As an NBA Champion and Olympic gold medalist, retired professional basketball player Alonzo Mourning recognizes the potential his high profile has to inspire others. At the height of his basketball career, Mr. Mourning was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a rare and incurable genetic kidney disease with the potential to derail his career and...
The traditional large clinical trial, where participants are individually randomized to receive single agents or placebo, continues to hold a central place in nephrology, but the benefits of other trial designs are emerging. Professor Meg Jardine is director of the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre and kidney health research team at the University of Sydney, Australia....
This year’s chair of the WCN scientific committee, Professor Robyn Langham from the University of Melbourne, Australia, shares her top tips for the program and explains the advantages of offering both online access and a real-world meeting in Kuala Lumpur. “The ISN is a truly global nephrology community, and we’re very conscious of the contribution...
Studying the molecular mechanism behind acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) can help us understand how these conditions develop and look for new ways to diagnose, treat, and even prevent them. Professor Reiko Inagi is a division chief of CKD pathophysiology at the University of Tokyo School of Graduate Medicine in Japan....
Professor Vincenzo Cantaluppi researches acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized patients and is director of the Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Unit at Maggiore della Carità University Hospital, Novara, Italy. Professor Cantaluppi believes there are several unmet needs in AKI, including the need for early diagnosis, prevention of AKI-associated distant organ dysfunction and progression toward chronic kidney...
ISN members are health professionals from across the globe working to reduce the burden of kidney diseases and provide optimal kidney care for patients. The ISN Member Open Mic series offers ISN members the chance to share their professional experiences with the ISN member community. Watch Episode Three In this latest edition, David Martin Atuhe, from Uganda, currently completing an ISN...
The paper, “Assessing Global Kidney Nutrition Care,” will shortly be published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Global Kidney Health Atlas (GKHA) Committee partnered with the International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism (ISRNM) to develop a Global Kidney Nutrition Care Atlas. 155 ISN-affiliated countries completed...
By Marina Wainstein, ISN YNC chair As we say farewell to what has been another year of unsettling adversity, we search ahead for calmer seas and opportunities to reconnect with colleagues and friends to nurture our shared passion for kidney care. There has never been a more important time to engage with global nephrology, to understand...
The ISN Frontiers Meeting in New Delhi will focus on bi-directional relationships between infections and kidney diseases. Discover the four-day program here. More than ever, the need to better understand the complex relationship between infections and kidney diseases and develop effective treatments is urgent.: Join a global panel of clinical and scientific experts in the endeavor to...
Register here to benefit from the early bird registration fee. ‘Complement-related kidney diseases: classification, genetics, and treatment,' an ISN Frontiers Meeting co-hosted by the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, will take place June 23-25, 2022. Explore the program here. Get involved: Submit your abstract here. Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters and published in Kidney International Reports. ISN members from low-resource...
To allow more people the opportunity to share a story with the ISN community, the deadline to submit a film has been extended to January 10, 2022. Engage with a global audience, increase awareness of kidney diseases, positively impact the lives of kidney disease patients: Submit a film to the ISN Community Film Event here. Discover...
What's in store at WCN'22? WCN'22 offers a state-of-the-art scientific program and many other unmissable features, including: Raising-the-Curtain Sessions Designed to connect communities from different parts of the world in the run-up to the congress, WCN's Raising-the-Curtain Sessions provide a platform for ISN Collective-Member Societies and other regional societies to highlight local issues and globally shared challenges...
ISN Past President Vivek Jha presenting his talk at PERNEFRI's Annual Meeting The 14th National Congress & Annual Scientific Meeting of The Indonesian Society of Nephrology (PERNEFRI) took place 4-7 November in Bali, Indonesia. Over 1,500 attendees were present to hear a program comprising 69 speakers, 20 symposia, and six workshops to improve skills in...
Prof. Ahmed Akl, Egypt, mentor, and Dr. Ben Lomatayo, mentee, Kenya, meet for the first time online. Their mentorship will focus on clinical research. Since the ISN Mentorship Program's relaunch in July 2021, 30 mentors and mentees have been selected and matched according to skill sets and training requirements. The ISN congratulates and welcomes all...
Fellowship Program leaders, ISN Program coordinators, and ISN Fellows from different countries get to know each other in a virtual meet-up In October, ISN Fellowship Program Chair Ikechi Okpechi, South Africa, and Deputy Chair Rümeyza Turan Kazancioglu, Turkey, welcomed the latest group of ISN Fellows. This virtual meet-up, the first of its kind within the ISN...
The ISN was saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Martin De Smet on November 21, 2021. Martin De Smet graduated as a medical doctor from Ghent State University and the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium. He joined Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in 1991 and worked in many different roles for the...
The 'Anemia of Renal Disease' curriculum is now accessible to all on the ISN Academy. Discover the Curriculum The course, prepared in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic, covers the pathophysiology of renal disease along with the clinical trials guiding current management guidelines: Definition and epidemiology of renal anemia Pathophysiology of renal anemia Mechanisms of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents Trials of renal anemia Iron...
Given the devastating effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on people with kidney disease, and to mitigate this adverse impact in any future pandemic, the ISN, together with its partners in the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health (GCCH), published the position paper “Preventing the Next Pandemic: The Case for Investing in Circulatory Health,” ahead...
The ISN invites its Affiliated Societies to showcase their organization from February 24-27, 2022, at the Global Nephrology Village at WCN'22. Participation is free of charge for Affiliated Societies from low-income countries and all Collective-Member Societies; book now! Reserve your space at the WCN'22 Global Nephrology Village here before January 7, 2022. Get in touch with info@theisn.org...
850 million! 850 million people in the world have kidney disease. Yet, few are aware of its dangers. 8,500 steps a day, 8.5 miles of walking, 85 miles of cycling, 8.5 minutes of high-intensity training are all ways to burn ~850 calories. These are some of the efforts that scientists, doctors, patients, relatives and carers will...
