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- Prof. Rezan Topaloğlu – ESPN President
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- Prof. Dieter Haffner – ESPN Assistant President
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- Prof. Jun Oh – ESPN Treasurer
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- Aysun Karabay Bayazıt – Council Member
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- Dorota Drozdz – Council Member
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- Evgenia Preka – Council Member
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- Fabio Paglialonga – Council Member
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- George Reusz – Council Member
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- Jerome Harambat – Council Member
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- Michiel Schreuder – Council Member
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- Stella Stabouli – Council Member
Prof. Rezan Topaloğlu – ESPN President
Hacettepe University Faculty Of Medicine
Hacettepe Mh., 06230 Ankara. Turkey
E-mail address: rezantopaloglu@hacettepe.edu.tr
Year of appointment: 2019
Additional responsibilities: IPNA-ESPN Junior Masterclass; Immune mediated disorders WG liaison; Training grants; Liason to JAPN; ESPN 2030; Transition
Prof. Dieter Haffner – ESPN Assistant President
Hannover Medical School, Hannover. Germany
E-mail address: Haffner.Dieter@mh-hannover.de
Year of appointment: 2019
Additional Responsibilities: Inherited Renal Disorders WG Liaison; Liason to all working group Activities and reports; Liason to ASPN; ESPN 2030
Prof. Jun Oh – ESPN Treasurer
Hannover Medical School, Hannover. Germany
E-mail address: Haffner.Dieter@mh-hannover.de
Year of appointment: 2019
Additional Responsibilities: Inherited Renal Disorders WG Liaison; Liason to all working group Activities and reports; Liason to ASPN; ESPN 2030
Aysun Karabay Bayazıt – Council Member
Çukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Nephrology
Adana, Turkey
E-mail address : akbayazit@gmail.com
Year of appointment: 2020
Responsibilities: Advisory board of the European renal best practice (ERB) by ESPN; CKD-MBD WG liaison; Mentoring Program; Academic issues – Research Grants evaluation; Relation with National Societies for Pediatric Nephrology; Transition
Dorota Drozdz – Council Member
Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College
Krakow, Poland
E-mail address : dadrozdz@cm-uj.krakow.pl
Year of appointment: 2020
Responsibilities: EDTA-dialysis and nurses, pharmacists; Nutrion Task Force; Academic issues – Research Grants evaluation; Liason to patient organizations; Transition
Evgenia Preka – Council Member
Southampton University Children’s Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton
Hampshire, UK
E-mail address : evgenia.preka@gmail.com
Year of appointment: 2020
Responsibilities: Young Nephrology Network; Newsletters/Social Media; Mentoring Program; Website; Training grants; History Task Force; Transition
Fabio Paglialonga – Council Member
Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda- Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Milan, Italy
E-mail address: fabio.paglialonga@policlinico.mi.it
Year of appintment: 2021
Responsibilities: Dialysis WG Liaison; Young Nephrology Network,
George Reusz – Council Member
Semmelweis University, First Department of Pediatrics
Budapest, Hungary
E-mail address : reuszgs@gmail.com
Year of appointment: 2020
Responsibilities: Relation with national societies for pediatric nephrology
Jerome Harambat – Council Member
Hôpital Pellegrin-Enfants, University of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
E-mail address : jerome.harambat@chu-bordeaux.fr
Year of appointment: 2021
Responsibilities: Transplantation WG Liaison; ERKNet EGs Liaison
Michiel Schreuder – Council Member
Radboud University Medical Center
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
E-mail address: michiel.schreuder@radboudumc.nl
Year of appointment: 2020
Responsibilities: World kidney day activities; Newsletters/Social Media; CAKUT WG Liaison; ESPN 2030
Stella Stabouli – Council Member
Aristotle University
Thessaloniki, Greece
E-mail address : sstaboul@auth.gr
Year of appointment: 2021
Responsibilities: Academic issues – Research Grants evaluation; Training grants; Liason to patient organizations
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Aysun Karabay Bayazıt – Council Member
Çukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Nephrology
Adana, Turkey
E-mail address : akbayazit@gmail.com
Year of appointment: 2020
Responsibilities: Advisory board of the European renal best practice (ERB) by ESPN; CKD-MBD WG liaison; Mentoring Program; Academic issues – Research Grants evaluation; Relation with National Societies for Pediatric Nephrology; Transition
Dorota Drozdz – Council Member
Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College
Krakow, Poland
E-mail address : dadrozdz@cm-uj.krakow.pl
Year of appointment: 2020
Responsibilities: EDTA-dialysis and nurses, pharmacists; Nutrion Task Force; Academic issues – Research Grants evaluation; Liason to patient organizations; Transition
Evgenia Preka – Council Member
Southampton University Children’s Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton
Hampshire, UK
E-mail address : evgenia.preka@gmail.com
Year of appointment: 2020
Responsibilities: Young Nephrology Network; Newsletters/Social Media; Mentoring Program; Website; Training grants; History Task Force; Transition
Fabio Paglialonga – Council Member
Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda- Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Milan, Italy
E-mail address: fabio.paglialonga@policlinico.mi.it
Year of appintment: 2021
Responsibilities: Dialysis WG Liaison; Young Nephrology Network,
George Reusz – Council Member
Semmelweis University, First Department of Pediatrics
Budapest, Hungary
E-mail address : reuszgs@gmail.com
Year of appointment: 2020
Responsibilities: Relation with national societies for pediatric nephrology
Jerome Harambat – Council Member
Hôpital Pellegrin-Enfants, University of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
E-mail address : jerome.harambat@chu-bordeaux.fr
Year of appointment: 2021
Responsibilities: Transplantation WG Liaison; ERKNet EGs Liaison
Michiel Schreuder – Council Member
Radboud University Medical Center
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
E-mail address: michiel.schreuder@radboudumc.nl
Year of appointment: 2020
Responsibilities: World kidney day activities; Newsletters/Social Media; CAKUT WG Liaison; ESPN 2030
Stella Stabouli – Council Member
Aristotle University
Thessaloniki, Greece
E-mail address : sstaboul@auth.gr
Year of appointment: 2021
Responsibilities: Academic issues – Research Grants evaluation; Training grants; Liason to patient organizations
ERA
The European Renal Association is the main European Renal Society. A strong professional and fellowship relationship exists between our two societies. In addition we have a formal contract that ensures:
