Titilayo Ilori | Profiles RNS

Titilayo O. Ilori, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Medicine

Nephrology

MBBS, University of Lagos
MSc, Emory University

Websites

	ResearchGate
	Emory Global Diabetes Research Center
	LinkedIn
	Orchid

ORCID : 0000-0002-7457-0618

My various experiences and training have resulted in a strong desire to improve outcomes and survival of individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly in disadvantaged populations. I am interested in the effect of diet and lifestyle in the development and progression of CKD and ApolipoproteinL1 Nephropathy. I started in research as a research assistant in the United Kingdom where I learned the fundamentals of population-based research in nutritional epidemiology in the department of Public Health at the University of Manchester.

I then formal training in basic science during my nephrology fellowship at Emory University. There, I worked on a translational project looking at the role of calcineurin inhibitors in the phosphorylation of the urea transporter. I decided to pursue a clinical research career after my fellowship training and completed the Master of Science in Clinical Research degree at Emory in 2015. I am a co-investigator in the H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network and this has equipped me with on-ground training of staff in Africa, protocol development and execution, and data management and analysis with the Bioinformatics Core. I was also a co-investigator in the All of Us Research Program (AoURP), a part of the NIH-supported Precision Medicine Initiative. I gained hands-on experience in building clinical research infrastructure and high-volume recruitment and enrollment in a large clinical research enterprise. I was the Associate Director of Clinical Research and Global Health Initiatives and played an integral role in recruiting >30,000 research participants for the AoURP recorded in a recent article in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science (PMID: 32004412).

I was awarded a K23 grant from the NIDDK in 2020 to study Diet, CKD and ApolipoproteinL1 Nephropathy (DK119542). I am looking at diet and CKD progression as well as gene x environment interactions in APOL1 nephropathy in sub-Saharan Africa. I have a commitment to mentoring and training in research. I have mentored three fellows one who is an Assistant Professor at Emory University and multiple masters’ level students.

BMC Research
NIH RePORTER Research

The Role of Dietary Nutrients in Chronic Kidney Disease Progression and Apolipoprotein…
07/15/2020 - 03/31/2025 (PI)
NIH-NIDDK
1K23DK119542-01A1

H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network_YR02
09/01/2019 - 08/31/2022 (PI)
University of Ghana National Institute o

The H3Africa Kidney Disease Cohort Study
11/01/2019 - 08/31/2020 (PI)
University of Kansas Medical Center National Institutes

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj
2022	The Role of Dietary Nutrients in Chronic Kidney Disease Progression and Apolipoprotein L1 Nephropathy	5K23DK119542-03
2021	The Role of Dietary Nutrients in Chronic Kidney Disease Progression and Apolipoprotein L1 Nephropathy	5K23DK119542-02
2020	The Role of Dietary Nutrients in Chronic Kidney Disease Progression and Apolipoprotein L1 Nephropathy	1K23DK119542-01A1

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Ilori TO, Zhen A, Velani RN, Zhao R, Echouffo-Tcheugui J, Anderson CAM, Waikar SS, Kengne AP. The impact of dietary and lifestyle interventions on blood pressure management in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and metanalysis. J Hypertens. 2023 Mar 10.View Related Profiles.

Zhen, Aileen
Waikar, Sushrut
Ilori, Titilayo

PMID: 36928004

Schmidt IM, Shohet M, Serrano M, Yadati P, Menn-Josephy H, Ilori T, Eneanya ND, Cleveland Manchanda EC, Waikar SS. Patients' Perspectives on Race and the Use of Race-Based Algorithms in Clinical Decision-Making: a Qualitative Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Feb 22; 1-7.View Related Profiles.

Cleveland Manchanda, Emily
Menn-Josephy, Hanni
Schmidt, Insa
Serrano, Maria de Los Angeles
Waikar, Sushrut
Ilori, Titilayo

PMID: 36811702; PMCID: PMC9945816; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08035-4;

Ilori T, Watanabe A, Ng KH, Solarin A, Sinha A, Gbadegesin R. Genetics of Chronic Kidney Disease in Low-Resource Settings. Semin Nephrol. 2023 Feb 17; 42(5):151314. PMID: 36801667

Anderson CAM, Ilori T. Nutrition and Kidney Health: Processing Emerging Evidence About Foods. Am J Kidney Dis. 2022 Nov; 80(5):566-568. PMID: 36153152

Ilori TO, Liu J, Rodan AR, Verma A, Mills KT, He J, Winkler CA, Dupuis J, Anderson CAM, Waikar SS. Apolipoprotein L1 Genotypes and the Association of Urinary Potassium Excretion with CKD Progression. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Oct; 17(10):1477-1486.View Related Profiles.

