[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This year, the ISN Community Film Event is running in collaboration with the 2021 World Kidney Day (WKD) Campaign, “Living Well with Kidney Disease.” In addition to the ISN Community Film Award for 2021, a “WKD 2021 Best Film” award will go to the film that gets the most votes on World Kidney Day. All...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ISN has partnered with several leading organizations to deliver expert knowledge in specialty subjects at WCN’21, including: KDIGO and the ISN’s joint session, the KDIGO Conference on Dialysis: Getting the Basics Right, will provide insights for improving clinical practices on dialysis for all nephrologists despite variation varying global practices. The session will be...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A series of pre-congress newsletters will be released over the next three months featuring congress highlights, including: current scientific perspectives on congress topics up-to-date information on special events in-depth interviews with prominent WCN’21 speakers on their scientific areas of expertise Starting next week, look out for the first of these in your inbox to stay...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ISN has introduced a new interactive feature as part of Virtual WCN’21 activities. The 𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗟 #ISNWCN Social Media Wall will display all social media posts that include the World Congress of Nephrology’s official hashtag #ISNWCN. The Walls platform is an easy-to-use social media tool that collects and displays content from multiple social media platforms. All...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ISN participated in the 148th session of the WHO Executive Board, which took place virtually from January 18-26, 2021. The ISN submitted four statements on: Oral health and its correlation with kidney and cardiovascular diseases Social determinants of health Prevention and control of diabetes Read the full statements here. The first two...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Prof. Schrier served in ISN leadership for more than twenty years. He was elected to the ISN Council in 1978. From 1981 - 1991, he served as Treasurer. He then led ISN as President-Elect in 1991, up until he was announced as ISN President from 1995 to 1997. Prof. Schrier remained an active supporter...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ISN was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Robert William Schrier, a giant of global nephrology and modern medicine. Alongside his many achievements in academic nephrology, Bob Schrier committed himself to the ISN and became one of its most effective and innovative leaders. He served in ISN leadership for more than twenty...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Meet the moderator and keynote speakers Moderator Speaker Speaker Richard Horton Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Dr Soumya Swaminathan Chief Scientist at WHO Sir George Alleyne Director Emeritus, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The 3rd ISN Global Kidney Policy Forum (GKPF) at Virtual WCN’21 will build on the work started in Mexico City in 2017 and continued in Melbourne in 2019 by bringing together key decision-makers and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kidney International has published many exciting research papers by Early Career Researchers across the globe in the last 2 years. We would like to recognize the exceptional quality of their research and their contribution to advancing kidney health by calling for nominations from our membership for the best original research papers published in Kidney International in 2019 and 2020....
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BRIDGING THE GAPS: ISN ADVOCACY TACKLES THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF KIDNEY DISEASE Welcome, members and allies, to the inaugural edition of Bridging the Gaps, the ISN’s quarterly update on how we’re advocating and collaborating with partners to tackle the global burden of kidney disease. As you know, about 850 million people worldwide have some sort of...