- ESPN speakers/ambassadors at the annual ERA conference
- A joint session with ERA speakers at the annual ESPN conference
- Co-operation with the ERA registry
- ESPN representation on ERA working groups
18 September 2020
Congress Organizing Committee: Rezan Topaloğlu, Dieter Haffner, Jun Oh
3-6 October 2018
Congress President: Dr Oğuz SÖYLEMEZOĞLU (Turkey)
Chair of Scientific Committee: Dr Kjell TULLUS (United Kingdom)
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6-9 September 2017
President of Congress: Dr Heather Maxwell (United Kingdom)
Chair of Scientific Committee: Prof Richard Coward (United Kingdom)
3-5 September 2015
President of Congress: Dr Johan Vande Walle (Belgium)
Chair of Scientific Committee: Prof Elena Levtchenko (Belgium)
18-20 September 2014
President of Congress: Dr Alberto Afonso CALDAS (Portugal)
Chair of Scientific Committee: Dr Ryszard GRENDA (Poland)
6-8 September 2012
President of Congress: Dr Jacek A. PIETRZYK (Poland)
Chair of Scientific Committee: Prof Francesco EMMA (Italy)
14-17 September 2011
President of Congress: Dr Danica BATINIC (Croatia)
Chair of Scientific Committee: Dr Yaacov FRISHBERG (Israel)
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| 1967-1971 | Gavin Arneil | 1967-1971 | Harmen Tiddens |
| 1971-1974 | Harmen Tiddens | 1971-1976 | Andreas Fanconi |
| 1974-1979 | Oskar Oetliker | 1976-1979 | Karel van Acker |
| 1979-1984 | Karel van Acker | 1979-1984 | Ernst Leumann |
| 1984-1989 | Ernst Leumann | 1984-1985 | Karel van Acker |
| 1985-1989 | Michael Winterborn | ||
| 1989-1992 | Michael Winterborn | 1989-1992 | Patrick Niaudet |
| 1992-1997 | Patrick Niaudet | 1992-1997 | Kate Verrier Jones |
| 1997-2000 | Kate Verrier Jones | 1997-2000 | Jochen Ehrich |
| 2000-2003 | Jochen Ehrich | 2000-2003 | Christer Holmberg |
| 2003-2008 | Christer Holmberg | 2003-2008 | Pierre Cochat |
| 2008-2012 | Pierre Cochat | 2008-2010 | Rosanna Coppo |
| 2012-2015 | Rosanna Coppo | 2010-2015 | Elena Levtchenko |
| 2015-2019 | Elena Levtchenko | 2015-2019 | Rezan Topaloglu |
| 2019- | Rezan Topaloglu | 2019- | Dieter Haffner |
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| Pierre Royer | France | |
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| Niilo Hallman | Finland | |
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| 1977-1980 | Claude Godard | Switzerland |
| Eva Matheova | CSSR | |
| 1978-1981 | Cyril Chantler | UK |
| Juhani Rapola | Finland | |
| 1979-1982 | Claire Kleinknecht | France |
| Karl Schärer | FRG | |
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| Antonio Torrado | Portugal | |
| 1981-1984 | Willem Proesmans | Belgium |
| Ulf Jodal | Sweden | |
| 1982-1985 | Gianfranco Rizzoni | Italy |
| Michael Winterborn | UK | |
| 1983-1986 | Matthias Brandis | FRG |
| Jiri Svorc | CSSR | |
| 1984-1987 | Chantal Loirat | France |
| Leo Monnens | The Netherlands | |
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| Alberto Martini | Italy | |
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| Otto Mehls | FRG | |
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| Sandor Turi | Hungary | |
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| Rosanna Gurmano | Italy | |
| 1989-1992 | Olli Koskimies | Finland |
| Wolfgang Rascher | Germany | |
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| Maria Sieniawska | Poland | |
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| Mercedes Vasquez-Martul | Spain | |
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| Peter Hoyer | Germany | |
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| Jean Pierre Guignard | Switzerland | |
| 1994-1997 | Helena Jardim | Portugal |
| Francesco Perfumo | Italy | |
| 1995-1998 | Christer Holmberg | Finland |
| Jochen Ehrich | Germany | |
| 1996-1999 | Jan Janda | Czech Republic |
| Mario Bianchetti | Switzerland | |
| 1997-2000 | Fernando Santos | Spain |
| Rosanna Coppo | Italy | |
| Pierre Cochat | France | |
| 1998-2001 | Bert van der Heijden | The Netherlands |
| 1999-2002 | Eric Girardin | Switzerland |
| Constantinor Stefanidis | Greece | |
| Aleksandra Zurowska | Poland | |
| 2000-2003 | Michael Fischbach | France |
| Sue Rigden | UK | |
| Hilal Mocan | Turkey | |
| 2001-2004 | Giuliana Lama | Italy |
| 2002-2005 | Mercedes Navarro Torres | Spain |
| Jean-Claude Davin | The Netherlands | |
| György Reusz | Hungary | |
| 2003-2006 | Franz Schaefer | Germany |
| Necla Buyen | Turkey | |
| Alan Watson | UK | |
| 2004-2007 | Francesco Emma | Italy |
| 2005-2008 | Thomas Neuhaus | Switzerland |
| Alfonso Caldas | Portugal | |
| Svetlana Paunova | Russia | |
| Ryszard Grenda | Poland | |
| 2006-2009 | Nicholas Webb | UK |
| A Gur Guven | Turkey | |
| Dieter Haffner | Germany | |
| 2007-2010 | Elena Levtchenko | The Netherlands |
| 2008-2011 | Tatjana Nastausheva | Russia |
| Tim Ulinski | France | |
| Tomas Seeman | Czech Republic | |
| Sverker Hansson | Sweden | |
| Empar Lurbe | Spain | |
| 2009-2012 | Velibor Tasic | Macedonia |
| Rezan Topaloglu | Turkey | |
| 2011-2014 | Johan Vande Walle | Belgium |
| Detlef Böckenhauer | UK | |
| Giovanni Montini | Italy | |
| Marijan Saraga | Croatia | |
| Anna Bjerre | Norway | |
| Eric Girardin | Switzerland | |
| 2012–2015 | Stefanie Weber | Germany |
| Fatoş Yalçınkaya | Turkey | |
| 2014–2017 | Soren Rittig | Denmark |
| Rukshana Shroff | UK | |
| Justine Bacchetta | France | |
| Carmine Pecoraro | Italy | |
| Ali Düzova | Turkey | |
| Helena Pinto | Portugal | |
| 2015–2018 | Larisa Prikhodina | Russia |
| Gema Ariceta | Spain | |
| 2017–2020 | Ana Teixeira | Portugal |
| Jun Oh | Germany | |
| Kjell Tullus | UK | |
| Marina Vivarelli | Italy | |
| Olivia Boyer | France | |
| Sevcan Bakkaloğlu Ezgü | Turkey | |
| 2018-2021 | Augustina Jankauskiene | Lithuania |
| Max Liebau | Germany | |
| Martin Christian | UK | |
| 2020 – 2023 | Aysun Karabay Bayazıt | Turkey |
| Michiel Schreuder | The Netherlands | |
| Dorota Drozdz | Poland | |
| George Reusz | Hungary | |
| Evgenia Preka | UK |
| 1998-2008 | Peter Hoyer | Germany |
| 2008-2018 | Dieter Haffner | Germany |
| 2018- | Jun Oh | Germany |
Members
Rezan Topaloglu
Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara. Turkey
E-mail address: rezantopaloglu@hacettepe.edu.tr
Elena Levtchenko
Department of Pediatrics. Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven. Belgium
E-mail address: elena.levtchenko@uzleuven.be
Dieter Haffner
Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover. Germany
E-mail address: Haffner.Dieter@mh-hannover.de
Olivia Boyer
Service de Néphrologie Pédiatrique. Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris. France
E-mail address: olivia.boyer@aphp.fr
Jun Oh
Department of Ped. Nephrology. Center for Obstetrics and Paediatrics Medical Center, Hamburg/Eppendorf. Germany
E-mail address: j.oh@uke.de
Rukshana Shroff
Paediatric Nephrology Department. Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. UK.
