The ISN is pleased to welcome several incoming committee and working group chairs, deputy chairs and members to their new roles, which took effect at WCN’24 – we look forward to their contributions. Please join us in congratulating these new leaders and thanking their predecessors for their valuable service. Granting Programs Continuing Medical Education Committee Deputy Chair: Adrian...
COVID-19-related social distancing and travel restrictions led to new ways to host and attend scientific and medical meetings. The ISN has devised a 15-minute survey to determine member preferences and evaluations of virtual, in-person, and hybrid meeting modalities for continuous medical education events in a post-COVID-19 context. Take the survey here. Participation is voluntary and anonymous. The survey...
Introducing internationally recognizable seal of fellowship for ISN members to raise the profile of professionals in kidney health and increase visibility for our valuable specialty. Find out more about this exciting new distinction for ISN members and how to apply here.
Initiatives to mark the ISN’s 60th anniversary took place throughout the year. In January, two new series focusing on influential research papers were launched. The Insight newsletter presented Kidney International’s “Milestones in Nephrology” series, a monthly highlighting of five influential papers on critical topics in nephrology over the last few decades. The Breakthrough articles, developed...
ISN leadership positions open: Apply today Application deadline extended to Friday, 30 October Our sincere thanks to all our members who have already applied for leadership positions soon becoming available within several groups. Due to these busy and uncertain times and to encourage as many applications as possible, we have decided to extend the opportunity to our...
ISN Pioneer Awards honor the 'unsung heroes' of nephrology. They reward doctors on a regional level who have carried out extraordinary efforts to advance nephrology in a specific country or region. This is the first time that the North America and the Caribbean region has been included in the Pioneer Awards and nominations are allowed ONLY from...
The ISN supports clinical research projects that help detect and manage non-communicable chronic diseases such as CKD, AKI, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease in emerging countries through the ISN Clinical Research Program (CRP). Three CRP investigators recently completed their research projects: Title of Grant: Acute Renal Failure in Children. Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study in Medium-Complexity Intensive Care...
There are only a few days left for ISN Members to nominate a deserving individual for one of the following 2021 awards: Alfred Newton Richards Award Roscoe R. Robinson Award Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease Pioneer Awards Discover more on ISN Awards and the nomination requirements HERE. Award winners will be recognized at The ISN World Congress of Nephrology...
The ISN will contribute to a panel discussion, « A Global Perspective on Kidney Failure” at the Innovations in Dialysis Expediting Advances Symposium (IDEAS) on August 31, 2020. Representing the ISN on the panel are: Vivekanand Jha, Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health, India, Chair of Global Kidney Health, Imperial College of London, President, International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and Aminu Bello, Professor of Medicine, University of...
Help shape the future of ISN: Nominate a potential candidate for the positions of 2021-23: President-Elect, and Regional Board Deputy Chairs/Councillors; 1 vacancy in each of the 10 ISN regions As an ISN member, you can help advance kidney care worldwide by nominating candidates for ISN leadership positions. The ISN is committed to the principles of diversity and inclusion....
How does the ISN meet the challenge of presenting the latest complex ideas in easy-to-understand nuggets of information? Discover the @ISNeducation Social Media Team and the ISN WCN Social Media Team. ISN WCN Social Media Team Over the past decade, Social Media (SoMe) platforms have become increasingly popular to disseminate information from medical conferences. Twitter has become...
ISN members may access the ISN-ACT (advancing clinical trials) Patient Engagement Working Group’s article, “International Perspectives on Patient Involvement in Clinical Trials in Nephrology,” published in KI on 9 July 2020. The article highlights the important need to improve patient involvement in clinical trials to promote high-quality research in nephrology. It describes also the current challenges...
Founding papers on current nephrology: from acute kidney injury to diabetic kidney disease As part of ISN’s 60th-anniversary, Kidney International’s “Milestones in Nephrology” series highlights five significant contributions to acute kidney injury, diabetic kidney disease, and cell biology: Glomerular hemodynamics in experimental diabetes mellitus (Hostetter TH, Troy JL, Brenner BM, 1981) Effect of intensive therapy on the development...
As part of ISN’s 60th anniversary celebration, John Feehally has written an account of ISN’s most recent decade, 2011-2020. An exciting decade for ISN in which there has been a major expansion in the range and impact of its many activities around the world in education and training, research, and advocacy. A decade in...
As part of the ISN’s 60th year celebrations, the ISN is pleased to share a short video highlighting some of the Society’s recent achievements. These achievements have been made possible by the passion and commitment of ISN members, steady supporters, and visionary leaders. A unique role in global nephrology: The International Society of Nephrology 2011-2020 ISN Past-President John...
Dear colleagues, On behalf of the ISN membership, it is my very great pleasure to announce this year’s recipients of the Jean Hamburger Award, the Bywaters Award, and the Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease. The winners have made outstanding contributions to nephrology and patient care as...
The ISN Educational Ambassadors Program (EAP) was launched in 2009 to provide renal centers in developing countries with visiting international experts, recognized by the ISN, to provide specific hands-on training and help develop new skills or services needed in the host institution. Through this program, centers around the world receive the guidance needed to develop new services...
Celebrating ISN’s 60th anniversary, this online timeline spans six decades of ISN’s remarkable history of commitment to advancing kidney health worldwide. Follow ISN’s journey starting as a small community of visionaries with little funding to a global organization dedicated to improving kidney care worldwide through granting programs, education, research, and advocacy. At the advent of its seventh decade,...
Starting in 2016, instigated and shepherded by ISN leadership, ISN embarked on an important strategic review to ensure that the Society continued to reflect its members and serve them. Our journey resulted in ISN strengthening its purpose through a new vision, mission and values and the way in which the Society is governed. Our vision, mission...
As the new year starts, we welcome Charu Malik as the new ISN Executive Director. She takes over from Luca Segantini who has made truly outstanding contributions to ISN over the past decade. Charu Malik has over 15 years of experience in the non-profit sector, the majority of which have been with professional healthcare societies. She...
