Key Researcher
Casey Dorr, PhD is an Investigator of Nephrology at Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI). He is also an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota (U of M) Department of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension. Dr. Dorr is the Co-Director of the Pathways to Research Program (PReP) & Advanced Pathways to Research Program (A-PReP) at the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute at the U of M. Dr. Dorr completed his BS in Cell Biology and Chemistry at U of M Duluth and his PhD. at the U of M Twin Cities in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology, and Genetics. Afterward, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the U of M’s Masonic Cancer Center in Cancer Genetics and a second post-doctoral fellowship at HHRI in Nephrology and Molecular Epidemiology.
Nephrology, Transplantation, & Pharmacogenomics
Dr. Dorr’s mission is to improve health outcomes in underserved populations through biomedical research and student training. His research focuses on cell culture models, CRISPR, RNA sequencing, spatial omics, genomics, and nephrology clinical outcomes. Through this research, he seeks to better understand pharmacogenomics, or the study of how a person’s genes affect how they respond to medications. Rather than a one-size fits-all-approach to medication, this research can help to create individually tailored medication regimens.
Dr. Dorr’s cause is very personal as a descendant of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Dr. Dorr is an active life member of both the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) and a Sequoyah Fellow of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES). Dr. Dorr is also a member of the American Society for Transplantation (AST) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN).
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Grant funding, Fellowships, and Awards:
2022 – 2024: NIAID, Molecular and Cellular Analysis of Allograft Loss in Kidney Transplant Biopsies (R21AI171826)
2022 -2024: NIAID, Pharmacogenomics to Address Outcomes Disparities in Transplantation, Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research (L60AI172044)
2022-2024: U of M Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute K to R01 Scholar, Molecular and Cellular Analysis of Kidney Transplant Biopsies (UL1TR002494)
2018-2023: NIAID, Genetic Variants Associated with Tacrolimus Metabolism in Kindy Transplant Recipients (1K01AI130409)
2020: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, Administrative Supplement: Genetic Variants Effect on the Interactions of St. John’s Wort with Tacrolimus Metabolism
2020-2022: U of M Department of Medicine Diversity Award for Research Equity (DARE)
2020-2021: U of M Department of Medicine Health Equity, Leadership and Mentoring (HELM) Scholar
1998-2010, 2019: Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Academic Scholarship Awards
2018: Poster of Distinction, American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA
2018: American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, James B. Gillette Award for Best Drug Metabolism Manuscript of 2017,
2014-2016: HHRI Post-doctoral Fellowship Award
2016: Poster of Distinction, American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA
2011-2013 United States National Cancer Institute Cancer Biology Training Grant Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2T32CA009138-36)
2011: Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Academic Achievement Award
2011: United States National Institute for General Medical Sciences Intramural Research and Academic Career Development Award (3K12GM074628-03S1)
2008-2010: United States National Cancer Institute Cancer Biology Training Grant Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (3T32CA009138-35S1)
2004: Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Academic Achievement Award
2002-2004: United States National Institutes of Health Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Fellowship (5T34GM065105)
2005-2006: U of M Diversity of Views and Experiences Fellowship
2003: United States National Institutes of Health Minority International Research Training (MIRT) Fellowship (3T37TW000067)
2001-2004: U of M Duluth Christina M.S. Guimares Memorial Scholarship in Biology (3 annual awards)
2001-2004: U of M Duluth Sikander Karim Memorial Award in Biology (3 annual awards)
2002: U of M Duluth Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Fellowship
2001: U of M Multicultural Undergraduate Research Program Fellowship
Key Researcher
Casey Dorr, PhD is an Investigator of Nephrology at Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI). He is also an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota (U of M) Department of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension. Dr. Dorr is the Co-Director of the Pathways to Research Program (PReP) & Advanced Pathways to Research Program (A-PReP) at the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute at the U of M. Dr. Dorr completed his BS in Cell Biology and Chemistry at U of M Duluth and his PhD. at the U of M Twin Cities in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology, and Genetics. Afterward, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the U of M’s Masonic Cancer Center in Cancer Genetics and a second post-doctoral fellowship at HHRI in Nephrology and Molecular Epidemiology.