ISN Awards

Deciphering the Mechanisms Responsible for PKD: Announcing the Winner of the ISN 2025 Lillian Jean Kaplan Prize 

Please join us in congratulating Professor Marie Trudel, the ISN 2025 Award winner for the Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize. Professor Trudel will receive the prize during the ‘Bridging the Gap: PKD Research and Clinical Care Perspective – Kaplan PKD Session’ at the ISN World Congress of Nephrology 2025 in New Delhi, India. She will...

The ISN CME Program Supporting Excellence in Kidney Care in Pakistan and Nigeria 

ISN-supported speaker Dr. McCafferty (far right) at the Pakistan Society of Nephrology Biennial Conference 2024  The ISN Continuing Medical Education Program supported a speaker to attend the Pakistan Society of Nephrology Biennial Conference 2024 in February 2024.  Dr. Kieran McCafferty (UK) presented on chronic kidney disease and visited the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, the...

Excellence in Kidney Care and Research: Discover the Winners of the ISN 2024 Awards

Please join us in congratulating the ISN 2024 Award winners:  Jean Hamburger Award: Adeera Levin Bywaters Award: Motoko Yanagita Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize: Michael J. Caplan Find out more about the winners and their outstanding work below.   The recipients will be recognized at the ISN World Congress of Nephrology 2024, from April 13-16, 2024, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.   Professor...

Goce Spasovski to Be Honored With the ISN Eastern and Central Europe Pioneer Award at the 18th BANTAO Congress – Join Us There!

The 18th BANTAO (Balkan Cities Association of Nephrology Transplantation and Artificial Organs) Congress combined with the Hellenic Society of Nephrology Meeting and Seminar, endorsed by the ISN, will take place from October 19-22, 2023, in Thessaloniki, Greece. We warmly invite you to visit our ISN booth during the event. We'd love to connect with you...

Outstanding Contributions to Kidney Care: Discover the Winners of the 2023 ISN Pioneer Awards

Please join us in congratulating the 2023 ISN Pioneer Award winners from eight different ISN regions: Africa: Professor Emeritus Adewale Akinsola (Nigeria) Eastern and Central Europe: Professor Goce Spasovski (Macedonia) Latin America: Dr. Juan Abraham Bermúdez (Mexico) Middle East: Mohammad Ali Ghnaimat (Jordan) Newly Independent States and Russia: Irma Tchokhonelidze (Georgia) North America and the Caribbean: Merle...

Announcing the ISN-KI Editorial Fellowship and Early-Career Researcher Awardees

The ISN-KI Early-Career Researcher (ECR) Award recognizes outstanding research in basic and clinical science published in Kidney International (KI) in 2022. The ISN-KI Editorial Fellowship, designed for early-career kidney care professionals, provides training opportunities for reviewing and evaluating manuscripts and managing editorial responsibilities for a world-renowned nephrology journal. The Editorial Fellows will train with the...

Announcing the Winners of the ISN 2023 Awards: Excellence in Kidney Care and Research

Please join us in congratulating the ISN 2023 Award winners: Professor Carol Pollock - the Alfred Newton Richards Award The Alfred Newton Richards Award recognizes outstanding basic research in kidney-related fields. This year’s winner, Professor Carol Pollock, is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia. She comments, "I am incredibly honored...