The 4th Jamaican Paediatric Nephrology Conference 2021, hosted by the Jamaica Kidney Kids Foundation with support from the International Pediatric Nephrology Association, will take place virtually on October 24, 2021, in Jamaica. Register for the conference here. The conference will include the presentation of the ISN 2021 Pioneer Award for North America and the Caribbean to...
The 2021 Annual Conference of Blood Purification, hosted by the Chinese Society of Nephrology (CSN), will take place from September 24-26, 2021, in Zhengzhou Henan Province, China. Join the webinar using this link (Meeting ID: 977 5067 9428; Password: 123456). Nan Chen from China will receive the ISN 2021 Pioneer Award for North and East Asia on...
The VI Congress of Nephrologists of Ukraine will take place in Kiev, Ukraine, on September 23-24, 2021. Jointly organized by the Institute of Nephrology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Association of Nephrologists and Kidney Transplant Specialists, and the National Kidney Fund of Ukraine, one of the plenary sessions will...
The Asia Pacific Congress of Nephrology (APCN 2021) took place virtually from August 19-23, 2021, under the theme ‘Improving Kidney Health for All.’ The event provided a fitting platform to present Norella Kong, from Malaysia, with the ISN 2021 Pioneer Award for the OSEA region. ISN President Agnes Fogo delivered the talk ‘New classification for Lupus...
Only a few days remain to nominate a deserving colleague for their valued work in kidney care. ISN members can nominate candidates for the following ISN Awards: The Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for excellence and leadership in clinical or basic research in Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). The Bywaters Award for exceptional contributions made to the understanding...
ISN President Agnes Fogo and former Regional Board Chair Walter Douthat presented Pablo Ulises Massari with the 2021 ISN Pioneer Award for the Latin America region during the XIX SLANH Congress 2021 on June 24. Dr. Douthat was able to present Dr. Massari with the award in person in a studio in Cordoba, Argentina, in...
It is time to honor colleagues and peers who deserve recognition for their work in kidney care or research. We invite you to acknowledge their excellence by nominating them for an ISN Award. ISN members can nominate candidates for: The Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for excellence and leadership in Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) clinical or...
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...
The ISN Fellowship (Abstract) Award winners for 2021 were recognized in the Awards Gallery at WCN’21 for their achievements in nephrology. Congratulations to Abduzhappar Gaipov, Farah Gul Khan, and Privilage Makanda-Charambira for their outstanding achievements. The ISN Fellowship Committee selected these winners based on the abstract accepted at WCN’21 and the Fellows’ role in the...
The ISN warmly congratulates its president, Professor Vivekanand Jha, for receiving the American Nephrologists of Indian Origin (ANIO) 2019 Award for Academic Excellence for his outstanding achievements in nephrology. Professor Jha is the Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health in India, and a James Martin Fellow at The George Institute for Global...
Fergus Caskey represented the Executive Committee at the 15th BANTAO Congress in Skopje, North Macedonia, that took place in September. Dr. Caskey presented Halima Resic with the ISN 2019 Pioneer Award in recognition of her research into the effects of frailty and depression on the nutritional status of hemodialysis patients. In addition to her roles...
The 2019 ISN Pioneer Award winner for the Oceania and South East Asia region (OSEA) is Professor Emeritus Supat Vanichakarn from Thailand. Professor Vanichakarn was presented with his award on April 24, 2019 at the Nephrology Society of Thailand CKD Forum, ‘Closing the Gap in the Management of Chronic Kidney Disease.’ Vanichakarn has performed exceptional work...
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Clinical Research and Fellowship Program awards! Both of these awards were sponsored by the Japanese Society of Nephrology (JSN). Many thanks to JSN for its support and helping us reward these ISN members for their achievements in the field of nephrology. The ISN Clinical Research Program supports research and education...
The ISN World Congress of Nephrology was also the time to honor the achievements of our community, working together to advance kidney health worldwide. Chosen by ISN members, this year’s ISN award winners were proudly honored in various categories for their commitment to nephrology. Congratulations to all the winners and many thanks to all ISN...
ISN is happy to announce the winners of the free passes for the upcoming Vicenza Course on acute kidney injury (AKI) and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). Congratulations to the following lucky winners selected by the ISN Young Nephrologists Committee: Dr Krissia Wallbach (Sao Paulo, Brazil) Dr Liew Zhong Hong (Singapore) Dr Emily See (Melbourne, Australia) The course will...
The Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is open for nominations until September 14, 2018. Nominate a medical, scientific professional or researcher showing excellence and leadership in PKD clinical or basic research and whose work has helped improve the knowledge and treatment of PKD. The award will...
An astounding 3.9 million USD has now been raised by a research team at the George Institute for Global Health in Sydney Australia to support the development of a cost-efficient peritoneal dialysis system, giving hope to kidney disease patients desperately in need of treatment in the developing world. According to data published in 2015 by...
Past ISN President and previous ISN Programs Chairman William G Couser is set to receive this year's John P Peters Award from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN). A great testimony to his long-standing contribution to nephrology. William Couser is currently Affiliate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington...
Every two years, the ISN presents awards that acknowledge exceptional contributions to the field of nephrology and we need your help to determine the candidates. We are now accepting nominations to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to and reward the doctors on a regional level who have carried out extraordinary efforts to advance...
Congratulations to Amin Arnaout, who has recently been selected to receive the 2018 Homer Smith Award of the American Society of Nephrology. Amin was an ISN Councillor from 2001 to 2009. Amin is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Physician and Chief Emeritus, Division of Nephrology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Principal Investigator, Harvard...
