Dr. Parekh currently leads a number of prospective studies including longitudinal studies focused on end stage renal disease (FIND and PACE studies based at Johns Hopkins University); a study of childhood nephrotic syndrome (INSIGHT), and a paediatric transplant cohort study (PROTECT) to determine long-term risk. Internationally, Dr. Parekh leads studies in sub-Saharan Africa as a co-PI to understand the interaction of the biomarker-suPAR and APOL1 genetic risk with chronic kidney disease among HIV infected persons and also a co-investigator in H3 Africa Kidney Disease Research Network responsible for clinical phenotyping and leading the APOL1 analyses in those with chronic kidney disease.