{"id":3315,"date":"2019-08-13T21:56:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T01:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/nephrology-hypertension\/people\/prabir-roy-chaudhury\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:54:10","slug":"prabir-roy-chaudhury","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/nephrology-hypertension\/people\/prabir-roy-chaudhury\/","title":{"rendered":"Prabir Roy-Chaudhury MD, PhD, FASN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Roy-Chaudhury currently leads a translational research program in uremic vascular biology funded through the National Institutes of Health, the Veterans Administration research program, and through industry grants. 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