ISN is saddened to announce the death of Professor Donal O’Donoghue, who passed away on 3 January 2021 having become unwell with COVID-19 in mid-December. Professor O’Donoghue qualified in physiology and medicine from Manchester and trained in Internal Medicine and Nephrology in the East Midlands, Paris and in Edinburgh. Professor O’Donoghue was the Chair of the...
As the year draws to a close, the ISN reflects on what defined 2020: community. As the needs and realities of ISN members continue to evolve from one year to the next, the ISN remains committed to being a global community relevant to and adapted for the times. Your contribution by being a member enables the...
Nephkids, launched in 2016, is an annual meeting organized by past ISN Fellow, Dr. Sudha Ekambaram, from Mehta Multispeciality Hospital in Chennai, India, as part of activities developed through the Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Program between Mehta Multispeciality Hospital and the Home, Independent Dialysis and Transition Services at Metro North Hospital and Health Services...
The Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), a new ISN initiative launched earlier this year, announced its first cohort in November. The ELP is an initiative bringing together outstanding individuals to work on different aspects of leadership to impact the global kidney health agenda through collaborative projects aligned with ISN’s mission and vision. The ISN received 71 applications,...
Kidney Warriors Foundation, India's largest kidney patient support group, held the virtual conference, “Patient Advocacy in kidney transplantation, renal diet and dialysis, for bringing uniform treatments and renal practices across major cities in India,” on December 20, 2020. Patient-centeredness is a central tenet of health care delivery: only patients can fully understand the challenges of...
The ISN and the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) Program at Arbor Research Collaborative for Health in Michigan, United States, are conducting a survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the care of patients undergoing chronic dialysis for the treatment of kidney failure. People with kidney diseases are particularly vulnerable to...
ISN Regional Training Centers are institutions of excellence in low and middle-income countries within an ISN region that provide nephrology training to local doctors and health professionals from low and middle-income countries through ISN grants. These centers serve as a hub for ISN kidney care initiatives within an ISN region and facilitate locally-relevant research and...
The ISN Executive Committee and Council have approved four “ISN-Named Fellows.” These ISN members – early-career nephrologists – have contributed significantly to various outputs of ISN’s research activities. Find out more about these ISN-Named Fellows here. ISN GKHA Fellow – Isabelle Ethier Dr. Isabelle Ethier from Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (Canada) has been awarded the title...
The American Journal of Nephrology (AJN) has published the ISN-KDIGO manuscript, “Availability and Affordability of Kidney Health Laboratory Tests Around the Globe.” Read the full, open-access article here. Laboratory testing of kidney health measures is essential to diagnose and monitor kidney diseases. The availability and affordability of kidney health laboratory tests across countries remain largely undefined. The...
Professor Valery Pilotovich Professor Valery Pilotovich, Nephrology and Urology Department of Belarusian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, was presented with the 2019 ISN Pioneer Award for the NIS and Russia region at the 6th Congress of the Association of Nephrologists of New Independent States (ANNIS) held in Minsk, Belarus, on December 7, 2020. The ISN Pioneer...
Every month the ISN-ACT Team lists interesting new randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from around the world. Highlight: Corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide may be superior to tacrolimus and rituximab in the treatment of primary membranous nephropathy at the cost of increased adverse events See the latest trials here. A summary of the highlighted trial is now available in French, Mandarin,...
Regional training centers are institutions of excellence in low and middle-income countries within an ISN region which: Provide nephrology training to local doctors and health professionals from low and middle-income countries through ISN grants. Serve as a hub for ISN kidney care initiatives within an ISN region. Facilitate locally-relevant research and advocacy strategies. Have program director and senior...
The Global Coalition for Circulatory Health (GCCH), of which ISN is a member, has been calling on governments to do more to address the growing concern of cardiovascular diseases (including diabetes) since its creation in 2017. The urgent need to address cardiovascular diseases has become even more pressing this year as a result of...
Despite the recent advances in the management CKD in T2D, there are residual risks that need to be tackled by new therapies. This webinar will review the role of MRAs, including data from recent clinical trials, on the treatment of the progression of CKD in T2D. Learning objectives: Describe the current understanding of the mechanisms involved in...
The ISN released a companion ISN Journals eDigest last week to coincide with the December issue of Kidney International dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic. Packed with complementary material, including visual abstracts, video abstract, and podcast, the ISN Journals eDigest content is also available on the ISN website. Look out for more ISN Journal eDigests in the...
As many of us worldwide are looking at holidays spent closer to or at home, treat yourself to a well-deserved gift of ISN membership. As an ISN member, you’ll have access to our outstanding publications, online learning at the ISN Academy, and member discounts for events such as the upcoming Virtual WCN’21. But more importantly,...
Don’t miss out on WCN’21’s outstanding plenary speakers and content. Enjoy award-winning speakers as they share expert insights at Virtual WCN'21. Register here. Professor Sofia Ahmed, University of Calgary, Canada: "Sex and gender in nephrology: proper care or propaganda?" A recipient of the 2020 American Society of Nephrology Distinguished Mentor Award, Professor Sofia Ahmed is a strong proponent...
CORONATION, developed by the ISN in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, is the Coronavirus global observational registry, a data entry portal accessible to nephrologists worldwide to collect anonymous data on individual people with kidney disease and the COVID-19 infection. The initiative was set up in response to the growing need to gather data to...
The World Kidney Day (WKD) 2021 social media toolkit is now available on the WKD website. The toolkit contains information and resources to develop your social media campaign to raise awareness of kidney health and spread WKD’s message: Living well with kidney disease. The toolkit proposes ideas to help you create your own social media campaign, including visuals...
The ISN welcomes the European Commission’s “Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe,” released on November 25, 2020. Aspects of the strategy’s objectives are reflective of ISN’s vision of equitable access to kidney health and include: Re-thinking policies to stimulate innovation in areas of need, and patient-centered, health system-oriented pharmaceutical innovation to address long-term care settings. Investing in research and...
