Trainees Making Change: Ending the eGFR Race Correction

Isobel and Lauren talk to Naomi Nkinsi, a third year MD/MPH student at the University of Washington School of Medicine, about how the eGFR race-correction (used to calculate patient kidney function) perpetuates racism and harm on a daily basis, and how she spearheaded a successful movement to end its use at her institution. They discuss systemic racism in medicine, the complexities of being a Black medical student advocate and how trainees do have the power to affect positive change.

Hosts: Isobel Rosenthal and Lauren Tronick

Guest: Naomi Nkinsi

Production: Lauren Tronick

Engineering: Tommy Bazarian

Theme Music by R.O. Shapiro and Micah Motenko