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Prepare Your Abstract Submission and Travel Grant Application for the ISN Frontiers Meeting in Bergamo, Italy, from June 23-25, 2022

The ISN will shortly start accepting abstracts to the ISN Frontiers Meeting, ‘Complement-related kidney diseases: classification, genetics, and treatment’ on these topics. Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters at the meeting and published in Kidney International Reports. A selection of authors will present their abstracts orally.  The deadline is February 16, 2022. Find out more...

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Ten Days Left to Apply to the ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers Program

Apply to the Sister Transplant Centers (STC) Program here. The deadline is October 15, 2021. The Sister Transplant Centers (STC) Program, a joint initiative of the ISN and The Transplantation Society (TTS), fosters global partnerships between health centers to improve treatment and outcomes for kidney transplant patients in low-resource settings. A sister center partnership set up...

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Join Us for the Presentation of the ISN Pioneer Award for North America and the Caribbean

The 4th Jamaican Paediatric Nephrology Conference 2021, hosted by the Jamaica Kidney Kids Foundation with support from the International Pediatric Nephrology Association, will take place virtually on October 24, 2021, in Jamaica. Register for the conference here. The conference will include the presentation of the ISN 2021 Pioneer Award for North America and the Caribbean to...

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Chapter Three of the Narrative Based Clinical Trials (ISN-ACT) Toolkit to Be Unveiled in the Next Edition of Insight

Narrative storytelling is a great way to explain complex topics to make them more accessible. Using a fictional clinical discussion, the third chapter of the Narrative Based Clinical Trials (ISN-ACT) Toolkit will outline what it takes to become a trial site: A group of nephrologists aiming to become a trial site share their experiences...

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Join us Tomorrow for the Second Webinar on MRAs and DKD Management

The webinar, "Amplification of the presentation of the main results of the FIGARO trial," will take place at 3 p.m. on October 5. Gerasimos Filippatos, Greece, Javed Butler, USA, and Adeera Levin, Canada, will examine the results of the FIGARO-DKD study and assess its implications for clinical practice in nephrology and cardiology: Trial design and main...

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Celebrating ISN Collective-Member Societies: The Panamanian Society of Nephrology and Hypertension

Dr. Karen Courville, SPNH president (far left), alongside Dr. Norman Bustamante, SPNH secretary, and staff members at the Dr. Gustavo N. Collado Hospital of the Caja de Seguro Social (CSS) in Chitré, Herrera, on World Kidney Day 2018 The ISN’s series on Collective-Member Societies shifts its focus to the Latin America Region and spotlights the Panamanian...

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Register for the ISN Webinar on Conclusions from the International Home Dialysis Roundtable

Join us on October 28, 2021, at 2.30 p.m. CET to explore findings on home dialysis from the International Home Dialysis Roundtable (Roundtable supported by Baxter). Register for the webinar here. Mallika Mendu, Simon Davies, Daniel Gallego, and Vivekananad Jha will examine: Best practices Successful strategies Overcoming challenges Read the paper "Expanding Utilization of Home Dialysis: An Action Agenda from...

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You Are Invited: Connect with the Global Kidney Community – Register for WCN’22

Registration for the 2022 World Congress of Nephrology (WCN'22) is now open: Register here. Be part of a global gathering to exchange the latest in kidney science and clinical applications. The congress will connect kidney health professionals through a robust virtual program to advance equitable kidney care worldwide. In-person activities in Kuala Lumpur will be announced if...

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Join us for the ISN Pioneer Award Presentation for North and East Asia at the Annual Conference of Blood Purification Meeting

The 2021 Annual Conference of Blood Purification, hosted by the Chinese Society of Nephrology (CSN), will take place from September 24-26, 2021, in Zhengzhou Henan Province, China. Join the webinar using this link (Meeting ID: 977 5067 9428; Password: 123456). Nan Chen from China will receive the ISN 2021 Pioneer Award for North and East Asia on...

September 20, 2021Awards, NewsRead more...

Join the ISN President at the Minas Gerais Congress of Nephrology

ISN President Agnes Fogo will present a talk on acute glomerulonephritis on September 24, 2021, from 2.05-2.35 p.m. Brazilian time (convert to your time zone here) at the 14th Congresso Mineiro de Nefrologia/5th Simpósio Mineiro de Transplante Renal. Hosted by the Sociedade Mineira de Nefrologia, the event will be held virtually from September 23-25, 2021.  Consult...

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ISN in Action: Join Us for the ISN-SIN Joint Session at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Italian Society of Nephrology

The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN) will be held in hybrid format from October 6-9, 2021, in Rimini, Italy.  Listen to Agnes Fogo, ISN president, on the topic "ISN in Action" on October 9. She will focus on activities within the Sister Renal Centers and Mentorship granting programs.  This presentation is...

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Reach a Global Audience: Two Days Left to Submit Your Abstract to WCN’22

Submit your abstract here before midnight, September 22, 2021. Abstracts accepted to the World Congress of Nephrology are published annually in a supplement to Kidney International Reports. Submit an abstract to WCN'22 for the chance to have your work reach a worldwide readership. The WCN’21 supplement was accessed almost 70 000 times within two months of publication...

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Register for the Second ASN-ERA-ISN Joint Webinar on Kidney Ethics

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the European Renal Association (ERA), and the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) are pleased to announce the second webinar in their joint series on kidney ethics: Inequalities in Uptake of Kidney Care: An Ethical Challenge on September 29, 2021, at 3 p.m. CEST. Register for the webinar here. Investment and innovation toward...

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Kidney Health for All: Welcome to the World Kidney Day 2022 Campaign

The World Kidney Day (WKD) 2022 campaign has been launched in anticipation of WKD on Thursday, March 10, 2022. The WKD Joint Steering Committee has declared 2022 the year of “Kidney Health for All,” with the campaign focusing on bridging knowledge gaps to improve kidney health through increased kidney care education and awareness in the...

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Attend the Second Webinar on MRAs and DKD Management

Connect with us on October 5 from 3-4.15 p.m. for the second webinar in the series examining the results of the FIGARO-DKD study and assessing its implications for clinical practice in nephrology and cardiology: Amplification of the presentation of the main results of the FIGARO trial  Join Speakers Gerasimos Filippatos, Greece, Javed Butler, USA, and Adeera...

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October Deadlines to Apply to ISN Sister Centers Granting Programs

The ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Program and the Sister Transplant Centers (STC) Program, a joint initiative from the ISN and The Transplantation Society (TTS), help create global partnerships between health centers to improve treatment and outcomes for kidney disease and kidney transplant patients in low-resource settings. Apply to ISN Sister Centers Granting Program here:...

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Ten Days Left to Apply for an ISN Fellowship

The ISN is currently welcoming applications for ISN Fellowships. Apply here by October 1, 2021. Find out how ISN Fellowships have been helping improve kidney care worldwide for over three decades here. Through ISN Fellowships, doctors from developing countries can train in essential kidney care abroad to help advance kidney health in their home region. ISN...

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Apply to Join the Second Cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program

Viviane Calice-Silva member of the first ELP cohort The ISN Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) welcomes applications from motivated early-career professionals interested in shaping the future direction of kidney health. The ELP is open to all ISN members. Renal pathologists are especially encouraged to apply to the program. Apply to the ISN ELP Program here. The deadline to...

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