Help raise awareness on this momentous day in the kidney health calendar. The ISN encourages all to download, print, and distribute from a range of campaign material available on the World Kidney Day (WKD) website. Discover 2022 logos, leaflets and flyers, school presentations, and infographics, such as this one on improving kidney health literacy. There is...
Register here to benefit from the early bird registration fee. Join the ISN, the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, and a global panel of clinical and scientific experts for three days of specialty content at the ISN Frontiers Meeting 'Complement-related kidney diseases: classification, genetics, and treatment.' The meeting is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for...
On Saturday, February 26, your votes for the 2022 ISN Film Community Best Film were tallied, and the winner was announced and recognized at WCN'22. Watch the winning entry here! Please join us in congratulating Jeyakumar Meyyappan, India, for the film "For Some the Wait Never Ends." The winning film presents snapshots from the life of Mr....
Healthcare professionals from the Belarusian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Belarus, and the Universitatsklinikum Charité, Germany involved in the ISN SRC Program The ISN is pleased to announce this year’s recipient of the Schrier Award, which recognizes the most deserving partnership from recently graduated ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Program and ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers...
The IACN-ISN-HKSN Scholarship supports young nephrologists to train in clinical nephrology for three months in China. The grant is a joint initiative from the International Association of Chinese Nephrologists (IACN), the ISN, and the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology (HKSN). Find out more and apply here. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2022. Zhou Yue from Peking University...
The deadline to apply is May 1, 2022 – apply here. ISN Fellows can make a real impact on advancing kidney care in their home region by: Providing better standards of care for their patients Training other doctors and healthcare professionals in the area Pioneering new programs to improve access to treatments and services, such as peritoneal dialysis,...
The ISN invites you to make a financial contribution to the Ravi Mehta AKI Fellowship Fund here. If you are donating with a US check, please send it to the International Society of Nephrology, 340 North Ave, 3rd Floor, Cranford, NJ 07016, USA, with the reference “Ravi Mehta AKI Fellowship.” For any additional information, please contact...
The ISN Ravi Mehta AKI Fellowship fund supports one ISN Fellow per year from a low-resource country to train in acute kidney injury (AKI) or continuous renal replacement therapy. This training enables nephrologists to significantly improve the standards of kidney care in their home countries. Candidates should submit their application to the main ISN Fellowship...
More than 100 people attended the ISN webinar "Challenges and Opportunities for Interventions in CKDu" organized by the ISN i3C (International Consortium CKDu Collaborators) Network on February 17, 2022. Moderated by Shuchi Anand, the webinar focused on the need for interventions to benefit patients and communities affected by chronic kidney disease of Are you interested in...
It was a great pleasure to welcome you all to WCN'22, virtually and in person at Malaysia's first international event of the year. More than 250 speakers delivered scientific content to delegates from around the world. There's plenty to catch up on if you missed any sessions – all virtual and in-person content is currently...
The Global Kidney Care Podcast (GKCP) has recorded a special WKD episode, "World Kidney Day: Health Literacy, a Call for All Nephrologists." Listen to the special WKD edition of the GKCP here. In this episode, Roberto Pecoits-Filho and Smeeta Sinha discuss the history of WKD and the 2022 campaign theme and goals with members of the WKD Steering...
The ISN and The Transplantation Society (TTS) are pleased to announce the results from the latest round of applications to the ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers Program. Six centers will work in pairs over the next few years toward creating new kidney transplant centers and developing existing kidney transplant programs in the emerging health centers: Mittaphab Hospital, Laos,...
By Siah Kim (Australia), Member, Young Nephrologists Committee WCN'22 is just around the corner, and the Young Nephrologists Committee is thrilled to invite all young nephrologists (and the young at heart!) to a program packed with exciting events planned with you in mind. On Friday, February 25 at 18:00 MYT, we kick off the Young Nephrologists...
The World Kidney Day (WKD) Steering Committee submits an annual scientific editorial to a range of medical journals as part of WKD efforts to increase kidney disease awareness. Read this year's editorial, "Kidney health for all: bridging the gap in kidney health education and literacy," in Kidney International here. Find a summary of the article on...
Explore the second revised edition of the ISN-ACT Clinical Trials Toolkit here. The online Clinical Trials Toolkit was first launched in 2020 to provide the kidney community with a central and user-friendly resource for those wishing to participate in randomized research. Watch a short introductory video on the toolkit here. Listen to a podcast on the toolkit here (episode...
The ISN is currently inviting applications for ISN Interventional Nephrology Scholarships. The deadline to apply is April 1, 2022. Start your application here. These short courses offer training in interventional nephrology procedures to ISN members from low- and middle-income countries. Successful applicants will train at ISN Interventional Nephrology Training Centers from July 2022 to February 2023. Applicants...
The February edition of the pre-congress newsletter features a sneak preview of WCN'22 content from prominent guest speakers: Brenda Hemmelgarn on shared decision-making to treat chronic kidney disease Lydia Kamaruzaman on improving kidney function testing Frances Mortimer on sustainable kidney care Kar Hui Ng on the genetic causes of kidney disease in Asia Katalin Susztak on genetic markers for inflammation...
The World Kidney Day (WKD) online challenge #ShowYourKidneys is a fun way to highlight where the kidneys are in the body and what they do. It's easy to take part! Take a picture of yourself - front or back view - using your fists to indicate the location of your kidneys. Add a special kidney-themed frame to your photo: Download here. Share...
Welcome to the start of an invigorating week of science, education, and networking at the World Congress of Nephrology 2022. February 21-27 – The week ahead at a glance: Monday: ISN Raising-the-Curtain sessions Tuesday: ISN Raising-the-Curtain sessions Wednesday: The Professor Donal O’Donoghue, Global Kidney Policy Forum Thursday: Pre-congress courses Friday-Sunday: World Congress of Nephrology 2022 Scientific Program Registration for the...
The ISN advocacy team submitted three statements supporting global kidney health, as a co- and sole-signatory, at the 150th session of the World Health Organization’s Executive Board, held virtually, 24-29 January 2022. Working alongside Global Coalition for Circulatory Health (GCCH) members, the ISN co-signed a statement on WHO’s work in health emergencies, calling on member...