E-mail address: rukshana.shroff@gosh.nhs.uk
Ana Teixeira
Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto,
Porto. Portugal
E-mail address: anafteixeira@gmail.com
- General Awards. These proposals must have documented support of a relevant ESPN Working Group but the Working Group Board does not have to be actively involved in the research project.
- ESPN Working Group Awards. These are proposals where the relevant ESPN Working Group is actively involved in the project. Evidence for this by way of accompanying documentation must be provided.
- Young Investigator Award. This new award from 2021 is intended to be start-up funding to support new researchers early in their careers. It is open to proposals where the principal applicant is under 35 years old.
ESPN regularly awards a number of research grants. At the Spring 2020 ESPN Council meeting, the frequency of grant awards was increased from biennially to annually. The awards are open to ESPN members only. The amount of funding granted depends on the financial situation of ESPN and current funding, e.g. by industry partners, but will generally not exceed EUR 20,000. A grant application call is made via members’ emailing and on the ESPN website. The applications are reviewed by both internal (ESPN Council) and external (usually senior ESPN members not currently serving on Council) reviewers. Winners are announced at the General Assembly held during the annual ESPN congress.
- Grants will be awarded for collaborative work within Europe, ideally within more than one country. Applicants submitting single-centre projects are unlikely to be successful.
- There will be three categories for grants:
- A general grant category (application of an ESPN member with documented support by an ESPN Working Group)
- Working Group grants (must include evidence that the relevant Working Group Board is actively involved in the project of the grant)
- Young Investigator Award as start-up funding for projects (the principal application must be aged 35 or younger
- All categories of applications will be scored and ranked together and awards made to the agreed number of top-ranking applications, but ensuring that one Young Investigator grant and at least one Working Group grant are awarded each year; if there is not a sufficiently highly-enough ranked general grant, it will not be awarded that year.
- Unsuccessful candidates from previous years may re-apply but they need to declare previous submissions on the application form and itemise how the revised application has addressed previous reviewers’ comments.
- Previously successful candidates may not reapply for further awards until 3 years after their last successful award.
- Current members of ESPN Council may not be the principal applicant.
- The total amount available for grants that year will be decided by Council at their spring meeting
- A timetable for the call for applications, closing date, reviewers’ deadline and winners’ announcement will also be agreed at that meeting. The President will propose two or three Council members to act as internal reviewers.
- If an internal reviewer has any connection to a grant application that year, they must demit from their internal review role at the earliest opportunity. The president may then appoint a replacement internal reviewer.
- Council will suggest and agree three individuals to be external reviewers. These will be senior ESPN members in good standing who have experience of clinical and/or laboratory research. Effort will be made to ensure good representation of European countries and areas of clinical interest with these reviewers.
- A reserve external reviewer may be chosen in case of decline from the one of the others.
- The internal reviewers will be responsible for:
- Approaching external reviewers to ask if they would agree to take part
- Communicating expectations of their role and the timetable to reviewers
- Sharing the application forms and a template score-sheet with external reviewers
- Reviewing and scoring/ranking applications prior to receiving external reviews
- Collating all scores/ranks
- Meeting to agree recommendations for the winning applications
- Communicating the collective reviewers’ recommendations and individual scoring/ranking to the ESPN President
- Reviewing the grant application process each year and making any recommendations for improvement to Council
- The call for applications will be made via the grants webpage of the ESPN website with signposting from a home-page slider and also via specific emailing to all ESPN members
- All applications will be considered in the general grant category; applicants may request for their application to be included within the ESPN Working Group category and/or Young Investigator Award as well if relevant.
- A list of conflicts of interest for internal reviewers should be complied at the start of the review process. These must include (but are not limited to):
- Membership of the relevant Working Group
- Shared nationality with the principal applicant for that particular application
- Shared centre with any one of the co-applicants for that particular application
- Internal reviewers should check that no principal applicants have received ESPN grants over the previous 2 years.
- Internal reviewers should check that all applications are in the correct category: WG-applications should include evidence of WG board involvement (not just a supporting letter); any principal applicant under 35 years may be included in the Young Investigator Award category.
- For the review process a previously agreed-upon standardised form will be used both by internal and external reviewers. This form will cover the following aspects that shall be scored upon:
- Problem definition, scientific hypothesis and aims
- Relevance to clinical practice
- Innovative potential
- Work plan and feasibility in proposed time
- Cost/benefit
- Contribution to improved collaboration
- Statistical design (score is left blank if not relevant)
- Ethical profile (score is left blank if not relevant)
- Scientific profile of principal applicant
- Reviewer will give a score on every single aspect listed above. The maximal score for that aspect is shown alongside
- Scoring will be summed up for a final score for a specific application. If the statistics or ethical aspects are not relevant, the final score will be adjusted accordingly. For example, for a project that does not need ethical approval, the reviewer would leave the box blank meaning a total possible score of 95. The candidate’s adjusted score would then be multiplied by 1.05 (=100/95).
- In case of equal sums of multiple applications, the reviewer can give a personal recommendation for ranking.
- Reviewers are also requested to underline the scoring by providing short written comments on strengths and limitations of the applications with emphasis on the aspects defined for scoring.
- Scores and rankings of all reviewers will be summarized by the internal reviewers to come up with a ranking list to be presented to the president.
- At the end of the process, the lead internal reviewer should produce a short report for the autumn Council meeting. The SOP should be reviewed and any amendments to the process discussed at the same Council meeting.
- ESPN council will be informed of the results during the council meeting at the beginning of the corresponding yearly ESPN meeting.
- Applicants will be informed of the results during the general assembly of the yearly ESPN meeting.
- All applicants (both successful and unsuccessful) will receive a written confirmation and reviewers’ comments during the weeks after the ESPN meeting.
- Funded projects are requested to provide progress report annually until the project is complete (or after a maximum of 3 years if the work is continuing). Reports will be presented to the council and then be published on the ESPN webpage.
- At the completion of the project, or after 3 years (whichever comes sooner), a final project report is requested which should list publications and also financial details of how the grant was used.
- Templates are available for 6 month, annual interim and final reports.
- The president and one named ESPN council member will be responsible for contacting grant holders to request reports.
- Funded projects are requested to acknowledge ESPN funding with indication of the grant number in any publication emerging from the project for 5 years after initial funding.
Regulations for ESPN research grants, approved by ESPN Council (February 2021)
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EPA
The European Paediatric Association (EPA) is a pan-European scientific association which is the Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Association (EPA-UNEPSA). The main objective of EPA-UNEPSA is to encourage scientific co-operation between not-for-profit National European Paediatric Societies/Associations and between European paediatricians working in primary, secondary and tertiary paediatric care in Europe, in order to promote child health and comprehensive paediatric care.
IPNA
The International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) is a global, 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization that believes that all children deserve to be healthy and receive optimal treatment and care for kidney disease regardless of their economic level or political choice.
