About Ruth Pepper
Dr Ruth Pepper has been a Consultant Nephrologist at Royal Free Hospital and UCLH since 2015. She has a PhD in glomerulonephritis (UCL) and completed her training in Nephrology as a UCL clinical lecturer. Dr Pepper has an interest in autoimmune kidney disease and has expertise in lupus, vasculitis and nephrotic syndrome and runs the transition/young adult renal clinic at the Royal Free Hospital. She is actively involved in clinical research and is the principal investigator of several trials and has widely published in autoimmune kidney disease.
Clinical Posts:
Consultant Nephrologist at Royal Free Hospital and UCLH
Expertise
- Autoimmune Kidney Disease
- SLE
- Vasculitis
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- and CKD
Overview
- Age of patients seen
- 18+
- Languages spoken
- English
- Research highlights
Notable Publications:
Ruth J Pepper , Richard S Trompeter. The causes and consequences of paediatric kidney disease on adult nephrology care. Pediatr Nephrol 2021 Aug 13.
Pepper RJ, McAdoo SP, Moran SM, Kelly D, Scott J, Hamour S, Burns A, Griffith M, Galliford J, Levy JB, Cairns TD, Gopaluni S, Jones RB, Jayne D, Little MA, Pusey CD2,3, Salama AD1. A novel glucocorticoid-free maintenance regimen for anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019 Feb 1;58(2):260-268
RJ Pepper, JB Draibe, B Caplin,FC Fervenza, GS Hoffman, CGM Kallenberg, CA Langford, PA Monach, P Seo, R Spiera, EW St Clair, NK Tchao, J Stone, U Specks, PA Merkel, AD Salama for RAVE-ITN Research Group. The association of serum calprotectin (S100A8/S100A9) levels with disease relapses in PR3-ANCA-associated vasculitis. Arthritis and Rheumatology 2017. 69(1):185-193
Pepper RJ, Wang HH, Rajakaruna GK, Papakrivopoulou E, Vogl T, Pusey CD, Cook HT, Salama AD.S100A8/A9 (Calprotectin) Is Critical for Development of Glomerulonephritis and Promotes Inflammatory Leukocyte-Renal Cell Interactions. Am J Pathol. 2015 May;185(5):1264-74
- Professional memberships
UK Kidney Association
European Renal Association
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