We raise awareness about drinking plenty of water to keep our kidneys in shape. However, hydration and kidney health is an important research area that needs more support worldwide. A collaboration between ISN and Danone Nutricia Research, the Hydration for Kidney Health (H4KH) research initiative sets out to expand new data sources. By engaging new...
An ISN-sponsored Pan-Palestine Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Conference was held in Nablus and Gaza City from October 12 to 18, 2015. The meeting was a great opportunity to exchange knowledge but also led to two kidney transplants being carried out on patients from the region. Dr. Benjamin Thomson, from Queen's University Division of Nephrology, Kingston...
ISN Belarus German Sister Renal Center partnership raises awareness about treating Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) across intensive care units (ICUs) in Minsk. This September, a multidisciplinary meeting took place in Belarus, focused on treating AKI across intensive care units. The course attracted doctors and fellows from intensive care and nephrology units in the Minsk area. After...
Susan Quaggin, a long standing member of the ISN, has now become the American Society of Nephrology’s newest Councilor. Dr. Quaggin will begin her term during ASN Kidney Week 2015 and will serve through Kidney Week 2022. In the past three years, Susan Quaggin has provided great service to ISN as an ISN Executive Committee...
With support from Fondazione della Comunità Bergamasca, Fluorseals SPA, and ISN, the Mario Negri Institute has run the Scientific Writing Academy (SWA) since 2012. The workshop helps physicians and researchers from a range of backgrounds and specializations fine-tune their writing skills. Achieving and maintaining high standards in science writing is crucial to advancing research as...
We are delighted to announce that “Kidney Disease & Children: Act early to prevent it!” is the theme for the 2016 World Kidney Day campaign. Kidney diseases affect millions of people worldwide, including many children who may be at risk of kidney disease at an early age. It is therefore crucial that we encourage and facilitate...
The global growth of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients has resulted in an increasing number surviving on renal replacement therapy. Hemodialysis remains a predominant form of renal replacement therapy. Providing optimal dialysis vascular access care remains a challenging task. The birth of interventional nephrology represents a field dedicated to understanding and treating complex vascular access...
A first ISN Continuing Medical Education course took place in Fiji’s capital Suva, from September 18 to 19, 2015, uniting the country’s medical community to talk about better kidney health. This meeting was made possible thanks to a developing ISN Sister Renal Center partnership with Australia. Dr Amrish Krishnan (Fiji) and Dr Angus Ritchie (Australia)...
Kidney disease does affect 1:10 adults. It is defined as: “abnormalities of kidney structure and/or function present for greater than three months, with implications for health.” A recent New York Times article describes a debate between nephrologists whereby some assert that lower eGFR is not necessarily kidney disease, and that because most older individuals with impaired kidney...
The next application deadline for the Sister Transplant Center Program is October 1st, 2015. All the information to apply is now online. Applications are now open for four new pairs to enter the Program. The Sister Transplant Center Program is a partnership between ISN and The Transplant Society (TTS) designed to help establish new kidney transplant centers...
Danone Nutricia Research and ISN have created the Hydration for Kidney Health Research (H4KH) Initiative to stimulate the interest of both established and new researchers to explore the role of hydration in kidney health. Applications are open until November 30, 2015. The H4KH initiative will expand the level of scientific evidence, on the effects of...
This international survey is looking to examine the views of nephrologists, nephrology nurses and nephrology technologists on sex hormones in women with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). It is supported the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary and The Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Canada. You can take part in this survey by following the...
Following the recent call for applications, the ISN Fellowship Program Committee is happy to announce that 19 fellowships will be funded following the second call for applications. The following number of applications were accepted per region: 7 applications from Africa 4 applications from OSEA 3 applications from North and East Asia 2 applications from Latin America 2 applications from South...
Mentoring researchers in developing countries, the ISN Clinical Research Program now also funds projects in specific areas of intervention - closing the gaps in kidney care. Improving research should lead to better patient care. Particularly, in lower and middle income nations where mentorship, infrastructure and funds for research differ. One of five pillars within the...
A training course on peritoneal dialysis (PD) at the Noura Children’s center, Soba University Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan is helping doctors in Uganda set up their own PD program. Saving Young Lives (SYL) is leading the initiative in its mission to develop sustainable programs for treating acute kidney injury (AKI) in sub-Saharan Africa and South East...
Becoming a volunteer reveals how a little help can go a long way when it comes to medical communities in need. Portuguese nephrologist Catarina Carvalho discovered how her medical expertise and training would be tested when she volunteered to support doctors and nurses at the National Hospital in Dili, East Timor. On the value of volunteering,...
Hands-on interventional nephrology workshop benefits kidney care for patients in Vietnam. SN Educational Ambassador Jan Swinnen from Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia shared his expertise with doctors and nurses at Cho Ray Hospital (CRH) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This was a valuable onsite training that is set to change how local doctors and nurses will...
The Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology – Hemodialysis (SONG-HD) is an international initiative that aims to establish a core outcome set for hemodialysis trials, to improve the quality of reporting, and the relevance of trials conducted in people on hemodialysis. The outcomes will be developed based on the shared priorities of patients, caregivers, clinicians, researcher, and...
ISN announces with great regret the death of Priscilla Kincaid-Smith of Melbourne, Australia. She was ISN President 1972-75, and until this year had been ISN's only woman President. CLICK HERE for a brief summary of her remarkable achievements in Australian and international nephrology. Here is a video from the "Shaping a Nation" series, celebrating some of Australia's most...
Since the launch of the 0by25 initiative in 2013, ISN is now focusing on gathering evidence, building awareness and taking action. ISN strongly believes that it is possible to overcome the burden of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) by deploying need-driven and evidence-based solutions to patients, healthcare professionals, the private sector as well as governments and...
