Applications are open until October 31, 2020. Click here to apply The year-long ISN-ANIO Clinical Nephropathology Certificate Basic Program includes over 40 recorded online lectures and 12 live monthly webinars covering the main principles and practices of Nephropathology. Tuition fees are waived for trainees in MD, DNB, DM, or Ph.D. from low and lower-middle-income countries. Any questions...
Applications are open until October 31, 2020. Click here to apply The year-long ISN-ANIO Clinical Nephropathology Certificaten Basic Program includes over 40 recorded online lectures and 12 live monthly webinars cover the main principles and practices of Nephropathology. Discover more here. "This is a wonderful course, did this last year. Highly recommended for fellows and early career nephrologists." Aakash Shingada, Director...
Stefaan Claus, RN Nephrology Division, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium Member of the ISN Kidney Health Professionals Working Group In October 2019, the ISN organized a Continuing Nurse Education (CNE) program at the Kenyatta University Hospital Nairobi, Kenya. One year earlier, in 2018, Professor Marie Richards, along with the local nurses in the renal unit and the heads...
The ISN and Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) have sustained a successful collaboration over the last decade, working together to advance kidney care in the Asia-Pacific region. The ISN is pleased to share with members that the APSN’s 18th Asian Pacific Congress of Nephrology (APCN) will take place from 2-4 October 2020 at the Hong...
Through its Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program, the ISN was pleased to contribute to the 32nd Scientific Conference and General Meeting, held by the Nigerian Association of Nephrology in February 2020, in Ibadan, Nigeria. The ISN supported two speakers to lecture at the event: Rasheed Balogun, Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia Health...
ISN Awards acknowledge exceptional contributions to nephrology and are a chance to celebrate individuals for their role in enhancing the field of nephrology and ISN’s mission to advance kidney health worldwide. The deadline to submit nominations for the ISN 2021 Awards is August 27, 2020. Discover more on ISN Awards and submit nominations HERE. Read about the 2019...
Reena Rachel George, RN, MSN Professor, College of Nursing, and Nurse Manager, Dialysis Unit and Renal Transplant Unit, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. Member of the ISN Kidney Health Professionals Working Group The incidence and prevalence of chronic kidney disease is increasing nationally and globally owing to the growing percentage of population living with diabetes and...
In 2019, ISN welcomed 40 Fellows from around the world. ISN congratulates all graduated fellows and presents here a sample of experiences to highlight the capacity building and impact to kidney care made possible through the ISN Fellowship Program. Xu Chen, from the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China, trained for 12 months in Glomerular...
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...
In 2017, the ISN and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN) signed a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a partnership to advance kidney care in the Asia Pacific region. Since then, the ISN and ANZSN have successfully co-funded ISN Programs, including Sister Renal Centers, Clinical Research, and Educational Ambassadors Program, as well as Fellowships and CME meetings. The ISN-ANZSN collaboration...