- ESPN speakers/ambassadors at the annual IPNA conference
- A joint session with IPNA speakers at the annual ESPN conference
- Co-operation with the IPNA registry
- ESPN representation on IPNA working groups
- IPNA & ESPN Master for Junior Classes
ERA
The European Renal Association is the main European Renal Society. A strong professional and fellowship relationship exists between our two societies. In addition we have a formal contract that ensures:
- ESPN speakers/ambassadors at the annual ERA conference
- A joint session with ERA speakers at the annual ESPN conference
- Co-operation with the ERA registry
- ESPN representation on ERA working groups
ASPN
The American Society for Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) is our sister society in North America. We have recently agreed a speaker sharing scheme whereby we each invite and fund two speakers from the sister society to our annual congress. We look forward to developing this relationship.
JSPN
The predecessor study group of Pediatric Nephrology in Japan was established in 1967. In 1982, the official name of the group was changed to the current name, the Japanese Society of Pediatric Nephrology (JSPN).
The JSPN is among the most active affiliate societies of the Japan Pediatric Society.
ESPU
The European Society for Paediatric Urology is a non-profit society whose main purpose is to promote paediatric urology, appropriate practice, education as well as exchanges between practitioners involved in the treatment of genito urinary disorders in children.
ESPN collaborative work with European Society of Pediatric Urology (ESPU), at Digital Educational Platform for Paediatric Bladder Conditions (DEPPU) project is launched on
https://www.urpedia.org. It is a platform to provide some information on paediatric urological conditions that summarised in 6 topics by the collaboration of ESPN, ESPU, ICCS and Wonca.
ESPN collaboratives are
- Silvio Maringhini ESPN UTI-CAKUT WG Chair
- Aysun Karabay Bayazit ESPN UTI-CAKUT WG member
- Giovanni Montini UTI-CAKUT WG member
- Rezan Topaloglu ESPN President
Alport syndrome
Bartter syndrome
C3 glomerulopathy
Cystic kidney disease
Cystinosis
Gitelman syndrome
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Hyperoxaluria
MPGN
See C3 glomerulopathy
Nephrotic syndrome
Polycystic kidney disease
See Cystic kidney disease
An important and developing role of the ESPN is the support of training of paediatric nephrologists within Europe. This is achieved through a number of initiatives:
ESPN training grants
Call for training grants
ESPN is working hard to develop and enhance training standards that foster development of all current and future trainees and ensure that they have reached appropriate skill levels at the end of their training. Up to 3 training grants will be awarded twice yearly to young paediatric nephrologists (or paediatricians working in centres with children affected by kidney diseases) within Europe to enable them to spend up to 6 months at one or more established paediatric nephrology centres.
Applications for ESPN training grants are open throughout the year, however deadlines for applications are 1st September and 1st February each year so that the applications can be discussed at the ESPN council meetings which are held in February-March and September-October. The decisions will be shared with applicants within two weeks of the ESPN council meeting. Late applications will not be considered.
Preference will be given to applicants who will perform a research project alongside their clinical attachment in the hosting centre. It would normally be expected that the trainee seeks training in a different country. Grants for training programmes within the same country will be considered but will need to justify why there is not local or national support for this training.
The total value of the training grant will be up to 3000 euros or 500 euros per month for a programme of less than 6 months.
All applications will be evaluated by the ESPN council on the basis of the candidates’ qualifications and educational needs.
Unsuccessful candidates from previous years may re-apply. Current ESPN council members may not apply and if they are involved in the traineeship (as home or hosting centre leads) they should not be involved in the reviewing process of the applications. Training grants will not normally be awarded more than once to the same individual. Training centres can host an ESPN-sponsored trainee once every 2 years.
The below documents should be sent all together to the President and the Young Paediatric Nephrologists Network Coordinator (contact details here below):
- ) The application form (including the signature of the head of department)
- ) Curriculum vitae
- ) Letter of acceptance from the clinical lead who will be responsible for the training during the internship/traineeship
- ) Reference letter from the candidate’s current supervisor
- ) Details of the traineeship (e.g. weekly/monthly duties of the prospective candidate). The candidate could attach the clinic’s program and precise in which duties they will participate (if not all).
A receipt of application will be sent by email.
A training report should be completed at the end of the training period by the trainer and trainee and sent in within one month to our ESPN secretary by the trainee with a copy of the application form. The training report should be sent to both the President and the YPNN Coordinator.
Click here to download the application form and the training report form. The latest needs to be completed at the end of the traineeship and submitted within one month after the end of the traineeship, as indicated here above. The financial application form for the accepted applicants can be downloaded here.
Please find here previous trainees’s experiences.
Contact details:
Prof. Rezan Topaloglu, MD
Hacettepe University
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Pediatric Nephrology
06100 Ankara Turkey
E-mail address: rezantopaloglu@hacettepe.edu.tr
Young Paediatric Nephrologist Network Coordinator (ESPN YPNN Coordinator)
Dr. Evgenia Preka, MD
Southampton University Children’s Hospital
United Kingdom
E-mail address: evgenia.preka@gmail.com
For further information with regards to clinical attachments and support in the application process or finding a training centre please do not hesitate to contact the Young Paediatric Nephrologist Network Coordinator (Dr. Evgenia Preka, email: evgenia.preka@gmail.com).
Summer schools
In the future, it is also hoped to have a regular summer school, run somewhere in Central Europe, to provide further training opportunities.
AsPNA
AsPNA. Promoting the art and science of pediatric nephrology in Asia. The Asian Pediatric Nephrology Association is a nonprofit charitable organization that believes that all children deserve to be healthy and receive optimal treatment and care for kidney disease regardless of their economic level or political choice.
The European Renal Association is the main European Renal Society. A strong professional and fellowship relationship exists between our two societies. In addition we have a formal contract that ensures:
- ESPN speakers/ambassadors at the annual ERA conference
- A joint session with ERA speakers at the annual ESPN conference
- Co-operation with the ERA registry
- ESPN representation on ERA working groups
The International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) is a global, 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization that believes that all children deserve to be healthy and receive optimal treatment and care for kidney disease regardless of their economic level or political choice.
- ESPN speakers/ambassadors at the annual IPNA conference
- A joint session with IPNA speakers at the annual ESPN conference
- Co-operation with the IPNA registry
- ESPN representation on IPNA working groups
- IPNA & ESPN Master for Junior Classes
The International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA) is a professional organization of individuals in the field of pediatric transplantation. The purpose of the Association is to advance the science and practice of pediatric transplantation worldwide in order to improve the health of all children who require such treatment. The Association is dedicated to promoting technical and scientific advances in pediatric transplantation and to advocating for the rights of all children who need transplantation.
The American Society for Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) is our sister society in North America. We have recently agreed a speaker sharing scheme whereby we each invite and fund two speakers from the sister society to our annual congress. We look forward to developing this relationship.
AsPNA. Promoting the art and science of pediatric nephrology in Asia. The Asian Pediatric Nephrology Association is a nonprofit charitable organization that believes that all children deserve to be healthy and receive optimal treatment and care for kidney disease regardless of their economic level or political choice.
