SUPPORT A NEW FELLOWSHIP The ISN is pleased to announce a new Fellowship in honor of Dr. Ravindra Mehta, the Ravi Mehta AKI Fellowship. The fund has been set up in collaboration with Ravi Mehta’s friends and colleagues in recognition of his leadership and to honor his contribution to global health and education. The ISN invites you to make...
ISN’s two Sister Centers Programs (SRC and ISN-TTS STC) link emerging renal and transplant centers with centers of excellence for long-term partnerships. The educational guidance provided by the supporting center over a six-year period aims to help the emerging center become self-sufficient and offer improved patient care. In 2020, 13 new pairs (listed below) were approved by the ISN Sister...
As part of its vision to ensure equitable access to kidney health globally, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) is proud to launch the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP). With the aim of building a global talent pool of future leaders, the ELP welcomes ISN members interested in shaping the direction of kidney health through professional...
The ISN congratulates 11 new Fellows approved by the ISN Fellowship Committee following the first round of applications for 2020. This year, Priyanka Subramani, from the Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service in Australia, will undertake an ISN Reverse Fellowship at the Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital in Tanzania under the supervision of Dr. Francis F. Fredrick. The...
In the early nineties, ISN leadership began discussions on active collaboration between established kidney care centers and emerging centers from low-resources areas. By 1996, 17 active partnerships were established and a further 16 were in a formative stage. These paired centers would become known as the Sister Renal Centers . Today, 63 partnerships are active within...
The ISN Clinical Research Program supports research and education programs in low-to-middle income countries, involving local nephrologists, health workers, and authorities. The Program helps implement research projects to detect and manage non-communicable chronic diseases such as CKD, AKI, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The deadline for online submission of proposals is May 1, 2020. Proposals must be reviewed by...
Since 1985, the ISN Fellowship Program has supported over 800 fellows from 90 emerging countries. The program encourages professional fulfillment and supports equitable healthcare by establishing Fellows as valuable leaders in their home region qualified to share knowledge and experience. Many past ISN Fellows make use of other ISN Programs and become involved in ISN committees or supporting...
As part of its vision to ensure equitable access to kidney health globally, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) is proud to launch the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP). With the aim of building a global talent pool of future leaders, the ELP welcomes ISN members interested in shaping the direction of kidney health through professional development...
In the second half of 2019, ISN led two meetings in Colombia providing education on pediatric and adult kidney transplantation and patient accessibility to renal transplantation services. The ISN-Transplant Society (TTS) Sister Transplant Center (STC) pair, Boston Children´s Hospital and ISN emerging center Fundación Valle del Líli in Cali, Colombia, held a meeting on the...
The ISN congratulates 22 new 2019 Fellows after the second round of applications. The successful applicants come from all over the globe: Africa, Latin America, NIS and Russia, and South Asia. The ISN fellowship program http://fellowship.theisn.org/ provides tailor-made training from host institutions to health care professionals from low-resource countries. The Fellows aim to improve kidney health care...
The ISN-KI Editorial Fellowship will be awarded annually by ISN in conjunction with Kidney International (KI) to two ISN members who are early-career researchers in nephrology, dialysis or kidney transplantation. The 2019-20 ISN-KI Editorial Fellowship winners are Dr. Anna Francis, a pediatric nephrologist at Queensland Children Hospital and post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Sydney,...
The ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Program nurtures partnerships between two renal centers by supplying funding, a framework, and educational benefits. Watch this free ISN webinar to see how you can partner with a renal center and work together to improve patient care. The ISN SRC Program links renal centers in emerging countries with supporting...
Since 2009, the ISN Educational Ambassadors Program has helped some 125 institutions in 56 countries benefit from hands-on training courses. Watch this free ISN webinar to see how you can host an ISN Educational Ambassador and learn from an experienced professional. The ISN Educational Ambassadors Program can lend you the support you need to set...
Six years of partnership have now led to the Christian Medical College in Vellore (India) becoming a center of excellence in kidney care. Partnering with University of California, Los Angeles (USA), doctors at the center in India are training staff in pediatric nephrology, improving dialysis and transplant treatment for a younger group of patients. Thanks...
Scientific Research Institute of Cardiology and Internal Diseases in Almaty, Kazakhstan benefitted from the experience of ISN Educational Ambassador Aimun Ahmed to improve kidney transplant treatment for patients. Kazakhstan's Scientific Research Institute of Cardiology and Internal Diseases is one of the only centers that offers kidney transplantation in the region. Arina Yespotayeva explains how the...
Sign up for a dedicated webinar, taking place online on June 24, 2019. Learn how easy it is to apply for the ISN Sister Centers Programs. Join us on June 24, 2019 to get the essential tips to apply for the ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Programs. Peter Kerr, Chair of the SRC Programs, and Philip J. O’Connell, Past-President of...
The ISN Sister Renal Centers Program has supported a long-standing partnership between the Damanhur Medical National Institute in Egypt and the Sheffield Kidney Institute, UK. The collaboration has grown extensively raising awareness about prevention and training staff across different regions of Egypt. Under the mentorship of the team in Sheffield, the collaboration has been crucial...
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Clinical Research and Fellowship Program awards! Both of these awards were sponsored by the Japanese Society of Nephrology (JSN). Many thanks to JSN for its support and helping us reward these ISN members for their achievements in the field of nephrology. The ISN Clinical Research Program supports research and education...
Grasp the opportunity to train with the editors at Kidney International (KI) and KI Reports. Learn how to critically assess a manuscript, work as part of a team to evaluate the priority of manuscripts in a broader context, and discover how to manage the editorial responsibilities of a highly cited, reputable speciality journal. The ISN-KI Fellowship is a...
The ISN Educational Ambassadors Program and Saving Young Lives come together to support training collaboration for Senegal’s pediatric nephrologists, improving kidney care for the country’s younger generation. Younoussa Keita, from Hopital Aristide Le Dantec (Senegal) and Stefano Picca, ISN Educational Ambassador, pediatric nephrologist and former Head of Dialysis Unit at 'Bambino Gesù' Children's Hospital (Italy), joined...