In April 2024, Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) participants (cohort 3) officially started their term at WCN'24 in Buenos Aires. Learn more about ELP cohort 3 members Over the next two years, they will engage in collaborative leadership and problem-solving training to learn to meaningfully impact global kidney health initiatives. Each ELP member has been appointed as an...
The paper "Climate Change, Kidney Health, and Environmentally Sustainable Kidney Care" by ISN Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) cohort 2 members has been published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). Read the paper here The cohort conducted a cross-sectional survey to: Understand knowledge, attitudes, and practices among healthcare professionals concerning the link between climate...
The ISN is delighted to introduce its 2024 Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) participants. The ELP Steering Committee reviewed many deserving applications and selected thirteen ISN members from seven ISN regions for the third ELP cohort. Find out more about the new cohort here. Please join us in congratulating: Ana Catalina Alvarez Elias, Mexico/USA Becky Mingyao Ma, Hong Kong Carmen Elena E....
Viviane Calice-Silva (Brazil) applied for the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) because she wanted to learn skills required to become a leader in kidney care. In this short video, find out how the ELP has benefited Dr. Calice-Silva. She comments, "The ELP has made me a better person, a better nephrologist, and it has impacted…my work in...
Robert Kalyesubula (Uganda) applied for the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) because he wanted to learn how to be a better leader and advocate for kidney health from leaders he admired. Find out all the ways the ELP has benefited Dr. Kalyesubula in this short video. Dr. Kalyesubula was accepted to the first cohort of the...
Kidney International® has partnered with members of the ISN Emerging Leaders 2022 Program* (ISN-ELP 2022) to launch a series of mini reviews on green nephrology. Read the editorial here. "Green Nephrology: A Series of Mini Reviews on Minimizing the Environmental Impact of Kidney Health Care" aims to: Increase awareness of the environmental impact of health care within the...
Members of the ELP cohorts attend a webinar to hear Dr. Slim Slama’s presentation On April 17, the ISN Emerging Leaders cohorts from 2021 and 2022 had the honor of hearing Dr. Slim Slama, Unit Head for Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Management at the World Health Organization (WHO), present on the leadership skills required for NCD...
ELP cohort 1 and 2 members, speakers, and ELP Steering Committee members at the “Leadership Immersion Experience for ELP Cohorts” event at WCN’23 in Bangkok in April During WCN’23 in Bangkok earlier this month, ISN Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) members participated in several engaging scientific sessions and activities, including some “Spotlight” sessions led and moderated...
Emerging Leaders Program member, Robert Kalyesubula Robert Kalyesubula (Uganda) joined the inaugural ISN Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) cohort in 2021. He recently featured in an article in The Guardian as the pioneer behind a successful local healthcare program in Uganda, the Balamu project, launched to tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the region. Read the newspaper article...
The first ISN Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) cohort developed a web-based multinational survey of healthcare workers to assess access and explore barriers to essential medicines in low and low to middle-income countries for people with CKD. Read the article on the results of the survey here. The survey confirms data from the 2019 ISN Global Kidney...
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...
Last month, the 12 members of the second ISN Emerging Leaders cohort began activities on collaborative leadership and problem-solving in global kidney health as part of their two-year participation in the ISN Emerging Leaders Program (ELP). Find out more about the ISN ELP here. Once such activity was a virtual workshop, “Insights Discovery - A...
The ISN is delighted to welcome a cohort of twelve to its 2022 Emerging Leaders Program (ELP). The ELP Steering Committee received many deserving applications. The second ELP cohort represents six ISN regions, and includes a member with background in renal pathology. Please join us in congratulating the second ELP cohort: - Peace Bagasha, Uganda - Divya Bajpai, India, -...
The ISN is delighted to welcome its second cohort of candidates for the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP). After reviewing many worthy applications from all 10 ISN regions, the ELP Steering Committee selected 12 successful candidates from 11 countries based on criteria to form a strong, collaborative cohort. Over the course of two years, the cohort will...
Iqbal Abdul Hafidz Are you an early-career professional interested in developing leadership skills to shape and advance the future direction of global kidney health? Apply to the ISN Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) here. Iqbal Abdul Hafidz, from Malaysia, was one of ten successful candidates in the first ELP cohort. He comments, "This has been a truly amazing experience -...
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...
From September 15, 2021, the ISN Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) welcomes applications from motivated early-career professionals interested in shaping the future direction of kidney health. The ISN particularly encourages renal pathologists to apply to the program. Discover the ELP here. Successful candidates will form the second cohort of ten emerging leaders who will work closely with...
The Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), a new ISN initiative launched earlier this year, announced its first cohort in November. The ELP is an initiative bringing together outstanding individuals to work on different aspects of leadership to impact the global kidney health agenda through collaborative projects aligned with ISN’s mission and vision. The ISN received 71 applications,...
The ISN received many worthy applications for its new Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) and is now pleased to announce that the ELP Steering Committee has selected 14 applicants from 12 countries to form the first Emerging Leaders Cohort. Over the coming months, the cohort will take part in a series of joint activities on collaborative...
