Scientific Advisory Board

Roger Wiggins, M.D. 
Professor of Internal Medicine
Chief of Nephrology, Division of Nephrology
University of Michigan Medical Center
Division of Nephrology
1500 East Medical Center Drive
3914 Taubman Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Business:          (734) 936-5645
Business Fax:   (734) 936-9621
Email:               rwiggins@med.umich.edu

Dr. Roger Wiggins is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, the Chief of the Nephrology Division and the Director of the George O’Brien Renal Center at the University of Michigan. His lab is credited with identifying and cloning particular podocyte proteins that can be used as markers for understanding podoctyte biology. The lab is currently constructing several transgenic mouse models to explore the importance of podocyte number.

Dr. Wiggins received his M.B. and B. Chir. Degree from the Cambridge University in England. He completed his residency at London Teaching Hospitals, focusing on Nephrology, Neurology, and Cardiology. Dr. Wiggins completed his fellowship in Immunopathology at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla, CA.

His research focuses on preventing the progression of glomerular