Verma, Ashish
Dupuis, Josee
Waikar, Sushrut
Ilori, Titilayo

PMID: 36400568; PMCID: PMC9528272; DOI: 10.2215/CJN.02680322;

Lasser KE, Ilori TO, Dedier JJ. Kidney Disease Mortality in the USA: a Call for Eliminating Inequities. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May; 37(6):1349-1350.View Related Profiles.

Dedier, Julien
Lasser, Karen
Ilori, Titilayo

PMID: 35266126; PMCID: PMC9085980; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07470-z;

Liu J, Tio MC, Verma A, Schmidt IM, Ilori TO, Knauf F, Mc Causland FR, Waikar SS. Determinants and Outcomes Associated With Urinary Calcium Excretion in Chronic Kidney Disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 01 01; 107(1):e281-e292.View Related Profiles.

Verma, Ashish
Schmidt, Insa
Waikar, Sushrut
Ilori, Titilayo

PMID: 34390334; PMCID: PMC8684460; DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgab574;

Charoenngam N, Ilori TO, Holick MF, Hochberg NS, Apovian CM. Self-identified Race and COVID-19-Associated Acute Kidney Injury and Inflammation: a Retrospective Cohort Study of Hospitalized Inner-City COVID-19 Patients. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 11; 36(11):3487-3496.View Related Profiles.

Apovian, Caroline
Holick, Michael
Hochberg, Natasha
Ilori, Titilayo

PMID: 34100227; PMCID: PMC8183592; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-06931-1;

Kamel MH, Mahmoud H, Zhen A, Liu J, Bielick CG, Mostaghim A, Lin N, Chitalia V, Ilori T, Waikar SS, Upadhyay A. End-stage kidney disease and COVID-19 in an urban safety-net hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0252679.View Related Profiles.

Zhen, Aileen
Upadhyay, Ashish
Bielick, Catherine
Kamel, Mohamed
Lin, Nina
Waikar, Sushrut
Ilori, Titilayo
Chitalia, Vipul

PMID: 34086775; PMCID: PMC8177422; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252679;

Ilori TO, Viera E, Wilson J, Moreno F, Menon U, Ehiri J, Peterson R, Vemulapalli T, StimsonRiahi SC, Rosales C, Calhoun E, Sokan A, Karnes JH, Reiman E, Ojo A, Theodorou A, Ojo T. Approach to High Volume Enrollment in Clinical Research: Experiences from an All of Us Research Program Site. Clin Transl Sci. 2020 07; 13(4):685-692. PMID: 32004412; PMCID: PMC7359931; DOI: 10.1111/cts.12759;

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Bayliss GP, Cobb J, Decker B, Hellman R, Vasavada N, Mackelaite L, Shadur C, Ilori T, Ibrahim T, Leight K, Hsiao LL, Molitoris BA, Okusa MD, Parker MG. Kidney Mentoring and Assessment Program for Students: a guide for engaging medical students in nephrology. Clin Kidney J. 2019 Dec; 12(6):761-766. PMID: 31807288; PMCID: PMC6885673; DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfz108;

Marks KJ, Hartman TJ, Judd SE, Ilori TO, Cheung KL, Warnock DG, Gutiérrez OM, Goodman M, Cushman M, McClellan WM. Dietary Oxidative Balance Scores and Biomarkers of Inflammation among Individuals with and without Chronic Kidney Disease. Nephron Extra. 2018 May-Aug; 8(2):11-23. PMID: 30279696; PMCID: PMC6158582; DOI: 10.1159/000490499;

Kaze AD, Ilori T, Jaar BG, Echouffo-Tcheugui JB. Burden of chronic kidney disease on the African continent: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Nephrol. 2018 06 01; 19(1):125. PMID: 29859046; PMCID: PMC5984759; DOI: 10.1186/s12882-018-0930-5;

