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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

ApolipoproteinL1 Genotypes and Biomarkers of Immune Activation and Tubular Injury
09/01/2024 - 08/31/2026 (PI)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
1R03DK140290-01

The Role of Dietary Nutrients in Chronic Kidney Disease Progression and Apolipoprotein L1 Nephropathy
07/15/2020 - 03/31/2026 (PI)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
1K23DK119542-01A1

H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network
09/01/2019 - 08/31/2022 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Titilayo O. Ilori, MD, MSc
University of Ghana NIH NIDDK
U54DK116913-09

The H3Africa Kidney Disease Cohort Study
11/01/2019 - 08/31/2020 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Titilayo O. Ilori, MD, MSc
University of Kansas Medical Center NIH
7U01DK107131-05

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj
2024	ApolipoproteinL1 Genotypes and Biomarkers of Immune Activation and Tubular Injury	1R03DK140290-01
2024	The Role of Dietary Nutrients in Chronic Kidney Disease Progression and Apolipoprotein L1 Nephropathy	5K23DK119542-05
2023	The Role of Dietary Nutrients in Chronic Kidney Disease Progression and Apolipoprotein L1 Nephropathy	5K23DK119542-04
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

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Peschard VG, Scherzer R, Estrella MM, Sarnak MJ, Ascher SB, Lash J, Bonventre JV, Greenberg JH, Gutierrez OM, Schelling JR, Katz R, Cheung KL, Levitan EB, Schrauben SJ, Cushman M, Ilori TO, Parikh CR, Kimmel PL, Rao PS, Taliercio JJ, Sondheimer J, Shulman R, Coca SG, Chen J, Ramachandran VS, Ix JH, Shlipak MG. Defining Kidney Health Dimensions and their Associations with Adverse Outcomes in Persons with Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Mar 14. PMID: 40085155; DOI: 10.2215/CJN.0000000676;

Gbadegesin RA, Ulasi I, Ajayi S, Raji Y, Olanrewaju T, Osafo C, Ademola AD, Asinobi A, Winkler CA, Burke D, Arogundade F, Ekem I, Plange-Rhule J, Mamven M, Matekole M, Amodu O, Cooper R, Antwi S, Adeyemo AA, Ilori TO, Adabayeri V, Nyarko A, Ghansah A, Amira T, Solarin A, Awobusuyi O, Kimmel PL, Brosius FC, Makusidi M, Odenigbo U, Kretzler M, Hodgin JB, Pollak MR, Boima V, Freedman BI, Palmer ND, Collins B, Phadnis M, Smith J, Agwai CI, Okoye O, Abdu A, Wilson J, Williams W, Salako BL, Parekh RS, Tayo B, Adu D, Ojo A. APOL1 Bi- and Monoallelic Variants and Chronic Kidney Disease in West Africans. N Engl J Med. 2025 Jan 16; 392(3):228-238. PMID: 39465900; PMCID: PMC11735277; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2404211;

Hong X, Rosenberg AZ, Heymann J, Yoshida T, Waikar SS, Ilori TO, Wang G, Rebuck H, Pearson C, Wang MC, Winkler CA, Kopp JB, Wang X. Joint Associations of Pregnancy Complications and Postpartum Maternal Renal Biomarkers With Severe Cardiovascular Morbidities: A US Racially and Ethnically Diverse Prospective Birth Cohort Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Nov 21; 12(22):e029311.View Related Profiles.

Waikar, Sushrut
Ilori, Titilayo

PMID: 37947096; PMCID: PMC10727285; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.122.029311;

Chen DC, Scherzer R, Ix JH, Kramer HJ, Crews DC, Nadkarni G, Gutierrez O, Bullen AL, Ilori T, Garimella PS, Shlipak MG, Estrella MM. Modification of Association of Cystatin C With Kidney and Cardiovascular Outcomes by Obesity. Am J Kidney Dis. 2024 Apr; 83(4):489-496.e1. PMID: 37866793; PMCID: PMC10960714; DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2023.08.021;

Obembe TA, Akinyemi OO, Adeyanju OA, Ilori T, Okunade IE. Socioeconomic Parameters and Well Being of Sickle Cell Anaemic Patients in Southwestern Nigeria. West Afr J Med. 2023 Mar 31; 40(3):284-291. PMID: 37017604

Hong X, Rosenberg AZ, Heymann J, Yoshida T, Waikar SS, Ilori TO, Wang G, Rebuck H, Pearson C, Wang MC, Winkler CA, Kopp JB, Wang X. Joint associations of pregnancy complications and postpartum maternal renal biomarkers with severe cardiovascular morbidities: A US racially diverse prospective birth cohort study. medRxiv. 2023 Mar 15.View Related Profiles.

