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Joseph Rutkowski, Assoc Prof Bryan, TX USA Dr. Rutkowski’s research seeks to identify how lymphatic vessel biology and physiology impact chronic diseases such as obesity, lipedema, hypertension, and kidney disease. His laboratory's recent efforts have been focus on how lymphatic biology impacts the AKI-to-CKD transition. He has authored or co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts combining for over 7000 citations and has received external research funding from the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association. Dr. Rutkowski’s work has been invited for presentations at numerous universities and international scientific meetings and he is a strong presence in the lymphatic research community. Dr. Rutkowski enjoys mentoring postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, medical students, and undergraduates and is actively engaged in multiple societies, journal boards, and scientific committees.