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Manisha Jhamb

  • U2C Professional Development Core Director
  • Renal-Electrolyte Associate Chief
  • Co-Director of Clinical Research
  • Associate Professor of Medicine (with Tenure)
  • Director, Center for Population Health Management

    Education & Training

  • MBBS, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, India, 2004
  • MPH, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 2006
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, 2009
  • Nephrology Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 2011
Representative Publications
  1. Jhamb, M., Liang, K., Yabes, J., Steel, J.L., Dew, M.A., Shah, N., Unruh, M. Prevalence and correlates of fatigue in chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease: are sleep disorders a key to understanding fatigue?. American Journal of nephrology. 2013; 38(6): 489-95.
  2. Abdel-Kader, K., Dohar, S., Shah, N., Jhamb, M., Reis, S.E., Strollo, P., Buysse, D., Unruh, M.L. Resistant hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea in the setting of kidney disease. Journal of hypertension. 2012; 30(5): 960-6.
  3. Jhamb, M., Unruh, M.L. Volume overload as a mechanism for obstructive sleep apnea in CKD?. Nephrology,dialysis,transplantation:publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association. 2012; 27(4): 1291-3.
  4. Jhamb, M., Unruh, M. Sleep and the kidney: is sleep duration associated with proteinuria?. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. 2012; 59(3): 325-6.
  5. Jhamb, M., Pike, F., Ramer, S., Argyropoulos, C., Steel, J., Dew, M.A., Weisbord, S.D., Weissfeld, L., Unruh, M.L. Impact of fatigue on outcomes in the hemodialysis (HEMO) study. American journal of nephrology. 2011; 33(6): 515-23.
  6. Jhamb, M., Tamura, M.K., Gassman, J., Garg, A.X., Lindsay, R.M., Suri, R.S., Ting, G., Finkelstein, F.O., Beach, S., Kimmel, P.L., Unruh, M. Design and rationale of health-related quality of life and patient-reported outcomes assessment in the Frequent Hemodialysis Network trials. Blood Purification. 2011; 31(1-3): 151-8.
  7. Jhamb, M., Argyropoulos, C., Steel, J.L., Plantinga, L., Wu, A.W., Fink, N.E., Powe, N.R., Meyer, K.B., Unruh, M.L. Correlates and outcomes of fatigue among incident dialysis patients. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2009; 4(11): 1779-96.
  8. Jhamb, M., Weisbord, S.D., Steel, J.L., Unruh, M. Fatigue in patients receiving maintenance dialysis: a review of definitions, measures, and contributing factors. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. 2008; 52(2): 353-65.
  9. Jhamb, M., Lin, J., Ballow, R., Kamat, A.M., Grossman, H.B., Wu, X. Urinary tract diseases and bladder cancer risk: a case-control study. Cancer Causes & control. 2007; 18(8): 839-45.
  10. Lin, J., Dinny, C.P., Grossman, H.B., Jhamb, M., Zhu, Y., Spitz, M.R., Wu, X. E-cadherin promoter polymorphism (C-160A) and risk of recurrence in patients with superficial bladder cancer. Clinical Genetics. 2006; 70(3): 240-5.
Research Interests
Dr. Jhamb is an Associate Professor of Medicine with Tenure in the Renal-Electrolyte Division at the University of Pittsburgh. She is an academic nephrologist, with over 10 years’ experience conducting clinical research in patients with Kidney Disease. Dr. Jhamb’s research is aimed at understanding and improving patient-centered outcomes in patients with advanced kidney disease. Her work has characterized the symptom burden (such as sleep disorders, fatigue, depression and pain) and its impact on the quality and quantity of life in patients in these patients; and is developing and testing multi-disciplinary interventions to improve patient-centered outcomes.

Dr. Jhamb’s second research focus has been on using electronic health record to improve delivery and safety of chronic kidney disease care, especially to these vulnerable populations who are at highest risk of developing end-stage kidney disease and do not have access to timely nephrology care. These activities have been funded by the NIH and the American Heart Association.