DPI Helps Fund Project for the Development of the Kidney Wellness Institute of Illinois

KIWII will bring together local and international leaders in research, medicine, industry, and patient-advocacy to address chronic kidney disease, which affects approximately 15 percent of the U.S. population and costs more than $120 billion a year to treat.

College of Applied Health Science professor Ken Wilund has received the grant for $125,000 and is the principal investigator. Co-PIs include the president of the National Kidney Foundation as well as researchers from the Gies College of Business, School of Social Work, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.