medicine, University of Western Ontario (2001)
• Bachelor of science, University of Manitoba (1997)
• Bachelor’s equivalent, Space Life Sciences Training Program, Canadian Space Agency (1997)

Awards

2015:

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award

2014:

• American Society of Transplantation Clinical Science Career Development Award, American Society of Transplantation
• Canadian Society of Nephrology/Amgen New Investigator Lectureship, Canadian Society of Nephrology
• Manitoba Medical Services Foundation (MMSF) Dr. FW DuVal Clinical Research Professorship

2011:

• Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training Program (KRESECNT) New Investigator Award