Lidia Lysenko
Russia
Pioneer Award: NIS & Russia
The ISN Pioneer Awards, restricted to individuals from non-high-income countries, honor the ‘unsung heroes’ of nephrology: doctors who have made extraordinary efforts to advance nephrology in a specific country or region.
Professor Lidia Lysenko is a professor in the Internal and Occupational Diseases Department at Sechenov University in Moscow, Russia.
Professor Lysenko was born in Russia in a small town near Moscow. She graduated from the Ivanovo State Medical University in 1960. She subsequently developed as a clinician and researcher at Sechenov University in the clinical department headed by the academician Evgeny Tareev — a Russian nephrology and rheumatology pioneer. She received a doctorate in Medical Sciences in 1987 with her scientific thesis, ‘Cellular and Immune-Inflammatory Reactions in Nephropathies.’
Professor Lysenko is a scientist and clinician with a wide range of research interests in fundamental and clinical nephrology. She made a significant contribution to the understanding of systemic amyloidosis, glomerulonephritis in systemic lupus erythematosus, lymphoproliferative diseases, auto-inflammatory pathology, and cryoglobulinemic vasculitis with kidney involvement, which were important for the advancement of Russian nephrology.
Professor Lysenko is the author of more than 300 scientific publications, several textbooks on nephrology and internal diseases, and guidelines on treating glomerulonephritis and amyloidosis, which are still used to train Russian nephrologists.
In 1991, she and other colleagues were awarded the State Prize for high achievements and fundamental research in nephrology. She was also awarded the medal “For Services to National Healthcare” and continues to promote the education of Russian nephrologists and medical students.
Professor Lysenko states, “I am thrilled to receive this award; it is a great honor for me.”
Professor Lysenko will receive the 2025 Pioneer Award for NIS and Russia at a regional meeting in 2025.