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Dr. Ehrenberger's primary research interest is in the history of medicine, nutrition, and the body in modern Western contexts such as Germany and the United States. She has leadership positions at the Journal of General Internal Medicine, in the Body Studies Network of the German Studies Association, and at H-Nutrition (H-Net). She is also involved in the American Association of the History of Medicine.
As for medical research, she is currently conducting an interdisciplinary case series and retrospective chart review into the frequency of pill fragments, severity of mucosal damage, and clinical course of patients taking sevelamer, a common ESRD medication with significant potential morbidity and mortality in the setting of constipation and/or ileus.
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