ISN's Impact

Apply for newly-launched ISN Mentorship Program

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Do you need a guiding hand in your clinical research? Get matched with the right mentor for you. The new ISN Mentorship Program matches experienced mentors with mentees for a three-year expertise-building relationship. The ISN Mentorship Program aims to foster expertise-building relationships between highly-experienced nephrologists (the mentors) and nephrologists from low-middle-income countries (the mentees) who...

June 12, 2017ISN's Impact, Mentorship, News, Young nephrologistsRead more...

ISN Scientific Writing Course 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] There is nothing new about the disparity that exists regarding specific health needs and clinical challenges in the developed and resource limited nations. Are medical advances that emerge in clinical research from the developed nations truly relevant and applicable to the rest of the world? To dig further into this issue, the ISN Clinical Research...

June 12, 2017Clinical Research, Education, News, Regional ActivitiesRead more...

Register for SRC Program application webinar

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The next deadline to apply for the ISN Sister Renal Centers Program is October 1st, 2017. Get to know more about this ISN Program and pick up some tips on submitting an application by joining a special webinar on June 16, 2017. Register to join discussions, learn more about this ISN Program and find out...

June 12, 2017News, Sister Renal CentersRead more...

Russian Dialysis Society joins ISN for third CME

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] For the third time, the ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program helped to organise two days of talks in Saratov, Russia - gathering nephrologists from the Volga region and beyond. In collaboration with the Russian Dialysis Society, the meeting brought together over 200 delegates from the Volga, Ural and Central Russia. On April 13 and 14,...

June 5, 2017CME, NewsRead more...

First peritoneal dialysis CME in Nepal

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thanks to support from the ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program, Nepal welcomed doctors to the first meeting focused on peritoneal dialysis, taking place in March at the Charak Memorial Hospital in Pokhara. A lack of skilled manpower, infrastructure and financial support are some of the main challenges facing the country's medical community today. Patients...

June 5, 2017CME, NewsRead more...

New monthly journal series: ISN-ACT ‘Must-read trials list’

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Every month, the ISN-Advancing Clinical Trials (ACT) will share a 'must-read trials list’ highlighting and sometimes analyzing important nephrology trials from the latest medical literature. The inaugural May edition is now available on ISN Academy. Get more information, HERE. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

May 26, 2017Clinical Research, Journals, News, ResearchRead more...

Watch ISN Program video testimony from Nepal

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Former ISN Fellow Dibya Singh Shah tells us how ISN Programs have helped develop nephrology services and a successful transplant program in Nepal. Telling her experience of the ISN Programs, she touches upon the issues of dialysis and transplantation in the country. The ISN Programs are working in a more and more regional manner. They...

May 23, 2017ISN's Impact, NewsRead more...

Call is now open for the ISN Clinical Research Program

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The ISN Clinical Research Program (CRP) Committee promotes research and education programs in low-to-middle-income countries that involve local nephrologists, health workers and authorities. Applications are now open for this ISN Program, deadline is May 1st, 2017. The Committee funds small research projects to detect and manage non-communicable chronic diseases such as Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD),...

February 28, 2017Clinical Research, Education, ISN's Impact, NewsRead more...

Introducing ISN’s Regional Training Centers

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Eight Regional Training Centers have been assigned to help build more nephrology capacity across regions. Global nephrology partnerships are getting stronger as ISN Programs are increasingly delivering nephrology training across specific regions. A growing number of renal centers in low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC), including graduated ISN Sister Centers, have built up solid capacity and expertise to...

February 7, 2017ISN's Impact, News, Sister Renal CentersRead more...

Applications open: ISN Deputy CME Chair

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ISN is seeking applications from ISN members to take on a volunteer position as Deputy Chair of the ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program. The CME Program (led by a CME Committee chaired by Fredric Finkelstein, USA) has a major role within the ISN Global Education portfolio. The CME Program directs and supports the planning...

February 7, 2017CME, Governance, NewsRead more...