Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Elaine Ku, MD, is Professor, Medicine (Professor-in-Residence) at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) / UCSF Medical Center. The public record shows 193 publications with 4,721 citations (h-index 34), centered on Chronic Kidney Disease. It also documents an investigator role on 7 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies, 9 NIH-funded awards (2014–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Pediatric transplantation
- Top research focus: Chronic Kidney Disease
- 7 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 1 companies
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Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 27 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 7 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Hypertension in Young Adults Trial
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
InvestigatorPhase 2TerminatedNCT05370599 - Watermelon/UBIQuinone Study
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
InvestigatorActive, not recruitingNCT04972552 - Standard Therapy or Individualized Immunosuppression For Lowering Adverse Event Risk
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
InvestigatorPhase 2WithdrawnNCT04473924
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2025–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INCProgram year20251 payment
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
9 NIH research awards on record, funded 2014–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Learners to LeAders in benign Urology, benign Nephrology, and non-Cancer Hematology
University of California, San Francisco
FY2026$832,600U2CDK133488 - Racial disparities in access to kidney transplantation
University of California, San Francisco
FY2026$669,096R01DK115629 - Learners to LeAders in benign Urology, benign Nephrology, and non-Cancer Hematology
University of California, San Francisco
FY2025$832,600U2CDK133488
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Association Between Age at Kidney Transplantation and Risk of Early Graft Loss.
Pediatric transplantation
2026 - Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Levels and Prediction of Resolution of Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Clinical transplantation
2026 - Pediatric Nephrology Workforce and Access of Children with Kidney Failure to Transplantation in the United States.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2025 - Overweight Status, Obesity, and Progression to ESKD in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2025
Contact
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Office address
400 Parnassus Avenue, B1, San Francisco, CA 94143
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
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- Board Certification
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
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Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine
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Pediatric Nephrology, American Board of Pediatrics
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Member
American Society of Clinical Investigation
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American Society of Nephrology
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American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Director
Training in Clinical Research Program, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
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Department of Pediatrics, UCSF
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MATCH Consortium (multi-site EHR research initiative)
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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