Gavin Dreyer – Outgoing YNC Chair The last two years as the Young Nephrologists Committee (YNC) chair have been the highlight of my professional career. It is hard to describe the joy I feel chairing meetings and leading such an exceptional committee of young nephrologists. The diversity of the committee, now including members of the...
The ISN Biennial Report 2019-2020 is now available on the ISN website. Consult the report here. The report highlights the challenges, successes, and global impact of ISN and its members in the timeframe that saw us celebrate ISN's 60th anniversary, adopt a new brand identity, and adjust to COVID-19 restrictions. It is a summary of remarkable achievements...
The ISN was saddened to learn of the death of esteemed colleague, Professor Momir H. Polenakovic, from Covid bronchopneumonia on March 6, 2021. Prof. Polenakovic founded the Macedonian Society of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation and Artificial Organs (MSNDTAO) and was co-founder of the Balkan Association of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation and Artificial Organs (BANTAO). He organized many international...
The ISN congratulates R. Pecoits Filho and R. Pine (US and Brazil) on winning the 2021 ISN Community Film Event with the film “Life Beyond the Transplant.” Bruno, from Brazil, lost his business when he became ill with Polycystic Kidney Disease. Since undergoing a kidney transplant in 2019, he has made a full recovery and...
The ISN thanks all WCN'21 delegates for their engaged participation in the Virtual World Congress of Nephrology 2021. After enjoying several days of Raising-the-Curtain sessions and pre-congress courses, President Vivek Jha (2019-2021) welcomed attendees to the main congress on Friday, April 16. His presidential address was followed by a timely Stewart Cameron lecture on propaganda...
The ISN Immediate Past President, Vivekanand Jha, announced the launch of The ISN framework for developing dialysis programs in low-resource settings at the annual Global Kidney Policy Forum held at WCN'21 on April 16, 2021. Read more on this initiative in "Bringing equity in access to quality dialysis," recently published in The Lancet. The framework, developed...
The ISN i3C (International Consortium CKDu Collaborators) group has redesigned the ISN Observatory of CKDu map. Access the map and share your data here. The map facilitates collaboration and data exchange to raise awareness of the urgent issue of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu). This initiative was developed as part of ISN’s 2018-2020 Collaboration Plan...
The ISN Academy has had accreditation renewed by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) for a further two years. Modules will be credited with one European CME credit (ECMEC®) per hour of e-learning provided that users complete the module and relevant assessment. Through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)...
Watch all seven ISN Community Film Event finalists’ thought-provoking films here. The Mountain in His Blood Aham Kushalini A Successful Story of an Underprivileged Female Haemodialysis Patient A Struggle for a Normal Life Stop chronic kidney disease in rural areas Mehwish – Challenging the Challenges (Story of a Dialysis Patient) Life Beyond the Transplant Ready to vote? The winner(s) will be announced...
Join Roberto Pecoits-Filho and Smeeta Sinha in conversation with Philip Kam Tao Li and Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, co-chairs of the World Kidney Day (WKD) Steering Committee. Listen to episode eight of the ISN GKHP here. Their discussion covers the 2021 WKD theme, "Living well with Kidney Disease,” and the need to increase education and awareness about effective...
To honor and sustain Detlef Schlöndorff’s commitment to training fellows, the ISN invites donations to the Detlef Schlöndorff Fellowship fund. Donate to the Detlef Schlöndorff Fellowship Fund. This fund provides training to one physician per year from an emerging country with the long-term objective of establishing nephrology leaders in the Fellow's home region to improve kidney...
Twenty healthcare centers were selected from the 2021 application for recognition as ISN Regional Training Centers (RTC) for a five-year renewable period. Currently, 21 centers in total have received ISN RTC status. These centers were selected by the ISN Core Programs Committee as institutions of excellence in low and middle-income countries to: Provide nephrology training to...
Did you explore the “Are your kidneys healthy?” online quiz? Available in 11 languages, this quick survey helps people gauge their risk of kidney disease and indicates when they should see a doctor. The ISN and AstraZeneca developed this public awareness campaign to promote early detection in at-risk categories.
World Kidney Day (WKD) took place on March 11. This year’s campaign highlighted the importance of living well with kidney disease to improve patients’ life quality. With the COVID-19 pandemic still impacting everyday lives, online activities were increased to include a podcast, webinars, and video messages. The WKD 2021 campaign reached 164 million people on Twitter on March 11, with #worldkidneyday gaining almost 228 million...
The ISN Fellowship Program provides funding to young nephrologists from low and middle-income countries to receive hands-on training in advanced host institutions abroad. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2021. Apply for an ISN Fellowship grant here. Applicants should provide a detailed training plan to help the ISN Fellowship Committee ascertain a match between the...
From 2016 – 2018, Clinical Research Program Grant Recipient, Alao Michael Abel from Nigeria, undertook a research project to determine the community-based prevalence of CKD using cystatin C-based eGFR of the pediatric population in Ogbomoso, Southwest Nigeria. Watch the video here. Proposals for the ISN Clinical Research Program must be submitted to an ISN Regional Coordinator for...
Register before March 31, 2021, and receive a preferential fee: Friends@WCN ISN, Canadian Society of Nephrology (CSN), and Société Québécoise de Néphrologie (SQN) members can register as a group of at least five people and benefit from a 20% reduction on their registration fee. Find out more here. Team-up@WCN Enjoy Virtual WCN’21 as a group alongside your...
This year’s edition of the ISN Community Film Event received more than 30 films from 20 different countries. The ISN warmly invites you to watch these personal and powerful accounts that help raise awareness of living with kidney diseases. Voting for the winner opens on World Kidney Day, March 11, 2021. An ISN Jury will select...
Following the success of its first webinar in 2020, the ISN Middle East Regional Board held its second webinar on January 21, "Epidemiology and Management of Glomerulonephritides – Middle-East Perspective." Watch a recording of this webinar here. The webinar, introduced by Dr. Shahrdzad Ossareh, ISN Middle East Regional Board Chair, discussed: Epidemiology of glomerulonephritides in the Middle...
ISN voting members have 3 days left to vote for the next ISN President-Elect and Regional Board Deputy Chair / Council member in their ISN region. I strongly encourage all voting members to participate in this important process for the ISN. To vote, login to your MYISN account at www.theisn.org (preferred browser Chrome), click on the...
