The enthusiasm and innovation of participants engaging in World Kidney Day (WKD) celebrations continue to inspire. Visit the Best Ideas page on the WKD website to find out more on: A group of Kidney Donors Athletes (KDA) who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. The Iranian Society of Nephrology quizzing pedestrians on their kidney knowledge, plus their series of educational videos. The Espace...
We al have friends or colleagues whose work deserves international recognition. Are you an ISN member? You can help recognize such work globally by submitting a nomination for an ISN Award! Nominations are accepted for consideration from May 16 - August 29, 2022. Send all nominations, supporting materials, and questions to the awards coordinator. Although you...
To mark International Nurses Day on Thursday, 12 May, the latest Global Kidney Care Podcast edition honors nurses' important role in kidney care Listen to the podcast here. This episode, "Innovative Nursing in Nephrology: PD Catheter Insertion," was led by the ISN Kidney Health Professionals working group. Roberto Pecoits-Filho and Smeeta Sinha are joined by: Elaine Bowes, Clinical Nurse Specialist PD...
The National Kidney Foundation Samoa (NKFS) plays an important role in increasing awareness of chronic kidney disease in Samoa. As part of World Kidney Day 2019, the NKFS ran a successful month-long community screening campaign for chronic kidney disease (CKD). The survey results were analyzed by Dr. Malama Tafuna'i’, a doctor at the ISN...
The ISN Frontiers Meeting ‘Complement-related Kidney Diseases: Classification, Genetics, and Treatment' will take place in Bergamo, Italy, from June 23-25, 2022. Register for the ISN Frontiers Meeting in Bergamo here. Lectures and discussion sessions will provide attendants with up-to-date research in C3G and MPGN and offer a platform for participants to contribute, generating the basis for future research...
Klara Paudel instructs participants at the PSN Biennial International Conference workshop The ISN Continuing Medical Education Program supported Klara Paudel, consultant nephrologist, Nepal, to attend the Pakistan Society of Nephrology's Biennial International Conference 2022, held from 18-22 March. Dr. Paudel presented at a pre-conference workshop on hands-on peritoneal dialysis (PD) and interventional nephrology and delivered a talk...
The ISN Observatory of CKDu is a catalog where researchers can submit their findings or view other studies. This system facilitates global collaboration and data exchange, enabling researchers to know what studies are ongoing at any given time. The initiative was developed by the ISN i3C (International Consortium CKDu Collaborators) working group as part of...
Early CKD identification remains a much-debated subject in kidney care. Over the past year, a group of ISN members has collaborated on a project to provide an understanding of the challenges of implementing early CKD identification and intervention programs. One initial element of the collaboration, a scoping review, has been published in Kidney International Reports: Read...
The ISN invites all its members to complete a brief questionnaire stating the main three (or less) neglected kidney diseases in their country and potential reasons as to why they are overlooked. Complete the survey here by Monday 16, 2022. An ISN group is working on a rare kidney disease project. Because neglected kidney diseases often...
As the Covid-19 pandemic had a disproportionate physical, mental and fiscal impact upon the world’s 850 million kidney patients, the International Society of Nephrology welcomes the WHO and its member states efforts in this area. That said, with related mortality continuing to increase yearly and projected to be the 5th leading cause of death by...
Kidney stones are a common disease that causes significant morbidity for patients, has a high recurrence rate, and can lead to unfavorable outcomes like chronic kidney disease. To prevent stone recurrence and associated complications it is essential to recognize underlying metabolic disorders that are the cause of kidney stone formation. A comprehensive analysis of...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating physical, mental and fiscal impact on the millions of people living with circulatory health conditions. In addition to older age, people living with CVD, stroke, obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, and hypertension are at a particularly greater risk for severe forms of COVID-19 and its consequences. As such, the Global...
From March 2022, in addition to already offering the first year of membership free to trainees in nephrology, ISN membership will now only cost $15 per year for the following four years while the member is in training. Join/renew now and reap the many benefits of ISN membership early in your career!
Join Vivekanand Jha, Sunita Bavanandan and Peter J. Blankestijn at 2 p.m. CEST on Tuesday, May 17. Register for the webinar here. As the COVID pandemic has shown, environmental change is one of the most significant risk factors for future infections. The topic "Planetary Health, Biodiversity and Sustainable Healthcare" is greatly relevant to the kidney health...
Please join us in congratulating Sumit Mohan, deputy editor of Kidney International Reports, on having received the National Kidney Foundation (NFK) Excellence in Transplantation Award, which recognizes exceptional research contributing novel insights to improved access to kidney transplantation. Dr. Mohan is an associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at Columbia University. Among several significant outcomes, Dr. Mohan’s...
The ISN congratulates Rahul Chanchlani on receiving the Renée Habib award from the International Pediatric Nephrology Association. The award recognizes young investigators with an outstanding record of achievement and creativity in basic or patient-oriented research related to pediatric kidney care and health. Dr. Chanchlani is an associate professor in the Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics...
Are you an ISN member or associate member with experience in clinical work, research, career development, or another area of expertise? If so, benefit from an international professional network and develop coaching and leadership skills as you connect with mentees worldwide through the ISN Mentorship Program, designed to foster mutually beneficial partnerships that encourage expertise...
Read the application guidelines and eligibility criteria here. If you are already an ISN member, apply directly here. Only applicants who have already submitted a proposal to their regional coordinator will be considered for a clinical research grant. The ISN Clinical Research Program supports research and education initiatives that help detect and manage non-communicable chronic diseases such as CKD,...
ISN Fellowship grants are open to young ISN members from lower, lower-middle, and upper-middle income countries to receive high-quality, hands-on training at a host center for up to 12 months. Apply here by May 1, 2022. Interested but not ready to apply? Prepare now for the next deadline, October 1. Consult the guidelines here.
ISNeducation Social Media Team members Divya Bajpai, Sibel Bek, Didem Turgut, Suman Behara, Sourabh Sharma, and Mohammad A. Gawad. have developed a quiz on onconephrology: Take the onconephrology quiz here! The quiz was developed to accompany the @ISNEducation Nuances in Nephrology Webinar: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Nephrotoxicity in Native and Kidney Transplantation available to ISN members on the...