To illustrate the ISN-ACT Clinical Trials Toolkit’s usability and facilitate understanding of important clinical trial methodologies, ISN-ACT Clinical Trials Toolkit subgroup members are developing a series of stories based on various toolkit topics. The first of these narratives, by Augusto Cesar Soares dos Santos and Brendan Smyth, outlines trial randomization methods through a fictional clinical...
The Partnership for Health System Sustainability Resilience (PHSSR), founded by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the London School of Economics, and AstraZeneca, is holding a summit from March 15-19, 2021. Register for the summit here. The summit on health system resilience and sustainability features a talk from ISN President Prof Vivek Jha on key recommendations for...
The Spanish Society of Nephrology (SENEFRO) joined the ISN as a Collective-Member Society over a decade ago. Spain is currently active in two ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers in collaboration with the University of Barcelona and has hosted 17 ISN Fellows from seven different countries over the last ten years. In 2020, the ISN and SENEFRO held...
The deadline to apply for an ISN Interventional Nephrology (IN) Scholarship is April 1, 2021. Read the application guidelines here. The current process is for scholars to undertake training at an ISN-recognized Interventional Nephrology Training Center from July 2021 to February 2022. These centers were selected on their capacity to provide training in: Non-tunneled CVC placement Tunneled...
The ISN-KI Early-career Researcher Award recognizes outstanding research in basic and clinical science published in Kidney International (KI) in 2019 and 2020. The winners are: Basic science Sho Hasegawa (Japan) Comprehensive three-dimensional analysis (CUBIC-kidney) visualizes abnormal renal sympathetic nerves after ischemia/reperfusion injury Qi Cao (Australia) Regulatory innate lymphoid cells suppress innate immunity and reduce renal ischemia/reperfusion injury Clinical science Madhav C. Menon (USA) Genome-wide...
Following British colleagues’ recent success in convincing the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to urgently amend its prioritization schedule and aim to vaccinate all adult dialyis patients by mid-February 2021, and our Italian colleagues’ success in convincing their national authorities to prioritize Chronic Kidney Disease patients in the Italian Vaccination Plan,...
After a well-received and successful first online learning session, the South Asia Regional Board will host the second in the series, “NEPHRO-CONNECT,” a case-based discussion. See brochure for information on the program and registration The second in the series, “NEPHRO-CONNECT,” a case-based discussion Click here to register Download Brochure
The ISN has written to the WHO requesting its support in convincing policymakers worldwide to immediately prioritize the vaccination of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis. Priority COVID-19 Vaccination for Dialysis Patients FINAL
Prof. Schrier served in ISN leadership for more than twenty years. He was elected to the ISN Council in 1978. From 1981 - 1991, he served as Treasurer. He then led ISN as President-Elect in 1991, up until he was announced as ISN President from 1995 to 1997. Prof. Schrier remained an active supporter...
Honorable chair, distinguished delegates, The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) urges the WHO and member states to accelerate action to tackle the social determinants of health. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the highest risk comorbidity for severity of illness and death from COVID-191, and disproportionately affects the poor and disenfranchised. The social gradient impacts outcomes...
Honorable chair, distinguished delegates, This statement is delivered on behalf of the International Diabetes Federation, the International Society of Nephrology, the World Heart Federation, the World Stroke Organization and the NCD Alliance. Circulatory diseases are the world’s number one cause of disability and mortality. Every year, diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease and stroke are responsible for...
Honorable chair, distinguished delegates, The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) welcomes the Director General’s report and supports its recommendations on how to achieve better oral health as part of the universal health coverage and noncommunicable disease agendas. Globally, more than 3.5 billion people suffer from oral diseases which disproportionally affect marginalized populations and those from a...
PG-CONNECT. 1st program for PG Students 17/01/2001 Click here to register Download Brochure
Initiatives to mark the ISN’s 60th anniversary took place throughout the year. In January, two new series focusing on influential research papers were launched. The Insight newsletter presented Kidney International’s “Milestones in Nephrology” series, a monthly highlighting of five influential papers on critical topics in nephrology over the last few decades. The Breakthrough articles, developed...
The ISN appreciates all its sponsors and partners for supporting the ISN mission of advancing kidney health worldwide through education, grants, research, and advocacy. We are grateful for the enduring support of many of our sponsors and partners over many years, welcome new sponsors during 2020, and look forward to continuing our work together...
As COVID-19 continued to impact the way we share knowledge, the ISN Academy went into high gear to connect ISN members around the world, providing a timely platform to share education, science, and resources. The Academy immediately and consistently provided ISN members and the public with information, guidelines, and resources on COVID-19. Academy users rose...
In July 2020, all three of the ISN journal websites (https://www.kidney-international.org/, https://www.kireports.org/, and https://www.kisupplements.org/), were converted from traditional article pages to a new responsive design format to better respond to the needs of readers and the devices they’re using. Kidney International Current Impact Factor 8.945 Submissions: 2745 Countries submitted: 72 Original research articles Reviewed: 506 Original research articles Accepted: 90 KI...
Despite COVID-19 restrictions, ISN granting programs continued to thrive by adapting to different ways of collaborating, and launching new initiatives. Fellowships In January, ISN announced its first Detlef Schlöndorff Fellow, set up in honor of the late, influential nephrologist and former Editor of Kidney International. Dr. Etienne Ntabanganyimana, from the Gihundwe Hospital in Rwanda, was selected...
ISN Participates In June, ISN was present to interact with the public at the ERA-EDTA Congress. In July, the ISN was represented at APCN2020. Germaine Wong delivered, ‘Clinical Care of COVID-19 Infection: Perspective of a Frontline Nephrologist’, ISN President-Elect Agnes Fogo presented the Chan Woon-Cheung Award Lecture, and ISN President Vivek Jha gave his talk, ‘Preventive...
In March, as the world began to feel the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the ISN launched its COVID-19 resource page with the support of a team of ISN COVID-19 Collaborators. This dedicated area of the ISN website hosts information on the impact of COVID-19 on the kidneys. It provides recommendations for preventing and...
