What are the research interests of Dr. Hou?
Dr. Hou is a clinician scientist with an interest in kidney disease, specifically the intervention of CKD and mechanisms underlying CKD progression. She has served as a steering committee member of international clinical trials, including ALBUM, SONAR, DAPA-CKD, and principal investigator of several national trials such as ESBARI, ROAD, and CSPPT- CKD. Dr. Hou has published hundreds of papers in peer-reviewed journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, Nature Medicine, the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, and Kidney International.