Ilori TO, Wang X, Huang M, Gutierrez OM, Narayan KM, Goodman M, McClellan W, Plantinga L, Ojo AO. Oxidative Balance Score and the Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease and Cardiovascular Disease. Am J Nephrol. 2017; 45(4):338-345. PMID: 28285313

Ren H, Yang B, Ruiz JA, Efe O, Ilori TO, Sands JM, Klein JD. Phosphatase inhibition increases AQP2 accumulation in the rat IMCD apical plasma membrane. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2016 12 01; 311(6):F1189-F1197. PMID: 27488997; PMCID: PMC5210195; DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00150.2016;

Ilori TO, Enofe N, Oommen A, Cobb J, Navarrete J, Adedinsewo DA, Oshikoya O, Fevrier H, Farris AB, Plantinga L, Ojo AO. Comparison of Outcomes between Individuals with Pure and Mixed Lupus Nephritis: A Retrospective Study. PLoS One. 2016; 11(6):e0157485. PMID: 27304068; PMCID: PMC4909281; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157485;

Ilori TO, Adedinsewo DA, Odewole O, Enofe N, Ojo AO, McClellan W, Patzer RE. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Graft and Recipient Survival in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Dec; 63(12):2485-2493. PMID: 26660200; PMCID: PMC4701211; DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13845;

Gipson DS, Troost JP, Lafayette RA, Hladunewich MA, Trachtman H, Gadegbeku CA, Sedor JR, Holzman LB, Moxey-Mims MM, Perumal K, Kaskel FJ, Nelson PJ, Tuttle KR, Bagnasco SM, Hogan MC, Dell KM, Appel GB, Lieske JC, Ilori TO, Sethna CB, Fervenza FC, Hogan SL, Nachman PH, Rosenberg AZ, Greenbaum LA, Meyers KE, Hewitt SM, Choi MJ, Kopp JB, Zhdanova O, Hodgin JB, Johnstone DB, Adler SG, Avila-Casado C, Neu AM, Hingorani SR, Lemley KV, Nast CC, Brady TM, Barisoni-Thomas L, Fornoni A, Jennette JC, Cattran DC, Palmer MB, Gibson KL, Reich HN, Mokrzycki MH, Sambandam KK, Zilleruelo GE, Licht C, Sampson MG, Song P, Mariani LH, Kretzler M. Complete Remission in the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Jan 07; 11(1):81-9. PMID: 26656320; PMCID: PMC4702222; DOI: 10.2215/CJN.02560315;

Ilori TO, Enofe N, Oommen A, Odewole O, Ojo A, Plantinga L, Pastan S, Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, McClellan W. Factors affecting willingness to receive a kidney transplant among minority patients at an urban safety-net hospital: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Nephrol. 2015 Nov 21; 16:191. PMID: 26588895; PMCID: PMC4654893; DOI: 10.1186/s12882-015-0186-2;

Ilori TO, Sun Ro Y, Kong SY, Gutierrez OM, Ojo AO, Judd SE, Narayan KM, Goodman M, Plantinga L, McClellan W. Oxidative Balance Score and Chronic Kidney Disease. Am J Nephrol. 2015; 42(4):320-7. PMID: 26569393; PMCID: PMC4689189; DOI: 10.1159/000441623;

Qian X, Li X, Ilori TO, Klein JD, Hughey RP, Li CJ, Alli AA, Guo Z, Yu P, Song X, Chen G. RNA-seq analysis of glycosylation related gene expression in STZ-induced diabetic rat kidney inner medulla. Front Physiol. 2015; 6:274. PMID: 26483702; PMCID: PMC4590316; DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00274;

Ilori TO, Blount MA, Martin CF, Sands JM, Klein JD. Urine concentration in the diabetic mouse requires both urea and water transporters. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2013 Jan 01; 304(1):F103-11. PMID: 23136000; PMCID: PMC3543621; DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00385.2012;

Ilori TO, Wang Y, Blount MA, Martin CF, Sands JM, Klein JD. Acute calcineurin inhibition with tacrolimus increases phosphorylated UT-A1. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2012 Apr 15; 302(8):F998-F1004. PMID: 22205230; PMCID: PMC3395357; DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00358.2011;

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Bar chart showing 23 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2015