The predecessor study group of Pediatric Nephrology in Japan was established in 1967. In 1982, the official name of the group was changed to the current name, the Japanese Society of Pediatric Nephrology (JSPN).
The JSPN is among the most active affiliate societies of the Japan Pediatric Society.
The European Paediatric Association (EPA) is a pan-European scientific association which is the Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Association (EPA-UNEPSA). The main objective of EPA-UNEPSA is to encourage scientific co-operation between not-for-profit National European Paediatric Societies/Associations and between European paediatricians working in primary, secondary and tertiary paediatric care in Europe, in order to promote child health and comprehensive paediatric care.
The European Society for Paediatric Urology is a non-profit society whose main purpose is to promote paediatric urology, appropriate practice, education as well as exchanges between practitioners involved in the treatment of genito urinary disorders in children.
ESPN collaborative work with European Society of Pediatric Urology (ESPU), at Digital Educational Platform for Paediatric Bladder Conditions (DEPPU) project is launched on https://www.urpedia.org. It is a platform to provide some information on paediatric urological conditions that summarised in 6 topics by the collaboration of ESPN, ESPU, ICCS and Wonca.
ESPN collaboratives are
- Silvio Maringhini ESPN UTI-CAKUT WG Chair
- Aysun Karabay Bayazit ESPN UTI-CAKUT WG member
- Giovanni Montini UTI-CAKUT WG member
- Rezan Topaloglu ESPN President
ESPN offers honorary membership for up to two distinguished senior members each year. It is normally expected that these individuals will have retired from clinical practice. They should have made significant contributions to paediatric kidney care at local, national and international level and also have made
significant contributions to the work of ESPN.
Honorary membership entitles the holder to lifetime free society membership. In their year of election, the new honorary members will be offered free registration for the annual ESPN congress.
The Young Pediatric Nephrologists’ Network (YPNN) aims to involve young pediatric nephrologists in all the activities of the ESPN and to improve collaboration and networking among the future generation of paediatric nephrologists in Europe.
# YPNN national representatives:
The YPNN needs to renew its national representatives. Should you wish to become the new ESPN YPNN representative of your country, then please email evgenia.preka@gmail.com.
# YPNN activities :
- A specific YPNN session during the ESPN meetings
- A join ESPN YPNN/ERA-EDTA YPN session at ESPN and/or ERA-EDTA meetings
- A social event during ESPN meeting dedicated to the YPNN
- Twitter account : @ypnn-espn
Join us today! @ISNkidneycare -IPNA joint webinar 👇
Register here: https://bit.ly/3Pwpum1
@ASianPNA @Alanepe1 @ASPNeph @EspnYpnn … https://twitter.com/ISNkidneycare/status/1551517966046568449
UPDATE: ISN-@IPNA_PedNeph – “Across the Lifespan” Joint Webinar: Adolescents and Young Adults Transition, with Maria E. Diaz-Gonzalez de Ferris, Peter Kerr, and @MedEdMahan
🕛 July 25 – 6pm EDT
🕛 July 26 – 00am CEST | 8am AEST
🔗 Register for free here: https://theisn.org/in-action/education/webinars/isn-ipna-across-the-lifespan-joint-webinars-adolescents-and-young-adults-transition-masterclass-1-2/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Webinar-sameday
Congenital anomalies of the kidney & urinary tract are congenital disorders known as CAKUT. Read this Pro/Con Debate that advocates for continued … use of the umbrella term CAKUT for these related congenital kidney & urinary tract abnormalities. #openaccess
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00467-022-05678-z
You can find archived recordings of our webinars by following the link below: http://www.theipna.org/resources/webinars/
@Alanepe1 @EspnYpnn … @ASianPNA @ASPNeph @MedEdMahan
❗️We are looking for YOU🫵! You want to become a part of our ERKNet office team🩺🧑💻 – please have a look at our Job Vacancies as … #DataScientist #ProjectManager
Visit: https://www.erknet.org 📲 NEWS❗️
Read everything about Lesley Rees’s Memorial, organised on the 20th of July in an HYBRID way in this Twitter thread! Thanks @GOSHCharity, … @RukshanaShroff @ucl and @ESPNSociety!
@louise_oni talking about hypogammaglobulinaemia post Rituximab @ESPNSociety – need to correlate low IgG with the clinical effect of this (do they … have serious/recurrent infections) and balance risk of underlying disease with the benefit Rituximab may give #ESPN2022
Identification of genetic causes for sporadic steroid-resistant NS in adults by Alessia Ferroni! Thanks for joining us from so far and for your … excellent state-of-art lecture! #ESPN2022 @ESPNSociety
Non-debatable fact: the whole world has a mismatch demand versus supply for kidneys! Thanks @priyagoose once again for the inspirational talk! … @ESPNSociety members try hard to improve this situation! Thank you all!
Don’t miss the last episode of the KDIGO Genetics in CKD Webinar Series, “Case Studies: How to Care for Patients with C3G and ADPKD,” with Dr. … Emilie Cornec-Le Gall and Dr. Daniel Gale.
Thursday, June 30 at 11:00 AM EDT/5:00 PM CEST: http://kdigo.co/Episode-10-Genetics-CKD-Web-Series
Fantastic talk from @priyagoose on Living donation for FSGS! The answer is : yes, of course go for it! The benefits outweigh the risks! @ESPNSociety … #ESPN2022
Tribute to Prof Lesley Rees & ‘what would Lesley do’ … Keep PTH normal, nutrition & fluid removal/low salt #ESPN2022
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Honor to share the stage @ESPNSociety meeting with Dr. Enrico Vidal on the pros and cons on PD vs HD in neonates. Having options is good!. … @EspnYpnn @ASPNeph @NeonatalKidney @UAB_NRTC @ChildrensAL
👉@ERAkidney sponsored course on #nephrogenetics 🧬 at the 17th @BantaoCongress in November in Antalya. Do not miss it! 📝🗓@EspnYpnn … @ESPNSociety @TurkNefro
Thank you @priyagoose for this great talk. Sorry that you cannot join in person. Looking forward to collaborative international studies on #FSGS … recurrence. #ESPN2022 @ASPNeph @SNephroPed
#espn2022 attenders don’t forget our Pub Quiz tomorrow! Come after Fun Run or after your talks for a fun game and lots of networking!
Meet at: Joe … Peñas Cantina y Bar at 21:00! The game starts at 21:30! Please have lots of battery on one phone from your team 😉
#espn2022 attenders, are you up for our Pub Quiz? Location has changed, so please book this in your agenda for Thursday night, the 23rd of June at 21-21h30 @ Joe Peñas Cantina y Bar: https://www.joepenas.si/
Location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Joe+Pe%C3%B1a’s+Cantina+y+Bar/@46.0526901,14.5026311,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x1d707bf1ffaa287d?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjonbmakbz4AhWDvaQKHUvNDUsQ_BJ6BAg-EAU
After our pre-congress workshops, join us on the State-of-the-art lecture, given by Cristina Martin-Higueras: RNAi as a novel therapeutic approach for… paediatric kidney diseases! So exciting!
