R. Todd Alexander, MD, PhD Supervisor: Dr. René Bindels Award: CIHR Clinical Scientist Phase I Award Institution: Radboud University Year: 2007-2010 Dr. Alexander obtained his M.D. from the University of Western Ontario and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He will complete his post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. René Bindels at Radboud University in Nijmegen (the Netherlands). His research project focuses on how the kidney regulates whole body calcium levels in both good health and kidney disease. The aim of the project is to understand how a recently discovered hormone, Klotho, increases the activity of transport proteins, enabling them to retain calcium in the blood and thereby preventing the development of kidney stones and osteoporosis. Previous Next