Satyesh K. Sinha is an assistant professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles. He’s committed to conducting in-depth, scientifically sound, meaningful research on the role of macrophage-mediated inflammation in macro and microvascular complications, more specifically in atherosclerosis and diabetic kidney disease. One of his current areas of research is to study the molecular mechanisms responsible for macrophage polarization in DKD. His interest also includes studying the role of phagocytosis in DKD and the involvement of Glycoprotein non-metastatic melanoma B (GPNMB) in this process. GPNMB, a growth factor plays a regulatory role in the phagocytic activity of macrophages.