See you all there and of course meet & greet afterwards in the welcome drinks 😊
Ready for our fantastic workshops tomorrow #espn2022? Histopathology, Nephrourology and Dialysis workshops!
Great speakers like @DDD_Askenazi! And … many more to learn from! Thanks @ESPNSociety !
Do join them and tweet your learning points! Sharing is caring 😊
Thank you all for all your hard work to provide such a well-organized and informative IPNA-@ESPNSociety Junior Master Classes! 👏👏 @rezan_t … @LevtchenkoL
Already in Ljubljana for your Master Class IPNA/ESPN courses? Visit the historic castle to get a lovely view of the Slovenian Alps and get a wonderful… view of Ljubljana! Thanks again @ESPNSociety for the organisation!
Call for Nominations! #IPTA2023 award nominations are now open for Lifetime Achievement, Future Leaders, Distinguished Allied Health and Nursing, and … Pioneer. Know an outstanding healthcare pro who deserves recognition? Nominate them today 👉 http://bit.ly/3wt2b4w
#espn2022 attenders, are you up for our Pub Quiz? Location has changed, so please book this in your agenda for Thursday night, the 23rd of June at … 21-21h30 @ Joe Peñas Cantina y Bar: https://www.joepenas.si/
Location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Joe+Pe%C3%B1a’s+Cantina+y+Bar/@46.0526901,14.5026311,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x1d707bf1ffaa287d?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjonbmakbz4AhWDvaQKHUvNDUsQ_BJ6BAg-EAU
IPNA-@ESPNSociety Junior Master Classes start in Ljubljana today!
The IPNA-ESPN Junior Master Classes are especially dedicated to pediatric … residents, pediatricians with special interest in #pedneph, fellows in pediatric nephrology and young pediatric nephrologists.
Hello folks! Are you attending the #ESPN2022 Congress at Ljubljana f2f or virtually? See you there !!! @ESPNSociety @IPNA_PedNeph @BAPNnephrology … @ASPNeph @ASianPNA @Alanepe1 @AfricanAFRAN
Ready for some social highlights about #ESPN2022 Annual Congress in Ljubljana?? Stay tuned and follow this tweet trend!! @ESPNSociety @IPNA_PedNeph … @BAPNnephrology @ASianPNA @ASPNeph @Alanepe1 @chcsaorg @IptaPedsTx
Highlight n.7
E-poster presentations with young colleagues from the @EspnYpnn presenting and moderating the discussion – Thanks to all our valuable … members for participating!!
Just few days before our #ESPN2022 Congress! Excited to learn more? Let’s give you some highlights!!
#1 State of the art lecture on RNA interference … as a novel treatment strategy for paediatric kidney diseases by Cristina Martin Higueras !! @ESPNSociety
📢NEXT TUESDAY: ERKNet/@ESPNSociety -Webinar on Genetics & CAKUT 🩺🎓
👩⚕️Nine Knoers from Groning will give a presentation on June… 14 from 4 to 5 pm (CET).
✅Register now: https://tinyurl.com/5cwy3xbr
Join us tomorrow for the IPNA Webinar on Cognition in Children with CKD with @HarshmanLyndsay & @LevtchenkoL
Register now: … https://bit.ly/3MaXphI
@Alanepe1 @ASPNeph @ASianPNA @AfricanAFRAN @EspnYpnn @ESPNSociety #pedneph
FINAL CALL- BOOK YOUR FREE VIRTUAL PLACE. FAB SPEAKERS GUARANTEE WILL CHANGE PRACTICE @kidneydoc101 @neilturn @BAPNnephrology @peeer #KIDNEY & … other stuff #transition #obesity #Lupus #rheumatology #moupt #CYP #SDM PLS SHARE @UKKidney
@drjosflynn
http://www.readysteadygo.net/mout.html
The inaugural IPNA Junior Empowerment and Mentorship (IPNA JEMs) Program is launching this year! The deadline for expressions of interest close on … June 12, 2022.
👉 https://bit.ly/3wujhQO
@ASPNeph @ASianPNA @AfricanAFRAN @EspnYpnn @Alanepe1
Educational course in Paed Urology by the ESPU: https://www.espu.org/events/calendar/eventdetail/159/-/xviiith-espu-educational-course
It’s worth reading! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34146162/
Welcome to our #ESPN2022 Congress this year @Ljubljana this June! Thanks to @ESPNSociety for organising this interesting hybrid Congress in a lovely … place as Ljubljana this year! Lots or come so do follow us! Join us, share your knowledge and inspire future generations!
ESPN President invites you the ESPN 2022 Congress in Ljubljana!
@EspnYpnn @EraRegistry @ipna2022 @ASianPNA
Talking about social events & networking #ESPN_2022_Ljubljana what about joining us for a Fun Run? Put your sneakers on and join us on the 23rd of… June at 8 p.m.! Read the whole trend for more details! Thanks @ESPNSociety & @EspnYpnn members for organising & joining us!
Now that we are approaching our Annual #ESPN_2022_Ljubljana Congress, let’s give some info about some of the exciting events that are coming on! … OPENING CEREMONY…Thanks @ESPNSociety
Thanks @ESPNSociety – early bird registration is extended until the 9
8th of May!!! For the ones coming for a f2f meeting, do join us in the Fun Run … and for the Pub Quiz! Lot of fun and networking is going to take place there!
To my colleagues paediatric nephrologists in Europe-please help complete this important survey on clinical practice on detection/treatment of … TCMR.Last European data we have is from 25 yrs ago.Thank you! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EKITA_TCMR @ESPNSociety @EspnYpnn @BAPNnephrology
Register for the “Ask the Expert” session on Wednesday, May 11 from 5 to 6:30 pm.
ERKNet experts answer patient questions about glomerulopathies, … tubulopathies, aHUS, CAKUT and ADPKD. Please share!
