Department: Department of Surgery
Division: Urology
Research Focus: Kidney diseases and regeneration using tissue engineering tools

Dr. Laura Perin is Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Surgery at CHLA and Associate Professor at CHLA, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Dr Perin obtained a Master’s in Biological Sciences at the University of Padova, and a Ph.D. in Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering at the Harvard School of Medicine. Dr. Perin’s research focuses on studying the mechanisms that regulate kidney damage, with specific attention to glomerular injuries. Dr Perin uses different regenerative approaches including extracellular vesicles, stem cells, organ-on-a-chip technology, and development biology to understand the molecular mechanisms that modulate renal regeneration. Dr. Perin has received many intramural and extramural awards and has published more than 70 articles in the field of renal regeneration.

Department: Department of Surgery
Division: Urology
Research Focus: Mechanisms that regulate kidney damage and kidney cancer