Submitting abstracts to WCN'22 offers you the chance to present on and exchange the latest in kidney-related research, boosting its progress and reach. Upload your abstract to share your work at one of the largest nephrology meetings and raise your profile within the kidney community. Submit Your Abstract If accepted, the WCN will present your work as...
The ISN is relaunching its Mentorship Program, an initiative to foster mutually beneficial learning partnerships in nephrology. The program has expanded to include ISN members worldwide and is now open to associate healthcare professionals, as well as physicians. The program, led by Dr. Arpana Iyengar and Dr. Rolando Claure-Del Granado, connects professionals within the ISN...
Build Mutually Beneficial Relationships Across the Globe: Apply to Become an ISN Mentor! The ISN is relaunching its Mentorship Program, now open to all ISN members. This program will foster mutually beneficial, worldwide one-to-one partnerships to advance global kidney care. Through the ISN Mentorship Program: Mentees receive professional guidance from experts Mentors further develop coaching and leadership skills. Initially, we are refreshing our...
The ISN Community Film Event offers a chance to showcase real-world experience to engage with kidney health issues. Watch the 2021 finalists here. We invite ISN members to film an account of people living with or treating patients with kidney diseases: How have your patients coped with a kidney disease diagnosis? How have you cared for someone...
ISN members from all over the world submitted high-quality films to the 2021 edition of the ISN Community Film Event, recounting compelling stories of patients and healthcare professionals affected by kidney diseases. Only a limited number of films could be selected to compete for the 2021 award. Many stories deserving of a wider audience only...
The ISN welcomes two new Affiliated Societies, the Société Québécoise de Néphrologie (SQN) and the Finnish Society of Nephrology. The ISN has worked alongside ISN members in Canada and Finland on several initiatives, notably through the Sister Renal Centers Program (SRC). The Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre has acted as the Supporting...
ISN members from all over the world submitted high-quality films to the 2021 edition of the ISN Community Film Event, recounting compelling stories of patients and healthcare professionals affected by kidney diseases. Only a limited number of films could be selected to compete for the 2021 award. Many stories deserving of a wider audience only...
The XIX SLANH Congress 2021 will take place virtually from June 23-26, 2021, and includes pre-congress courses, Industry Symposia, abstract presentations, live plenary conferences, and live and on-demand thematic talks. The ISN and SLANH (Latin America Society of Nephrology and Hypertension) will jointly present the session, ‘Perspectives of nephrology: the pandemic and beyond’ on June...
Access user-friendly guides, infographics, teaching tools, articles, and webinars to assist early identification and intervention of chronic kidney diseases. Look out for additional open-access tools in 2021, including regional-specific materials, PCP- and AHP- specific materials, and a podcast. Discover the Toolkit
Offering inclusive and equitable access to the international nephrology community, WCN’22 will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from February 24-27, 2022, hosted by the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology and the Malaysian Society of Nephrology. The congress program will be organized virtually with additional in-person activities in Kuala Lumpur where possible. Abstract Submission is open. Submit Your Abstract Accepted abstracts will...
Save the date for the 13th International Podocyte meeting, open to participants from all over the world. There will be 3 sections to the meeting as follows: Pre-meeting focused on early career researchers (Tuesday, July 27) Models to investigate podocyte biology. Podocyt-omics: big data, big discoveries? Round table discussions: What is left there to discover? How to be successful Podocyte Researcher Main...
The Third Annual Global Summit on Kidney Innovation will be hosted virtually from May 13-14, 2021, centering on the theme "Expanding Patient Choices and Outcomes." Speaking during the session International Kidney Innovations Consortium: International Organizations Working in the Space Provide Global Perspectives on May 13, ISN President Agnes Fogo will share her views on how the ISN...
We are requesting Expressions of Interest from early-career nephrologists and scientists for two positions as ISN-KI Editorial Fellow in 2021-2023. ISN-KI Fellowships are non-funded positions, designed for early-career professionals and academics working in the field of nephrology, dialysis, and transplantation, and those interested in learning how to critically assess a manuscript, work as a team...
Has someone you know made a true difference to kidney care or research? Show your appreciation by nominating colleagues for ISN Awards As an ISN member, you can nominate candidates for the following awards: The Jean Hamburger Award recognizes outstanding research in nephrology with a clinical emphasis The Bywaters Award recognizes outstanding contributions made to the understanding of Acute Kidney...
Bridging the Gaps - Our Quarterly Advocacy Newsletter showcasing the ISN in action: from speaking at the WHO Executive Board, The Global Kidney Policy Forum, WKD 2021 to Securing Priority COVID-19 Vaccines for Dialysis Patients and more Welcome, members and allies, to the second edition of Bridging the Gaps, the ISN’s quarterly update on how...
The ISN warmly welcomes Professor Agnes B. Fogo as the 2021-23 ISN President. Professor Fogo completed her medical and pathology training at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. Her main research interests are focused on progression of chronic kidney disease and crosstalk between tubules and glomeruli. She has created an online Atlas of Renal Pathology with the American...
Healthcare professionals can and should play a key role in countering the torrent of misinformation and lies about medicine and science that are circulating on social media and among populations, according to Professor Timothy Caulfield. In his Stewart Cameron Lecture to the opening session of WCN’21 entitled, “Battling pseudoscience in the age of misinformation,” Prof....
Although kidney transplantation is considered the best treatment for end-stage kidney disease, transplant patients still face high rates of mortality and morbidity in the long-term. These rates have remained largely unchanged over the last few decades. “After a transplant, patients are on life-long immunosuppressive drugs that come with a lot of side effects, such as...
According to the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation (GODT), more than 146,000 solid organ transplants are carried out in the world each year, including 95,479 kidney transplants. “Although this is an impressive figure, the World Health Organization estimates that it barely covers 10% of the transplantation needs of patients. And the need for kidney...
“Pre-eclampsia is thought to be the most common glomerular disease worldwide, affecting up to 5% of pregnancies, and up to 11% of women have pregnancies complicated by hypertension,” says Dr. Kate Bramham. “Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy have now become the leading cause of pregnancy-associated acute kidney injury, and its incidence is rising in both...
