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Latest issue of KI Reports is now online

The November issue of Kidney International (KI) Reports is now published. Head to the website to read more and see the highlights of Volume 1 Issue 4. CLICK HERE to read more. Find out about the KI meet the editors session taking place during Kidney Week in Chicago, CLICK HERE.

Getting to the heart of the matter

People with heart disease are at risk of developing kidney disease. By signing the Mexico Declaration on Circulatory Health, ISN is helping raise the profile of non-communicable diseases. The Mexico Declaration on Circulatory Health was recently signed by leading global organizations at the World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Health 2016. It is seen as...

Help fund young physicians from the emerging world

The World Kidney Fund (WKF), ISN’s direct online fundraising platform, was set up in November 2014. It is now relaunching to focus on collecting more donations for specific ISN Programs.  The level and quality of nephrology training varies from country to country, especially in low-to-middle income regions. This affects the kind of treatment patients receive...

Donate to World Kidney Fund

World Kidney Fund, ISN’s charitable foundation, has now been relaunched. Find out about three young professionals who are currently seeking to support through this initiative. Don't miss the chance to donate to the oral rehydration solution workshop at the World Congress of Nephrology. Through World kidney Fund, you can help ISN train more doctors, develop...

Lancet update: Strategies to increase living donor transplantation

As the European Day for Organ Donation and Transplantation was held earlier this month, Elmi Muller from the University of Cape Town writes about the observed stagnation of living donor kidney transplantation activity in many parts of the world. This update argues in favor of this practice and reviews various strategies to increase living donor...

ISN ANIO apprenticeships: hands-on training for India’s renal pathologists

As a young pathologist working at Madras Medical Mission Hospital in Chennai and  through her ties with ISN ANIO Programs, Priyanka Koshy got the opportunity to gain further training at the University of Vanderbilt. She explains how Prof. Georgi Abraham, head of Madras Medical Mission’s Institute of Kidney, Urology and Organ Transplantation, gave her the...

Open call for an ISN Medical e-Learning Specialist

The ISN Foundation is looking to recruit a part-time Medical e-Learning Specialist for an immediate start. This role will involve managing the ISN Learning Management System(LMS), ensuring regular updates and designing new web-based coursework in collaboration with subject matter experts. The main goal is to drive and support a committee of physicians to develop appropriate...

Leading global kidney organizations partner with Lancet Kidney Campaign

Eight of the leading global kidney organizations have joined the Lancet Kidney Campaign. This online Campaign to raise awareness of acute and chronic kidney diseases brings together the best available evidence to inform strategies to reduce the national, regional and global burden of the disease and its risk factors.   ISN and The Lancet launched this...

Apply for advanced training in nephrology at University of British Columbia

The Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia (UBC) is pleased to offer a position in the Advanced Training in Nephrology Clinical Fellowship Program. This Fellowship is a post-certification program and is open to those who have completed at least two years of nephrology in an accredited training program. A certificate from UBC Division of...

Latest Lancet Kidney Campaign update focuses on ISN Global Kidney Health Summit

The ISN Global Kidney Health Summit: setting a blueprint for tackling global CKD epidemic Last July 2016, the ISN convened a Global Kidney Health Summit in Vancouver, Canada to develop a new, integrated approach to tackling the epidemic of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This Lancet Kidney Campaign update is authored by ISN President Adeera Levin...

Fourth writing academy spells out the importance of exchanging knowledge

With support from Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca, Fluorseals SPA, and the ISN, the Mario Negri Institute ran the Scientific Writing Academy (SWA) welcoming students from all corners of the world to share tips and experience on submitting project proposals. This edition was led by Martin de Borst, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of...

Support World Obesity Day

Today is World Obesity Day and ISN is joining the World Obesity Federation in its call to end childhood obesity. While it is widely recognized that obesity increases the risk for a variety of chronic diseases and conditions – including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, liver disease, and certain cancers - the important role that it...

Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 outlines chronic kidney disease as a cause of death worldwide

The results from a Global Burden of Disease study published today in The Lancet indicate that across the world deaths from chronic kidney disease (CKD) are increasing among both women and men. In Mexico, CKD is now the second cause of ‘years of life lost’ after ischemic heart disease, and the third cause is diabetes. The International...

SRC Minsk-Berlin pair join IV Congress of Association of Nephrologists of New Independent States

Nephrologists from the ISN Sister Renal Center partnership between the Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education in Minsk, Belarus and the Charite Clinic in Berlin, Germany brought their experience and knowledge of modern nephrology to this yearly gathering. Klemens Budde, who leads the support center, spoke about complications of renal transplantation. In the dialysis section, Torsten...

ISN Regional Workshop and CME in Sarajevo

The city of Sarajevo was the location for a recent ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) course, updating local nephrologists on the latest in nephrology care. It was also a chance for participants to take part in the ISN Regional Workshop and discover more about ISN Program activities in Eastern and Central Europe. Prof. Fred Finkelstein...

Ohsumi receives Nobel Prize for Medicine 2016 for discovering the molecular and cell biological pathways of autophagy

Autophagy has been shown to be an essential mechanism by which cells remove defective molecular and cell organelle components, thereby renewing themselves constantly and especially after cell injury. Dysfunction of this pathway has since been shown to be important in the development of many acute and chronic degenerative diseases, including acute kidney injury and chronic...

ISN Education: upcoming webinars and latest webcasts

ISN Education is happy to announce a new series of webinars for the coming weeks. The webcast focusing on living donor guidelines is now available. ISN Education organises short webinars lasting a maximum of 30 minutes. Presented by renowned ISN experts, they take place every month and are followed by a live Q&A session. This is...

Nominations for Bywaters Award open until October 17, 2016

ISN members can now put forward their nominations for the Bywaters Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to help understand acute kidney injury. Deadline for nominations is October 17, 2016. The awardees are selected from candidates nominated by ISN members. The 2017 Bywaters Award and Certificate will be presented at the World Congress of Nephrology in Mexico...