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ISN Educational Ambassador Program application deadline extended to June 6, 2016 Featured
By Sally Horspool
The deadline to apply for the ISN Educational Ambassador Program has been extended to June 6, 2016. Make use of this extra time to send your application.
Clinical trial on herbal and alternative remedies for hypertension patients in Senegal Featured
By Sally HorspoolThe ISN Clinical and Research Program funded specific research into the efficiency of kinkeliba on non-complicated hypersensitive patients. The project was awarded USD 15,000 in 2013. Completed in early 2014, it received the best clinical research prize at the 2015 ISN World Congress of Nephrology congress and the 10th Conference on Kidney Disease in Disadvantaged Populations.
An-Najah University Hospital carries out first kidney transplants Featured
By Sally Horspool
A team from the Liverpool International Transplant Initiative and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital carried out the first two kidney transplants at the An-Najah University Hospital in Nablus, on the West Bank on March 26, 2016. The collaboration was made possible thanks to the ISN and The Transplant Society (TTS) Sister Transplant Center Program.
Next Science Writing Academy set for September Featured
By Sally HorspoolFollowing this year’s World Kidney Day, The Mario Negri Institute is happy to announce that there will be another edition of the Scientific Writing Academy, taking place from September 12 to 18, 2016 in Ranica, Bergamo, Italy.
ISN Educational Ambassador Hui Kim Yap recently made a trip to Myanmar. Based at the National University of Singapore, she taught local doctors at two of the country’s major children's hospitals the latest skills relating to dialysis and shared her knowledge of clinical nephrology and acute kidney injury.
SRC Trio success: Belgium, Belarus and Lithuania Featured
By Sally Horspool
Training clinical staff was the key success of the trio sister renal center partnership with Brest Regional Hospital, the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Hospital in Kaunas and Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
EAP: call for applications deadline May 1st, 2016 Featured
By Sally Horspool
The deadline for the latest call for applications for the ISN Educational Ambassadors Program (EAP) is May 1st, 2016. Don't miss this opportunity to apply for this ISN Program.
This year, the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) will co-fund eight ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) from OSEA, South Asia and North & East Asia.
The ISN Sister Center (SRC) Program has finalized the list of centers that will take part in the program following the recent call for applications. We would like to welcome them to the program and congratulate this year’s graduates.
Following the recent call for applications, 10 new centers will welcome an ISN Educational Ambassador to their institution in 2016.
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Treating the poorest kidney patients in the world Featured
By Sally HorspoolISN Fellow Sudakshina Ghosh from Tanzania trained at the Madras Medical Mission and got involved with India’s Tanker Foundation, which helps the country’s poorest kidney patients.
Take part in the ISN Programs call for applications
By Sally Horspool
A new ISN Programs application session is now open. You can easily apply online in a few clicks for ISN Fellowships, Educational Ambassadors visits, Clinical Research projects as well as the Sister Renal Center and ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers Programs.
Baxter and University Health Network to co-fund home dialysis training Featured
By Sally Horspool
ISN is happy to announce that Baxter and the University Health Network in Toronto is set to co-fund ISN Fellows wishing to receive training in home dialysis. As required in all ISN Fellowship Programs, participants are encouraged to share what they have learned with their colleagues once they return to their home institution.
ISN Fellowship Program welcomes new recruits Featured
By Sally HorspoolFollowing the recent application session, the ISN Programs team is happy to announce that a total of 25 ISN Fellowships have now been approved, with 19 new ISN Fellows and six extensions.
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