CURE is an international, multidisciplinary consortium studying the cause of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu). The study includes over VVV investigators from Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, India, United States, and Canada. CURE is funded by NIDDK and NIEHS.
From left to right: Vicente Polo Sanchez (Guatemala City), David Friedman (Boston), Vivek Jha (India), Adeera Levin (Vancouver), Susan Mendley (Bethesda), Nora Franceschini (Chapel Hill), Sus Waikar (Boston), Sumit Mohan (NYC), Ramon Trabinino (San Salvador). Missing: Vivek Bhalla (Palo Alto).