Avantika Israni

Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

3 h-index 11 pubs 91 cited

Research Areas

Dialysis and Renal Disease Management SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Health disparities and outcomes Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes

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Avantika Israni's research centers on the intersection of kidney disease, cardiovascular health, and infectious diseases, with a particular focus on COVID-19.

Israni has investigated the outcomes of COVID-19 complications as potential triggers for stroke and has conducted systematic reviews and meta-analyses on kidney disease and COVID-19 severity. Her work also delves into cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes in kidney transplant recipients, including analyses of platelet transcriptomes to understand cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Additionally, Israni has addressed ethical considerations within kidney transplantation and examined indications for coronary revascularization in patients undergoing pre-transplant screening.

With a h-index of 3 and 91 total citations across 11 publications, Israni's recent work includes publications in 2023, 2024, and 2025, indicating continued activity in her research areas.