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...
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...
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...
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...
ISN members are health professionals from across the globe working to reduce the burden of kidney diseases and provide optimal kidney care for patients. The ISN Member Open Mic series offers ISN members the chance to share their professional experiences with the ISN member community. Watch the first episode here. In this first edition, Siddiq Anwar, from...
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:...
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...
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...
Submit a short film to the ISN Community Film Event for the chance to connect with a global audience to highlight issues affecting kidney patients and those who care for them. A jury will select entries for screening during the ISN Community Film Event hosted during WCN’22. Shortlisted films will compete for the Best Film...
The Community Choice Film Selection presents a selection of the 2021 ISN Community Film Event entries that narrowly missed the shortlist. Watch the selection, get inspired by the stories, and vote for your favorite film here. Online voting will close on December 6, 2021. The 2022 Community Choice Film Selection winner will automatically become a finalist of the 2022 ISN...
The Nepal Society of Nephrology (NSN) has joined the ISN as a Collective-Member Society, strengthening a mutual commitment to advancing nephrology in the South Asia region. Alongside several other ongoing activities, the ISN has worked with the B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Nepal as part of the 0by25 Initiative to improve acute kidney...
Are you an ISN member looking to share your knowledge and experience with others to help shape the future of the global kidney community? Apply for these exciting leadership roles by Tuesday, September 21, 2021: i3C (International Consortium CKDu Collaborators) Working Group, Deputy Chair ISN-ACT (Advancing Clinical Trials) Committee, Deputy Chair CPC (Core Programs Committee), Deputy Chair CME (Continuing...
Join Mallika Mendu, Simon Davies, Daniel Gallego, and Vivekananad Jha on October 28, 2021, at 2.30 p.m. CEST to address the main findings of the International Home Dialysis Roundtable, including best practices, successful strategies, and overcoming challenges in home dialysis. Register for the webinar here. Read the paper "Expanding Utilization of Home Dialysis: An Action Agenda...
The International Home Dialysis Roundtable (IHDR; funded by Baxter) recently drafted an action plan to highlight the significant economic, quality-of-life, and clinical advantages of using home dialysis rather than in-center hemodialysis. They recommend four key areas to promote home dialysis: Read the full IHDR action agenda here. The ISN stands by the IHDR recommendations in line with...
Access the latest companion to ISN Journals here. This quarter's eDigest presents a selection of papers from Kidney International addressing genetic kidney conditions and articles from the Kidney International Reports September issue on disease patterns and treatment advances for patients with nephrotic syndrome and its related conditions.
Will you contribute to global kidney health by sharing your research and expertise at WCN'22? Watch WCN’22's Scientific Program Chair Robyn Langham's invitation to share your work at the congress here. Presenting abstracts at WCN'22 offers you the chance to gain professional recognition and receive valuable feedback from peers and experts, boosting the progress and reach...
The Philippine Society of Nephrology (PSN), one of ISN's Collective-Member Societies, will be holding the webinar "Organ Trafficking in the 2020s - a Persisting Challenge for Transplant Professionals" at 6 p.m. Philippine Time on July 28, 2021 (convert to your time zone here). Register for the webinar here. ISN President, Agnes Fogo, will present the opening...
The July edition of the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism (DICG) newsletter is now available. Read the DICG newsletter here. The current issue highlights: A report on the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Workshop held in June 2021. The most recent data from the WHO-ONT Global Observatory on worldwide activity in organ transplantation. Recognizing past and...
Professor Nan Chen, winner of the ISN Pioneer Award for North and East Asia The 2021 Annual Conference of Blood Purification, hosted by the Chinese Society of Nephrology (CSN), will take place from July 22-24, 2021, in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China. The conference will include presentation of the ISN 2021 Pioneer Award for North and East...
The "ISN Framework for Developing Dialysis Programs in Low-Resource Settings," developed in collaboration with the WHO, is a resource-sensitive guide to help health systems develop solutions to care for kidney disease patients in low-resource settings. Read more on this initiative in The Lancet. There are significant global inequities in access to long-term dialysis. In LMIC countries,...