Mentorship

Celebrating ISN Collective-Member Societies: The Philippine Society of Nephrology

The ISN’s series on Collective-Member Societies continues its focus on the ISN Oceania and South East Asia region, spotlighting the Philippine Society of Nephrology (PSN), currently celebrating its 50th year. We spoke to PSN President Noel M. Castillo about ongoing local initiatives to raise kidney health awareness in the region, including World Kidney Day (WKD) activities. Every June, designated national...

Connect Across the Globe to Build Mutual Learning Partnerships: Apply to Become an ISN Mentor

The ISN is currently welcoming applications from mentors. Apply here. The ISN has relaunched its Mentorship Program, an initiative to foster mutually beneficial learning partnerships across the globe. The program is open to doctors and associate healthcare professionals who are ISN members. Discover the Mentorship Program here. This initiative offers the chance for mentors to develop their...

Mentorship and Collaboration to Better Understand Childhood IgA Nephropathy

Alexandra CAMBIER, YNC member, associate professor of pediatric nephrology (MD-PhD), Sainte Justine Hospital, Montréal University Université de Paris, Paris, France ; Centre de Recherche sur L'inflammation (CRI); INSERM U1149, Paris, France IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is one of the most common forms of primary glomerulonephritis in children and adolescents worldwide [1]. In more than fifty percent of...

Build a Mutual Learning Partnership: Apply to Become an ISN Mentor

The ISN is relaunching its Mentorship Program, an initiative to foster mutually beneficial learning partnerships in nephrology. The program has expanded to include ISN members worldwide and is now open to associate healthcare professionals, as well as physicians. The program, led by Dr. Arpana Iyengar and Dr. Rolando Claure-Del Granado, connects professionals within the ISN...

Get Involved Globally: Apply to Become a Mentor in ISN’s New Mentorship Program

Build Mutually Beneficial Relationships Across the Globe: Apply to Become an ISN Mentor! The ISN is relaunching its Mentorship Program, now open to all ISN members. This program will foster mutually beneficial, worldwide one-to-one partnerships to advance global kidney care. Through the ISN Mentorship Program: Mentees receive professional guidance from experts Mentors further develop coaching and leadership skills. Initially, we are refreshing our...

ISN Mentorship supports researcher in India

Through the ISN Mentorship Program Priya Pais, at St John's National Academy of Health Sciences in Bangalore (India) connected with mentor Larry Greenbaum, from Atlanta's Emory University School of Medicine (USA). Guidance from her mentor helped her set clear foundations to write her research paper and prepare a grant proposal.  Larry Greenbaum spent three days...

Managing Cameroon’s kidney disease patients

Victorine Bandolo Nzana, from Yaoundé University Teaching Hospital in Cameroon, was awarded an ISN-Salmasi Family Fellowship. Learning from staff at Chennai’s Madras Medical Mission Hospital in India, she broadened her knowledge of interventional nephrology, bridging the gaps in care for patients at the center and across the region. As a recognized ISN Training Center, the...

Join the ISN Mentorship program

Looking for some guidance in a specific area related to research or clinical nephrology? Benefit from ISN’s Mentorship Program! Let us help you find the right mentor according to your needs. Find out more online and sign up as a mentee to start your three-year productive relationship. Read more HERE.

Apply for newly-launched ISN Mentorship Program

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...