{"id":16,"date":"2015-08-25T19:33:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T19:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/parekh\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2022-09-26T13:02:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T17:02:51","slug":"ourteam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/parekh\/ourteam\/","title":{"rendered":"Our team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1103&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; link=&#8221;http:\/\/www.sickkids.ca\/AboutSickKids\/Directory\/People\/P\/Rulan-Parekh.html&#8221;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e75147296eb\" data-id=\"69e75147296eb\" data-height=\"20\" data-height-mobile=\"20\" data-height-tab=\"20\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Dr. Rulan Parekh, MD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Dr. Rulan Parekh is a Clinician Scientist and Vice President, Academics at Women&#8217;s College Hosptal, Professor of Medicine and Paediatrics at the University of Toronto. The focus of Parekh\u2019s research is to study risk factors both clinical and genetic leading to progression of chronic kidney and cardiovascular disease. Parekh has recently been inducted into the American Society of Clinical Investigation and Society for Paediatric Research.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e7514729708\" data-id=\"69e7514729708\" data-height=\"20\" data-height-mobile=\"20\" data-height-tab=\"20\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Current Trainees:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:center|color:%230c0c0c&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Arimo%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;595&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e7514729716\" 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