A
significant number of School of Clinical Science researchers will share their
latest findings this week when they present at Kidney Week, the world’s
premier nephrology meeting in Philadelphia, hosted by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN).
More than
13,000 kidney professionals from around the world attend the annual event, the
world’s largest and most prestigious renal science and education meeting.
Fewer than
10 per cent of the submitted scientific abstracts are selected for oral presentations,”
said Professor
Richard Kitching, Head of the Centre for Inflammatory Diseases (CID) in the
School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health and the Monash Health Department
of Nephrology.
“The fact that five researchers from
CID were selected attests the importance and global recognition of our research
at SCS.”
“Importantly, Kidney Week
offers scientists an opportunity to exchange knowledge, learn the latest
scientific and medical advances and listen to leading experts in the field who
are striving to develop improved therapies,” added Professor Kitching.
Kidney
disease is common, affecting up to 10 per cent of Australians; and in addition
to the direct effects of kidney disease on health, people with kidney
conditions also have a greater risk of dying from a cardiovascular event.
Researchers
at CID are world-renowned for their work on a number of renal conditions
including autoimmune kidney disease, vasculitis, chronic kidney disease and
transplantation.
In
Philadelphia next week, Professor Kitching has been invited to give a 30 minute
symposium talk on his collaborative work with Professor Michael Hickey on how
white cells injure the kidney, emphasising the implications of new data for our
understanding of renal disease and its treatment.
Other CID
presentations include Professor Stephen Holdsworth, Associate Professor David Nikolic-Paterson, Kim
O’Sullivan, Dr Sharon Ford, Dr Holly Hutton and Shaun Hutchinson.
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