title: Bucking conventional wisdom and focusing on disparities to address kidney disease.
abstract: Physician and clinical researcher Carmen A. Peralta devised a breakthrough testing strategy for detecting those at risk of developing end-stage renal disease-a condition that afflicts disproportionate numbers of blacks and Hispanics.
authors.forename: Carmen A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Peralta
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010819:Physician's Role; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data