✅Click here: https://tinyurl.com/44m53hwb
Don´t miss early bird registration for @ipna2022 in Calgary! 🇨🇦 IPNA Members benefit from a discounted rate. Renew your membership in a few … easy steps: https://bit.ly/3OWyocY
#pedneph @Alanepe1 @ASianPNA @EspnYpnn @ASPNeph
BOOK YOUR *** FREE PLACE***on 6th Annual ‘Renal Conditions: Moving on Up Together’ study day 10.6.22 HYBRID (VIRTUAL/F2F) FAB SPEAKERS WILL CHANGE … PRACTICE. Talks recorded 4 all who register here http://www.readysteadygo.net/mout.html
RT @BAPNnephrology @UKKidney @kidneycareuk @Kidney_Research
“We need to teach trainees all #dialysis options regardless if it’s a #HighResource or #LowResource setting. You never know when they need to use … them in humanitarian situations like a #PandemicsCOVID19” Dr @MignonMcCulloch
#PedNeph #CriticalCare course, round table @Alanepe1 ❤️
Look at http://www.readysteadygo.net Free article there will be helpful + look at what @PeeerYouth are doing – tab goes to their webpage @KathEvans2 … @RCPCHtweets @RCPCHPresident @RCPhysicians @rcgp @NICEComms @UKKidney @BAPNnephrology @EspnYpnn @drjosflynn @drcolindunkley @arvnagra https://twitter.com/NinaHeighington/status/1517234681359577090
@stnpaeds_Ellena @WeCYPnurses Have you seen ready steady go hello or 10 steps to transition tools? There is also nice guidance. There are lots of us in #teamtransition on Twitter who are leading on transition and who would be happy to help! @ReadySteadyGo3 @jacsrogers @LPorter99
Did you know the first year of membership is free for nephrology trainees? And now, in addition, ISN Membership only costs $15/year the 4 years … following, while a member is in training. Join/Renew now and reap the many benefits of ISN Membership in your early career! #ISNYoung
Pls share Book yr place. Gr8 speakers Will change practice Video of talks avail after http://www.readysteadygo.net/mout.html @kidneydoc101 @neilturn … @BAPNnephrology @UKKidney @BRSYoungAdults @queenofdialysis @HollyMLoughton @_ajhamilton @kidneycareuk @Kidney_Research @EspnYpnn @ESPNSociety https://twitter.com/Renal_Row/status/1513460393334640644
Don’t forget to book your place at the study day for transition of paediatric renal patients by the fab Ready Steady Go team (shout out to @arvnagra) – F2F and in person! https://twitter.com/arvnagra/status/1505876796742541312
Free registration until tomorrow at 12:00 pm CET – don’t miss our 2nd conjoint webinar on Vasculitides with collègues from @PReSEMERGE @ESPNSociety! … Our aim: teach both juniors and seniors, discuss, exchange and take a lot of home messages for everyone!
Join us for another conjoint talk between a Paed Nephrologist and a Paed Rheumatologist regarding Vasculitides in children! Free to participate – register with the link here below! @IPNA_PedNeph @BAPNnephrology @IptaPedsTx @ASianPNA @ASPNeph @Alanepe1 @SCNefrologia @ERAkidney https://twitter.com/ESPNSociety/status/1511236692585426947
Free registration is open until tomorrow at 12:00 pm CET – do not miss that webinar on Vasculitides from both a Paed Rheumatologist and a Paed … Nephrologist! Great speakers invited to share their knowledge & experiences! Do join us, learn, exchange and take a lot of home messages!
Join us for another conjoint talk between a Paed Nephrologist and a Paed Rheumatologist regarding Vasculitides in children! Free to participate – register with the link here below! @IPNA_PedNeph @BAPNnephrology @IptaPedsTx @ASianPNA @ASPNeph @Alanepe1 @SCNefrologia @ERAkidney https://twitter.com/ESPNSociety/status/1511236692585426947
Childhood Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Adult Cardiovascular Events | NEJM https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2109191#.Yk2VTEQMUAQ.twitter
Very important!
Engaging Trainees by Enriching Nephrology Elective Experiences http://ow.ly/qC1c30sgxAV @CJASN #openaccess #MedEd
Woohoo!! Early registration extended for our annual meeting!! Join us from everywhere lovely people 😊 @IPNA_PedNeph @BAPNnephrology @IptaPedsTx … @ASPNeph @EuRefNetwork @nech @HopRobertDebre @Alanepe1 @AfricanAFRAN @ERAkidney @ASianPNA @SCNefrologia @ISNkidneycare https://twitter.com/ESPNSociety/status/1511688604845846534
Join us for another conjoint talk between a Paed Nephrologist and a Paed Rheumatologist regarding Vasculitides in children! Free to participate – … register with the link here below! @IPNA_PedNeph @BAPNnephrology @IptaPedsTx @ASianPNA @ASPNeph @Alanepe1 @SCNefrologia @ERAkidney
PRES EMERGE and ESPN Young Paedtric Nephrologists’ Network webinar is here. Follow the link to register: https://forms.gle/vtay8yH5jt6Sn7kE6
Ukraine Task force update: https://www.espn-online.org/ukraine-task-force/ – thank you all for supporting us in this initiative! @ESPNSociety
‘Virtual Point of Care Ultrasound in Pediatric Nephrology Curriculum’ on 4-5 June. Website https://picunephrologycourses.com/ Registrations … https://in.eregnow.com/ticketing/register/POCUSpAKI #pcrrtadvances @rupeshrainamd @sumersethi @IPNA_PedNeph @ASianPNA @PICJournalWatch #PedsICU #POCUS @NephroP @ISNkidneycare
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Another PRES EMERGE and ESPN Young Paedtric Nephrologists’ Network webinar is here. Follow the link to register: https://forms.gle/KybZm8k3q4pjdoDs5…
‼️ Abstract Submission Final Extension: Monday 1⃣1⃣ April 2022.
@Alanepe1 @ASPNeph @EspnYpnn @ASianPNA #pedneph @CAPNeph … https://twitter.com/ipna2022/status/1506934913861365764
Abstract Submission Final Extension: Monday 1⃣1⃣ April 2022.
Join an exciting IPNA 2022 program, interact with colleagues, and hear world-class speakers. For instructions about abstract submission be sure to review the Abstract Submission Guidelines – https://bit.ly/3NkucCY
Next IPNA-@ESPNSociety Junior Master Classes: 20-21 June 2022.
Deadline for applications – 10 April 2022
Learn more & apply: … https://www.espn-online.org/ipna-espn-junior-class/
@Alanepe1 @ASianPNA #pedneph
Don’t forget our ADPKD e-seminar this Friday! Many clinical challenges will be discussed and a patient will give their own perspective in all these! … Thanks again all for participating! @ESPNSociety @PKDgroup_Leuven @ynptweets
📢Dear rare kidney disease patient,
if you have one burning question regarding your/your child’s disease, for instance regarding the diagnosis, … treatment, quality of life and long-term prognosis, we encourage you to submit your question here: 📲https://tinyurl.com/226nc68n
BOOK YR PLACE FAB STUDY DAY- WILL CHANGE PRACTICE. FAB SPEAKERS. F2F & ZOOM🥳 Register here http://www.readysteadygo.net/mout.html
… @BAPNnephrology @UKKidney @EspnYpnn @ESPNSociety @ipnajc @YincentTse @kay_tyerman @neilturn @kidneydoc101 @PeeerYouth @BevMatthewsRN @queenofdialysis @kidneycareuk
🎓Don’t miss our educational ERKNet webinar tomorrow!
Kálmán Tory from Budapest will give an overview about Mendelian & non-mendelian … inheritance.
🗓️When? Tuesday, March 22 at 4 pm (CET).
✅Register here: https://tinyurl.com/5n75fsb5
Do join us !!! It will be very educational – promise !!!
New initiative with
@ynptweets
in ADPKD from childhood to adulthood, including a patient’s perspective!
