Vishal S. Vaidya, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health. He is also an Associate Faculty at the Harvard University’s Center for Environment. Vishal directs the laboratory of kidney toxicology and regeneration in the renal division of Brigham and Women's Hospital with a research emphasis on discovery and evaluation of biomarkers and biosensors for early detection of kidney injury and investigating the molecular mechanisms of kidney tissue repair.