Alexander Staruschenko
@staruschenko
Professor @USF_HKRC. Deputy Editor @AJPRenal. Past-Chair @KidneyInCVD. Studying renal ion channels and their role in the control of BP and CKD.
Thanks to @USFHealth @USFHealthMed for highlighting our research. It was also fun to be interviewed by Dave Scheiber. By targeting high blood pressure, USF Health research on kidneys could also help your heart usf.edu/health/news/20…
Obesity & hypertension hit women’s kidneys differentlyyet gaps in sex-specific research persist. Submit to our AJP-Renal Phys special issue exploring mechanisms, pregnancy impact, therapies & more. Deadline: Jan 4, 2026 #WomensHealth #CKD #Physiology #CallForPapers #AJPrenal
Need to check what's good for my health🍷🥂🍻. "Alcohol Use and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association" published @CircAHA ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

.@KidneyInCVD friends! Come gather in Baltimore for #Hypertension25! Don't miss out on the opportunity to gain cross-disciplinary connections and learn more about empowering hearts and uniting against #Hypertension this September Register: bit.ly/Hypertension25 #AHAScience
Effect of Renal Denervation on Early and Late Stages of Diabetic Nephropathy by @biyang_xu @Banek_Lab and colleagues published @FASEBorg @FASEBPubs. Here, we highlighted the importance of disease stage when considering RDNx. faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…


Our new review with @OPalygin and others has just been published in @AJPCellPhys. In this article, we explored how serine proteases and protease-activated receptors, especially PAR1, shape glomerular function and contribute to kidney disease. journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.11…



Looking forward to this fantastic webinar from the @KidneyInCVD!! Outstanding speakers! See below for details on registration! @RangaswJ @staruschenko @BhallaResearch @AJPRenalEIC @CouncilonHTN 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
📣📣📣happening tomorrow! Please join us for “The Menopausal Transition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk” featuring @AJPRenalEIC Dr. Heddwen Brooks and @cshufeltMD Dr. Chrisandra Shufelt! register here: heart.zoom.us/meeting/regist… @AHAScience @KidneyInCVD
.@staruschenko @Adrian__Zietara @USFHealthMed show how dietary potassium affects blood pressure differently in male and female SS rats, highlighting the importance of sex-specific responses in salt-sensitive hypertension and kidney function: insight.jci.org/articles/view/… @USF_HKRC
Our recent review with @RiegTimo and @Ruisheng_USF has just been published @AJPRenal "Gliflozins in Hypertension: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Insights" journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…

It was a pleasure to host Dr. Alla Mitrofanova @AVMitrofanova from @MiamiNephrology, who gave an excellent talk about the role of TFAM in diabetic kidney disease.
Congratulations to @steven_didik12 with the best presentation award @TampaVA Research Day.
Excited to take home one of the top posters last week for our groups work on opioids at VA research day 2025!
📢 Now accepting applications for Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurophysiology! 📅Deadline: Aug 15, 2025. Lead the future in #neurophysiology — apply now! 🔗ow.ly/m3yg50VROFH #JNeurophysiol
We can all learn about how @UABHeersink authors are answering some remaining questions thanks to this #ArticleinPress being #OpenAccess! Endothelin-1 signaling in the kidney: recent advances and remaining gaps (Abigail J. Brooks et al.): ow.ly/myZ650VR0cP #peptides
The intelligent podocyte: sensing and responding to a complex microenvironment nature.com/articles/s4158…
Looking back at our exciting pre-meeting at the APS Summit in Baltimore this year. Thank you to all our panelists and presenters for their exciting talks!
#APS2025 ETG pre-meeting started with the first talk given by @lashodya on the topic of terapheutic effects of essential amino acids in SS HTN. @APSPhysiology


Our new study by @Adrian__Zietara @lashodya @MelissaLowe0803 @biyang_xu @_V_Levchenko_ @c_a_klemens @OPalygin just published @JCI_insight Potassium supplementation and depletion during development of salt-sensitive hypertension in male and female SS rats insight.jci.org/articles/view/…

Honored to be recognized with the USF Outstanding Research Achievement Award. I am grateful to my incredible team and collaborators who made this possible. @USouthFlorida @USFResearch @USFHealth @USF_HKRC
Three @USFHealthMed faculty received Outstanding Research Achievement Awards from @USouthFlorida! Congrats to Dr. Ganesh Halade, Dr. Alexander Staruschenko and Dr. Xingmin Sun! bit.ly/4jEVxir
The family of Joseph Erlanger, MD, a renowned physiologist and #NobelLaureate, has gifted his #NobelPrize medal to the American Physiological Society (APS). He was APS president from 1926 to 1927. Read more: ow.ly/sNqM50Vxn7j