Thomas J. Carroll, PhD
Citation: Kidney News 15, 10/11
Dr. Carroll is a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and a member of the Division of Nephrology at The University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center.
He is internationally recognized for his research in kidney development and polycystic kidney disease. His most widely cited work explores the mechanisms by which members of the Wnt family of glycoproteins regulate the formation of new nephrons in the developing kidney.
He also published a paper describing a signaling mechanism in which stromal epithelial cells regulate kidney progenitor cell differentiation and proliferation through modulation of the Hippo signaling pathway. This work on the signaling mechanisms involved in kidney induction during development has important implications for kidney diseases and possible regenerative strategies.
Dr. Carroll's laboratory has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, and he has been recognized for his mentorship of new investigators and junior faculty members. His early work was recognized by a Carl Gottschalk Career Development Award from ASN and a scientist development grant from the American Heart Association.
He has served ASN on a Kidney Week Organizing Committee and as a session chair and abstract reviewer. He served on the editorial board of the American Journal of Physiology–Renal Physiology.
Dr. Carroll earned his doctorate in zoology from The UT at Austin and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. He joined The UT Southwestern faculty in 2004 and was promoted to tenured professor in 2016.
