Meera Nair Harhay

Assistant Professor
Nephrology
Drexel University College of Medicine
United States of America

Professor Nephrology
Biography

"Dr. Meera Nair Harhay is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology & Hypertension at Drexel University College of Medicine. MSCE - Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania (2013) MD - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2007) BA in English and Biology - Johns Hopkins University (2003)"

Research Intrest

"Dr. Harhay served as a postdoctoral fellow and clinical researcher at the University of Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2014, during which time she was awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F32) from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) for a grant entitled: ""Rehospitalization After Renal Transplant: Patterns, Predictors & Implications."" Dr. Harhay is currently supported by NIDDK grant 1K23DK105207-01, ""Patterns and Implications of Functional Decline Among Kidney Transplant Candidates.”"

List of Publications
Harhay MO, Harhay JS, Nair MM. Education, household wealth and blood pressure in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine: findings from the Demographic Health Surveys, 2005–2009. European journal of internal medicine. 2013 Mar 31;24(2):117-26.
Reese PP, Nair M, Bloom RD. Eliminating racial disparities in access to living donor kidney transplantation: how can centers do better?. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2012 Jun 1;59(6):751-3.
Harhay MN, Hill AS, Wang W, Even-Shoshan O, Mussell AS, Bloom RD, Feldman HI, Karlawish JH, Silber JH, Reese PP. Measures of global health status on dialysis signal early rehospitalization risk after kidney transplantation. PloS one. 2016 Jun 3;11(6):e0156532.