Join the ISN at the official launch of its newly-created Patient Liaison Advisory Group on Saturday, February 26, 9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. MYT, at the World Congress of Nephrology 2022. The event is free to attend and open to all WCN’22 participants and external stakeholders: Bookmark the event in advance here. The Patient Liaison Advisory...
Take the WCN'22 pre-congress course “Advocacy and Policy Course – New Skills for the Modern Nephrologist,” Thursday, February 24, at 3 p.m. MYT. Find out more about the Advocacy and Policy Course here. Register for the congress here. The course covers the principles and practicalities of designing and conducting effective advocacy campaigns to equip participants with...
Online voting for the 2022 ISN Community Best Film opens today, January 24. Watch the shortlisted films and cast your vote here! The film event jury has selected six finalists from the 22 films received for the 2022 edition. The ISN warmly invites you to watch these personal and powerful accounts that help raise awareness of...
The ISN is pleased to host the Professor Donal O'Donoghue, Global Kidney Policy Forum: Building Healthier Sustainable Communities to Safeguard Kidney Health, at the World Congress of Nephrology 2022. The GKPF will take place online on Wednesday, February 23, from 3 p.m. to 6:55 p.m. Malaysian Standard Time (MYT). The meeting brings together decision-makers and...
“The groups of people most affected by COVID-19 and the groups affected by HIV are slightly different, but the bottom line is that inequalities have exacerbated both pandemics, and I think a lot can be learned from them,” says Adeeba Kamarulzaman, professor of infectious diseases at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,...
In her presentation at WCN’22, Dr. Mariam Priya Alexander, a pathologist at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, USA, will describe advances in pathology helping to diagnose glomerular disease, which accounts for approximately 16% of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Dr. Alexander’s research interests include the application of ‘omics and mass cytometry to expand the understanding of...
Dialysis and transplantation are the main treatments for chronic kidney disease (CKD), but accessing those treatments is not always straightforward for patients in rural areas. CKD patients in rural and remote communities encounter many barriers to accessing care and have a higher risk of mortality than those in urban areas. In her talk at WCN’22, Nicki...
Diet is crucial to general health and well-being, but to what extent can we use food to treat and prevent kidney problems? At WCN‘22, this will be the question addressed by Peter Stenvinkel, professor and senior lecturer in the department of renal medicine at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Professor Stenvinkel and colleagues are conducting...
Dr. Shaifali Sandal is a transplant nephrologist and assistant professor at the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada. Her research focuses on improving living donor kidney transplantation (KT) and re-transplantation rates. In patients with kidney failure, transplantation is usually the best therapeutic option. It offers better survival rates and quality of life than dialysis. Economic...
Your short film highlighting the everyday challenges in the lives of those in your community living with kidney conditions can raise awareness to help improve patient outcomes worldwide. Submit your film here before midnight CET tonight, January 10, 2022. Previous editions have demonstrated the potential to live well with kidney diseases through accounts of dialysis and transplant...
Join the thousands of delegates who have already confirmed their presence at the 2022 World Congress of Nephrology (WCN'22) – register now for an outstanding program of science, education, and networking opportunities. Why register now? You benefit from the regular rate when you register before midnight CET, January 26, 2022. After this date, late registration...
As an NBA Champion and Olympic gold medalist, retired professional basketball player Alonzo Mourning recognizes the potential his high profile has to inspire others. At the height of his basketball career, Mr. Mourning was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a rare and incurable genetic kidney disease with the potential to derail his career and...
The traditional large clinical trial, where participants are individually randomized to receive single agents or placebo, continues to hold a central place in nephrology, but the benefits of other trial designs are emerging. Professor Meg Jardine is director of the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre and kidney health research team at the University of Sydney, Australia....
This year’s chair of the WCN scientific committee, Professor Robyn Langham from the University of Melbourne, Australia, shares her top tips for the program and explains the advantages of offering both online access and a real-world meeting in Kuala Lumpur. “The ISN is a truly global nephrology community, and we’re very conscious of the contribution...
Studying the molecular mechanism behind acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) can help us understand how these conditions develop and look for new ways to diagnose, treat, and even prevent them. Professor Reiko Inagi is a division chief of CKD pathophysiology at the University of Tokyo School of Graduate Medicine in Japan....
Professor Vincenzo Cantaluppi researches acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized patients and is director of the Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Unit at Maggiore della Carità University Hospital, Novara, Italy. Professor Cantaluppi believes there are several unmet needs in AKI, including the need for early diagnosis, prevention of AKI-associated distant organ dysfunction and progression toward chronic kidney...
To allow more people the opportunity to share a story with the ISN community, the deadline to submit a film has been extended to January 10, 2022. Engage with a global audience, increase awareness of kidney diseases, positively impact the lives of kidney disease patients: Submit a film to the ISN Community Film Event here. Discover...
What's in store at WCN'22? WCN'22 offers a state-of-the-art scientific program and many other unmissable features, including: Raising-the-Curtain Sessions Designed to connect communities from different parts of the world in the run-up to the congress, WCN's Raising-the-Curtain Sessions provide a platform for ISN Collective-Member Societies and other regional societies to highlight local issues and globally shared challenges...
Choose one of six film entries to the 2021 ISN Community Film Event that narrowly missed the shortlist. Your vote gives your favorite film the chance to be shortlisted for the Best Film Award 2022. Watch and vote for the 2022 Community Choice Film Selection here. Online voting will close on December 6, 2021.
Be part of a global gathering to exchange the latest in kidney science and clinical applications: Register for the 2022 World Congress of Nephrology (WCN'22) here. Join us for the WCN’22 plenary sessions to hear renowned speakers share valuable insights on diverse health issues in kidney care: Lessons Learnt from Two Pandemics Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Malaysia Green Technologies in...
