NIHFunded #HSR Researcher of neonatal kidneys + lungs | Faculty @IUPedsKidney @RileyChildrens | @ASPNeph JELF alum + SDOH advocate | Mom of 3 (including twins)
Indianapolis, IN
Joined February 2009
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I am so incredibly thrilled, honored and humbled to receive this @nih_nhlbi K23 and get to continue this really important and exciting work. I am incredible thankful for everyone to helped me get here. 1/3
Congrats to Michelle Starr @mcstarr1 for receiving her Notice of Award on her NHLBI K23 @nih_nhlbi on the interplay between acute kidney injury, fluid overload, and lung disease!
Day one of #kidneywk! Looking forward to seeing @DGlaucomflecken, 2 fellow posters and one undergrad poster, few great talks and seeing how much neonatal AKI data I can report in 7 minutes! Let’s gooo!
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
ASN Kidney News August 2026 The Wave of Pediatric Clinical Trials Is Here–Steps Toward Success: Pediatric Clinical Trials Boot Camps Fill Critical Gaps in Trial Readiness
Angel Morales, Laurel Damashek, Myda Khalid @ISGDtweets @Barbara58932871 kidneynews.org/view/journals… @asnpublications
Really grateful for this funding from KidneyCure. For those of us who had fundable NIDDK R01s but didn’t get funded, these bridge funds will keep our projects alive.
Congratulations to the 2026 KidneyCure Grant Recipients! 34 new investigators join 22 continuing grantees in a cohort of 56 researchers. More than $4 million in research funding supports their work advancing kidney research and improving patient care. Meet the recipients: kidneycure.org/pages/qa.aspx
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
I’m also seeing the consequences of the new “no paylines” mandate and it’s not good. POs have a lot more power but they’re also being influenced by leadership mandates that deprioritize the demographics you would expect and certainly not lifting up ECRs.
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
What happens to AKI survivors? A new paper shows worse long-term cognition, reading, and math in children up to 15 years after severe malaria who had AKI during hospitalization. doi.org/10.1001/jama.2026.07…
Do we need to rethink AKI follow-up care in children?
ALT Image of paper title published in JAMA entitled "Long-Term Cognitive Ability and Academic Achievement After Childhood Severe Malaria"
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
Please stop multi-year funding! We appreciate the resistance to reduce NIH funding, but the multi-year funding scheme is really hurting science. There won’t be anyone left…
@RoKhanna
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
American science continues to shrink despite the story being told to the public.
And it’s the long term consequences that will be most devastating.
"The world needs pediatric researchers."
So proud to be a part of such an incredible group.
Children’s Health Services Research at the @IUmedschool is celebrating 25 years of helping Hoosier kids.
Read more about the organization's impact, researchers and plans for the future: go.iu.edu/RZp1Iu
ALT Matthew C. Aalsma leads Children's Health Services Research, which has advanced the health of Indiana children for 25 years.
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
Children’s Health Services Research at the @IUmedschool is celebrating 25 years of helping Hoosier kids.
Read more about the organization's impact, researchers and plans for the future: go.iu.edu/RZp1Iu
ALT Matthew C. Aalsma leads Children's Health Services Research, which has advanced the health of Indiana children for 25 years.
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
NIH terminated $2.45 billion in grants in 2025.
Using NIH’s own economic multiplier (2.5–2.7x), that’s ~$6 billion in unrealized economic output.
Not to mention lost jobs, stalled discoveries, and a weakened scientific workforce.
Worst case of “saving money” ever💀
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
Examining the role of biologic sex on kidney outcomes in preterm neonates: A secondary analysis of the PENUT/REPAIReD study @ped_neph
#openaccess
buff.ly/aTMkCIB
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
Love to see it!
Nearly three years ago, @DrMarciMD joined the Department of Pediatrics at @IUMedSchool with the aim of bringing more awareness to kidney disease and now she is encouraging young people to pursue medical careers.
Discover more: go.iu.edu/Iw23Ia
ALT Marciana Laster, MD, stands in her lab and encourages young people to pursue medical careers. The IU School of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics logo is in the bottom right corner.
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
Nearly three years ago, @DrMarciMD joined the Department of Pediatrics at @IUMedSchool with the aim of bringing more awareness to kidney disease and now she is encouraging young people to pursue medical careers.
Discover more: go.iu.edu/Iw23Ia
ALT Marciana Laster, MD, stands in her lab and encourages young people to pursue medical careers. The IU School of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics logo is in the bottom right corner.
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
IU Peds Neph had a strong showing at the Joint Pediatric Nephrology meeting in Miami a huge success! - First year fellows workshop - PNRC Meeting - 52nd Annual Miami Seminar @thePNRC @ASPNeph @IptaPedsTx @IPNA_PedNeph @Alanepe1 @pFeNa_fellows #MiamiPedNephSem
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
Congrats @DanielleSoranno!
Congratulations to Danielle E. Soranno, MD (Indiana University School of Medicine / Purdue University), recipient of the 2026 ASPN Outstanding Service Award! 👏
Thank you for your dedication to the ASPN community. #ASPNeph
Thanks to Senator Young's staff along with policy staff from the HELP and Ways and Means for meeting with us!
Had a great @ASPNeph Hill Visit to meet with talk about NIH funding, the Living Donor Protection Act, Pediatric Reimbursement for Dialysis Care and other important topics. Two @IUDeptPeds Pediatric Nephrologists (Dr. Hains and Starr) participated.
#JELFing
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
Had a great @ASPNeph Hill Visit to meet with talk about NIH funding, the Living Donor Protection Act, Pediatric Reimbursement for Dialysis Care and other important topics. Two @IUDeptPeds Pediatric Nephrologists (Dr. Hains and Starr) participated.
#JELFing
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
Thank you to everyone who participated for making the Joint Pediatric Nephrology meeting in Miami a huge success! - First year fellows workshop - PNRC Spring Meeting - 52nd Annual Miami Seminar @thePNRC @ASPNeph @IptaPedsTx @IPNA_PedNeph @Alanepe1 @pFeNa_fellows #MiamiPedNephSem
Michelle Starr MD MPH retweeted
Federal Government still has not released funds approved by congress for NIH grants for this year — hopefully that will change soon