Waikar, Sushrut
Ilori, Titilayo

PMID: 36993418; PMCID: PMC10055449; DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.14.23287276;

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 Jun 01; 41(6):918-925.View Related Profiles.

Zhen, Aileen
Waikar, Sushrut
Ilori, Titilayo

PMID: 36928004; PMCID: PMC10158605; DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003411;

Ilori TO, Brooks MS, Desai PN, Cheung KL, Judd SE, Crews DC, Cushman M, Winkler CA, Shlipak MG, Kopp JB, Naik RP, Estrella MM, Gutiérrez OM, Kramer H. Dietary Patterns, Apolipoprotein L1 Risk Genotypes, and CKD Outcomes Among Black Adults in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Cohort Study. Kidney Med. 2023 May; 5(5):100621. PMID: 37229446; PMCID: PMC10202773; DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2023.100621;

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 Jul; 38(9):2045-2051.View Related Profiles.

Cleveland Manchanda, Emily
Menn-Josephy, Hanni
Schmidt, Insa
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. 2022 Sep; 42(5):151314. PMID: 36801667; PMCID: PMC10272019; DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2023.151314;

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Ilori TO, Solarin A, Manmak M, Raji YR, Braimoh R, Kwakyi E, Umeizudike T, Ajepe T, Bolanle O, Ripiye N, Eduful E, Adebile T, Ijeoma C, Mumuni AA, Chern J, Akinpelu M, Ulasi I, Arogundade F, Salako BL, Gbadegesin R, Parekh RS, Dupuis J, Amira CO, Adu D, Anderson CAM, Ojo A, Waikar SS. Rationale and Design of the Diet, CKD, and Apolipoprotein L1 Study in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries. Kidney Int Rep. 2023 Apr; 8(4):764-774.View Related Profiles.

Chern, Jessica
Dupuis, Josee
Waikar, Sushrut
Ilori, Titilayo

PMID: 37069986; PMCID: PMC10105057; DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.01.019;

Olanrewaju TO, Osafo C, Raji YR, Mamven M, Ajayi S, Ilori TO, Arogundade FA, Ulasi II, Gbadegesin R, Parekh RS, Tayo B, Adeyemo AA, Adedoyin OT, Chijioke AA, Bewaji C, Grobbee DE, Blankestijn PJ, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Salako BL, Adu D, Ojo AO. Cardiovascular Risk Factor Burden and Association With CKD in Ghana and Nigeria. Kidney Int Rep. 2023 Mar; 8(3):658-666. PMID: 36938080; PMCID: PMC10014339; DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.11.021;

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;

Wine R, Vasilevska-Ristovska J, Banh T, Knott J, Noone D, Gbadegesin R, Ilori TO, Okafor HU, Furia F, Ulasi I, Solarin AU, Esezobor C, Batte A, Raji Y, Olanrewaju TO, Muoneke U, Adetunji AE, Boima V, Amira O, Osafo C, Guemkam G, Ajayi S, Makusidi MA, Anigilaje EA, Ruggajo P, Asinobi AO, Ademola AD, Parekh RS. Trends in the epidemiology of childhood nephrotic syndrome in Africa: A systematic review. Glob Epidemiol. 2021 Nov; 3:100061. PMID: 37635724; PMCID: PMC10445969; DOI: 10.1016/j.gloepi.2021.100061;

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 T, Akintayo AD, Adewale BA, Oyetola EO. KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF NIGERIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS TOWARDS COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IN COVID-19 MANAGEMENT. Ann Ib Postgrad Med. 2021 Jun; 19(Suppl 1):S22-S30. PMID: 35095365

Folasire OF, Ilori T, Madaki JKA. NUTRITION-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF PRACTISING NIGERIAN MEDICAL DOCTORS TO NUTRITION COUNSELLING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 2020. Ann Ib Postgrad Med. 2021 Jun; 19(Suppl 1):S58-S67. PMID: 35095372

Ilori T, Salam TO, Olalemi OE. INFLUENCE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS IN OUTPATIENTS CLINICS, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA - A COMMENTARY. Ann Ib Postgrad Med. 2021 Jun; 19(Suppl 1):87-89. PMID: 35095359

Osiyemi A, Fasola O, Anjorin I, Adeyemo O, Ilori T. INTEREST IN FAMILY MEDICINE SPECIALIZATION AMONG MEDICAL UNDERGRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA. Ann Ib Postgrad Med. 2020 Dec; 18(2):135-140. PMID: 35087356

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;

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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