{"id":13096,"date":"2016-09-02T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pededu\/fellowships\/nephrology-and-hypertension\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:30:48","slug":"nephrology-and-hypertension","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/education\/fellowships\/nephrology-and-hypertension\/","title":{"rendered":"Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of North Carolina appreciates your interest in our Pediatric Nephrology training program. The Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship provides comprehensive subspecialty clinical and research training in all aspects of pediatric nephrology. Our goal is to train outstanding clinical nephrologists with a firm grounding in a scholarly area: basic, translational, or clinical research; advocacy; education; or quality improvement. 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