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OSEA Pioneer Award: Supat Vanichakarn

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...

UK/Malawi sister partnership awarded 2019 Schrier prize

Congratulations to Malawi's Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital and the UK's Barts Health NHS Trust hospital on winning the 2019 Schrier Award! Over the last six years, the teams have developed dialysis services and training schemes so doctors can improve care for all kidney disease patients visiting the renal center in Blantyre, Malawi. The collaboration began when...