At the General Assembly in Hong Kong, the outgoing ISN President John Feehally introduced his successor Giuseppe Remuzzi. Remuzzi joined ISN in 1984. "I only became an active member one day in Autumn 1992 when Ike Robinson called and invited me to become member of the ISN Advisory Program Committee for the XIIth International Congress...
Mark your calendar for the ISN Global Outreach (GO) Research and Prevention Program application deadline on October 1st, 2013. If you are interested in applying for this ISN GO Program, make sure to send your application online before this date. CLICK HERE to find out more. Since 2006, The ISN GO Research and Prevention Committee has been...
The 2012 Impact Factors have just been released and the ISN is happy and proud to announce, that Kidney International (KI) has taken a leap forward from an impact factor of 6.606 in 2011 to a new all-time high of 7.916 in 2012. KI thereby strengthened its position amongst the two top nephrology journals publishing original clinical and...
At this year's World Congress of Nephrology, ISN honored the big efforts for new insights into scientific questions in nephrology. Research in nephrology is a task for experienced as well as for young investigators. The ISN is aware that a lot of young colleagues put in a big effort to gain new insights into scientific...
Syrian nephrologist Jude Yagan shares her experience as an ISN Fellow in Boston and her participation in WCN 2013. Applications for this program will be accepted until June 15, 2013. ISN Fellowships have earned the reputation of giving young nephrologists the tools to kick-start their career. They have given them the chance to learn and...
Syrian nephrologist Jude Yagan shares her experience as an ISN Fellow in Boston and her participation in WCN 2013. Applications for this program will be accepted until June 15, 2013. ISN Global Outreach Fellowships have earned the reputation of giving young nephrologists the tools to kick-start their career. They have given them the chance to...
The Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) is set to partner with ISN in each of its Grant Programs: Fellowship, Sister Renal Centre, Research & Prevention, Education Ambassador and Continuous Medical Education (CME) courses and workshops. From 2013, APSN will provide 50% of the funding for up to two Fellowships, two Educational Ambassadors, two Research...
The Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) is set to partner with ISN in each of its Global Outreach programs: Fellowship, Sister Renal Centre, Research & Prevention, Education Ambassador and Continuous Medical Education (CME) courses and workshops. From 2013, APSN will provide 50% of the funding for up to two Fellowships, two Educational Ambassadors, two...
The ISN is happy to announce the winners of the Global Outreach (GO) poster session. Congratulations to all the winners who have made great contributions to nephrology and ultimately helped improve kidney care worldwide. The ISN GO Fellowship prize went to Sidy Mohammed Seck (Senegal) and Boris Bikbov (Russia). The ISN GO Research and Prevention...
ISN is happy to announce the winners of the Global Outreach (GO) poster session. Congratulations to all the winners who have made great contributions to nephrology and ultimately helped improve kidney care worldwide. The ISN GO Fellowship prize went to Sidy Mohammed Seck (Senegal) and Boris Bikbov (Russia). The ISN GO Research and Prevention prize...
The beautiful city of Florence, Italy is the setting for this year’s Forefronts Symposium, taking place from September 12 to 15, 2013. It will bring together leading nephrologists and active investigators for four highly interactive days. This time around, Stem Cells and Regeneration in the Kidney has been chosen as the theme. Stem cells represent...
The beautiful city of Florence, Italy is the setting for this year’s Forefronts Symposium, taking place from September 12 to 15, 2013. It will bring together leading nephrologists and active investigators for four highly interactive days. This time around, Stem Cells and Regeneration in the Kidney has been chosen as the theme. Stem cells represent...
On Friday, ISN President Prof. John Feehally and the Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee, Prof. Philip Li, gave the World Congress 2013 attendees a warm welcome and fired the starting pistol to a world-class scientific program. This reflects ISN’s efforts to advance renal care in both the developed and the developing world and it...
On Friday, ISN President Prof. John Feehally and the Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee, Prof. Philip Li, gave the World Congress 2013 attendees a warm welcome and fired the starting pistol to a worldclass scientific program. This reflects ISN’s efforts to advance renal care in both the developed and the developing world and it...
Last year, the ISN joined forces with the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD), the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) and Sustainable Kidney Care Foundation (SKCF) to develop a cooperative project in Africa and South East Asia. The Saving Young Lives (SYL) Project sets out to establish sustainable programs using acute Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) to...
Last year, ISN joined forces with the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD), the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) and Sustainable Kidney Care Foundation (SKCF) to develop a cooperative project in Africa and South East Asia. The Saving Young Lives (SYL) project sets out to establish sustainable programs using acute Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) to treat...
Following a successful Nexus Symposium in Copenhagen Denmark last year, the ISN is excited to announce the theme of the 2014 symposium in Bergamo, Italy. A New Era of Drug Discovery and Clinical Trials in Kidney Disease will be the focus of this meeting, sparking fruitful discussion and debate. This event will take place...
Following a successful Nexus Symposium in Copenhagen Denmark last year, ISN is excited to announce the theme of the 2014 symposium in Bergamo, Italy. A New Era of Drug Discovery and Clinical Trials in Kidney Disease will be the focus of this meeting, sparking fruitful discussion and debate. This event will take place from...
Looking for some tips on how you can get your paper published in ISN’s official journal, Kidney International? Come by the ISN stand (booth D01) at the World Congress of Nephrology on Sunday June 2nd, 2013 between 11.00 am and 12.00 noon in the Hong Kong Convention Center Exhibition Hall. So far, we can confirm...
Looking for some tips on how you can get your paper published in ISN’s official journal, Kidney International? Come by the ISN stand (booth D01) at the World Congress of Nephrology on Sunday June 2nd, 2013 between 11.00 am and 12.00 noon in the Hong Kong Convention Center Exhibition Hall. So far, we can confirm...
