Kidney disease means your kidneys are damaged and can’t filter blood the way they should. Those with diabetes or high blood pressure are at greater risk of developing kidney disease.
Kidney problems include acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, kidney cysts, kidney stones, and kidney infections.
ISN membership gives you access to information, publications and resources to further your knowledge and keep you up to date with current practices in kidney care, including: ISN Granting programs: emerging leaders, fellowships, continuing medical education, interventional nephrology training, and more Hundreds of webinars, courses, and ISN event content at the newly updated educational platform, the...
The paper "Kidney Function in Factory Workers Exposed to Heat Stress - a 2-year Follow-up Study" by Fabiana Nerbass has been published in the Journal of Occupational of Environmental Medicine. Read the article here. The research highlights the value of collaboration among investigators, organizations and communities. Fabiana Nerbass, from Fundação Pró-Rim in Joinville, Brazil, received the...
Over the last 18 months, a group of ISN members has developed a series of case studies to illustrate how different countries implement early chronic kidney disease (CKD) detection programs. The researchers identified a list of prerequisites for successful early detection of CKD. Read the paper here. Countries included in the research are Taiwan, Uruguay, Canada, the...
Participants at the SRC virtual networking workshops, sessions 1 and 2, chaired by Rukshana Shroff – deputy chair of the SRC Program Committee, and Chih-Wei Yang – chair of the SRC Program Committee Seventy participants from around the world took part in workshops organized by the ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Program Committee in...
Watch the video here. The 63rd Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN) was held in October 2022 in Rimini, Italy. The ISN presented a joint session with SIN, "Treatment of IgA Nephropathy: Shall we select the Drug or the Patient?" presented by Rossana Coppo, chair of the ISN Western European Regional Board.
The ISN has redesigned its educational platform - the ISN Academy: Explore the intuitive design Test our new search engine Track your progress and collect your certificates Renew your membership here to access the Academy Watch a short video to familiarize yourself with the new layout. Access all webinar recordings here Discover courses and curriculum here Explore ISN meeting content here Discover the...
KI Reports Community is an online blog space featuring a range of content, including expert commentaries, article summaries, and infographics for the KI Reports kidney care community. The initiative is led by Sophia Ambruso and presents material authored by an international collective of physicians. The current content, "Treatment of C3GN: What's Next for Complement's Alternative...
Dr. Mohamed Atta appears on national television in Mongolia during his recent visit to the country as ISN Educational Ambassador The ISN recently supported Dr. Mohamed G. Atta, Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, USA, to spend ten days presenting lectures and hands-on training in the State Second Central...
Members of the WHO Director-General’s Youth Council ISN Young Nephrologists Committee (YNC) member, Marina Wainstein, has been selected to serve on the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General’s Youth Council for a term of two years. At the Youth Council, Marina Wainstein will engage with young people from health and non-health backgrounds worldwide to advise the Director-General...
Two infographics on complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) have been added to the "Complement-Mediated Kidney Diseases Toolkit." The visuals are on the presentation, histology, treatment and natural course of C3G, and key takeaways for clinicians in the management of C3G. Access the infographics here. The ISN launched the toolkit earlier this year to raise awareness of these diseases...
The ISN is excited to announce that five of its social media activities have been nominated for the #NephJCKidneys Awards by NephJC in the "Nathan Hellman Social Media Project of the Year" category. The nominations are for: The #ISNQuiz – access here ISN Video Abstract Series – all editions available at the ISN Academy, Twitter, and Instagram ISN Education...
The ISN Community Film Event provides a powerful platform to showcase compelling stories about those affected by kidney diseases. Your short film will help raise awareness of preventative health measures and the need for equitable access to kidney care services, helping to improve patient outcomes worldwide. Selected films reach a global audience at the World Congress of Nephrology. Find out...
ISN Mentee Emmy Bell with ISN President and Mentor, Agnes Fogo The ISN Mentorship Program supports mutual learning partnerships within the ISN global community. Mentees work toward specific professional goals, while mentors develop coaching and leadership skills. Since December 2021, ISN mentee Dr. Emmy Bell, a nephrology specialist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB),...
ISN-ELP 1 cohort member Dr. Robert Kalyesubula (center) holds an informal discussion with healthcare staff at PGIMER By Dr. Vivek Kumar, ISN-ELP 1 cohort member The ISN's Emerging Leaders Program selected fourteen professionals from around the world to form its inaugural cohort in 2020. Although no physical meetings took place due to COVID-19-related restrictions, the cohort members...
Five sessions on qualitative research methodologies, study design, data collection and analysis, and assessing and reporting qualitative studies are available exclusively to ISN members at the ISN Academy. Take the 'Introduction to Qualitative Health Research' course here, and register for the live session here. Once you've completed all five sessions of the course and claimed your certificate of...
Please join us in congratulating Ankita Patil and Jeyakumar Meyyappen for winning the ISN Frontiers-New Delhi Young Nephrologists Awards. Watch interviews with the winners here. Ankita Patil (India) presented "What is the Impact of CYP3A5 Gene Polymorphisms on Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients?" (Click to enlarge) Jeyakumar Meyyappen (India) presented "The Adverse Effects of High Dose Corticosteroids on...
The ISN was pleased to participate in the hybrid roundtable, ‘Quality of Life in Dialysis Care,’ hosted in Madrid by our partner, the European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA), on , 2022. The event was organized as a follow-up to the European Kidney Patients’ Federation's White Paper on Living Better with CKD (2021) to discuss and...
From left to right: Dr. Huong Thi Bich Tran, Dr. Vivek Kute, Dr. Thu Thi Ngoc Du, and Dr. Sam Minh Thai The 19th Ho Chi Minh City Urology and Nephrology Association (HUNA) and the 16th Vietnam Urology and Nephrology Association (VUNA) Congress 2022 took place in Qui Nhơn City, Bình Định, Vietnam, from 18-20...
The 63rd Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN) will take place October 5-8, 2022, in Rimini, Italy. Rosanna Coppo, chair of the ISN Western Europe Regional Board, will deliver the talk ‘Treatment of IgA nephropathy: shall we select the drug or the patient?’ from 9-10 a.m. on October 8, Central European Summer...
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