Tag - WCN'23

“These Stories Need to Be Shared,” Dr. Roberto Pecoits-Filho on the Value of the ISN Film Event to Highlight the Patient Perspective

ISN staff caught up with Dr. Roberto Pecoits-Filho, winner of the 2021 ISN Community Best Film award for their entry "Life Beyond the Transplant." Watch the video interview here. Dr. Pecoits-Filho said his team was keen to highlight the patient experience in their film. Bruno relates his personal experiences of going through a kidney transplant alongside...

“It’s a Patients’ Platform,” Dr. Jeyakumar Meyyappan on Why Winning the 2022 ISN Community Film Event Beats His Other Awards

ISN staff caught up with Dr. Jeyakumar Meyyappan (India), winner of the 2022 ISN Community Film. Watch the video interview here. According to Dr. Meyyappan, there is a severe shortage of deceased donors for organ transplantation in India, partly due to cultural and religious beliefs. He wanted to raise awareness of the need for organ donation...

Pandemic Preparedness and Systems Genetics: Preview Hot Topics in Kidney Health From Distinguished Speakers at WCN’23

Hear from renowned plenary speakers at our global kidney care gathering, the ISN World Congress of Nephrology 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand, from March 30-April 2. Dr. Barney Graham on "Rapid COVID-19 Vaccine Development and the Future of Pandemic Preparedness." Dr. Olga Troyanskaya on "Systems Genetics, Precision Medicine and the Kidney." Dr. Barney Graham is the former Deputy...

Reach a Global Audience: Submit Your Abstract to WCN’23 Before November 9

Submit your abstract here before midnight, November 9, 2022. All accepted abstracts will be presented as posters at the congress – one of the world's largest kidney care events – and published in the WCN’23 supplement to Kidney International Reports. The WCN’22 abstract supplement was accessed over 120,000 times within the first six months of publication...