Link to register:▶️ https://www.era-online.org/en/ynp-young-nephrologists-platform/
Join us in this new initiative with @ynptweets in ADPKD from childhood to adulthood, including a patient’s perspective! Link to register: … https://www.era-online.org/en/ynp-young-nephrologists-platform/ thanks @ESPNSociety & @ERAkidney for supporting us! Do join us 😊
Bridge the gap in knowledge in CKD: YPNN for World Kidney Day – Enjoy watching our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaJEH_Q0fSo 12 counties … & more than 64 participants! A message of hope & unity! Thanks to all participants and thanks @ESPNSociety for all the support!
https://www.espn-online.org/ukraine-task-force/ ESPN has recently created a new Task Force for the ones in need – check this out! Thanks @ESPNSociety…
Spread the world @IPNA_PedNeph @EuRefNetwork @BAPNnephrology @ASPNeph @ASianPNA @Alanepe1 @CanPaedSociety @ERAkidney @Aconepeoficial @NephMadness
📢Invitation to the International Cystinosis Conference & Call for Abstracts until 1 April 2022📄 #Cystinosis #RareDisease
📲for more … information visit: https://cystinosis-europe.eu or https://tinyurl.com/3wnrjcwr
https://msf.org/corridors-are-not-enough-civilians-and-humanitarian-aid-ukraine
For all junior collègues :
Some great #Growth #Mindset #Mantras Any you’d add?
It’s @WorldBookDayUK tomorrow and @worldkidneyday on Friday. If your child has a copy of our kidney books, they could go to school as Lucy or Jack … and help other children learn more about #KidneyDisease & #organdonation #WorldBookDay Tip: the costume is easy, own clothes 🤣
In solidarity with the Ukrainian people, our ERKNet centres in cross-border countries (Poland,Romania,Hungary, Lithuania) are ready to offer medical … services for those who need specific treatment, dialysis and post-transplant care. https://tinyurl.com/2p85fvza https://twitter.com/EuRefNetwork/status/1499040543682224129/photo/1 https://twitter.com/EuRefNetwork/status/1499040543682224129
Third cycle 3rd IPNA-ESPN junior master classes, Ljubljana (Slovenia) – hybrid 20-21/06! Deadline application- 10/04/2022! Great educational offer! … Don’t miss that! Subscribe by emailing Prof.Topaloglu or Dr.Ana Texeira thanks @rezan_t @AnaTeix89964678 @ESPNSociety @IPNA_PedNeph
Have you checked out the #IPTA2022 state-of-the-art speakers list? Speakers include Valeria Mas, Marva Moxey-Mims, Emily Blumberg, Alexandre Loupy, … Chandra Guha, and David Hackam. Don’t miss this virtual congress! 👉 http://ipta2022.org
#IptaPedsTX #TransplantTwitter
German Society for Paediatric Nephrology contact details in case of need for children with kidney disease and transplantation. Please share … @IPNA_PedNeph @ERAkidney @EuRefNetwork
📩 office@gpn.de
Bucharest (Fundeni clinical institute) and Vilnius (University Hospital Santaros Klinikos) provide medical assistance to Ukrainian patients with AKI … and need for dialysis/having a kidney transplant. THANK YOU !
Please share!
❗️Our centres in Bucharest (Fundeni Clinical Institute) and Vilnius (Universtiy Hospital Santaros Klinikos) provide medical assistance to Ukrainian patients with acute kidney disease and perform dialysis when needed. Please share @EspnYpnn @IPNA_PedNeph @BAPNnephrology
Another centre in Roumania offers to help refugees if they need dialysis or they have urgent medical health issues. Please share @ESPNSociety … @IPNA_PedNeph @BAPNnephrology @ASianPNA @ASPNeph @Alanepe1 @ERAkidney @EuRefNetwork
🆘It’s official: Nephrology & Kidney Transplant Department in Yassi, #Romania will take care of kidney disease #Ukranian refugees. If they need dialysis or if they have emergency medical health issues here we are. Spread the word! #NephTwitter @accovic
https://www.facebook.com/parhon.iasi
Retweet, share and support our collègues as much as possible for the best of all patients !
The Polish Society of Paediatric Nephrology offers treatment to Ukrainian children with kidney diseases who are escaping the war in Ukraine, including those who require dialysis or have a kidney transplant. The contact to polish paediatric nephrology centres can be found on:
The Polish Society of Paediatric Nephrology offers treatment to Ukrainian children with kidney diseases who are escaping the war in Ukraine, including… those who require dialysis or have a kidney transplant. The contact to polish paediatric nephrology centres can be found on:
Dear Friends/Colleagues from Ukraine, ESPN condemns any kind of violence and we stand by your side,hopping that all this will stop immediately. Do … contact us with ideas of how we can further help.Please share our message @IPNA_PedNeph @ASPNeph @ASianPNA @Alanepe1 @BAPNnephrology
Deadline for the IPNA Congress abstract submissions is getting closer! The IPNA Congress will take place in Calgary, Canada from September 7- 11 – … for the first time as a 𝐡𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 event, both onsite and online.
🇨🇦 http://www.ipna2022.org 🇨🇦
@Alanepe1 @ASPNeph @ASianPNA
We would like to invite you to attend the joint IPTA-IPNA Session at the @IptaPedsTx Congress.
The Session on Equity, access and outcomes of … pediatric kidney transplant recipients in 2022 is scheduled for Sunday, March 27 from 10:30-11:40 EST.
Learn more: http://www.ipta2022.org/
Want to stay up to date on transplantation? Want to test your knowledge? Check out IPTA’s Question Bank! It’s a fun way to test your knowledge! Find … it 👉 http://bit.ly/3hZgmZv
http://ipta2022.org #IptaPedsTX #IPTA2022 #TransplantTwitter
1 week left to register for 7th Paed Kidney Tx Symposium.Honoured to have fabulous @priyagoose and one and only @drjosflynn present on infections and … hypertension post tx.Full programme @transplant4kids https://courses.gosh.org/event/363490#init @IptaPedsTx @ESPNSociety @KessarisN @ESOTtransplant
Proud to announce our Third IPNA-ESPN Junior Master Classes (Third Cycle)!
This year, hybrid format @Ljubljana (Slovenia) on 20-21 June 2022, before… the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the ESPN.
Deadline for applications – 10/04/2022
More info: https://www.espn-online.org/ipna-espn-junior-class/
⏰ This Wednesday! 2022 @ASPNeph/IPNA Global Health Online Symposium. We hope that you can join us at this exciting event.
Register now: … https://bit.ly/34yLb2p
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Applications for ESPN research awards for 2022 are now open! Check our website! Deadline is 31/05/2022! Thanks @ESPNSociety
Applications for our ESPN Training grants are still open! Get more info and share the world! Information with regards to the application process can … be found at the ESPN website. @ESPNSociety
Applications for the 2022 ESPN research grants are now open !! https://www.espn-online.org/application-for-research-grants/
Thanks @ESPNSociety
… Please share the world @IPNA_PedNeph @BAPNnephrology @ASianPNA @ASPNeph @Alanepe1
Dear #NephTwitter #PedNeph community,
The new year brings new collaboration🤝
Partnering with @NephJC, a joint journal club is in the works…
… 🗓️Jan 25 & 26, 2022
Participating in Twitter JC-
https://twitter.com/ipnajc/status/1451893569107775496?s=20
How to #IPNAJC
2 min tutorial on how to participate in twitter based Journal Club via tweet deck…
Join the fun…🤓
@IPNA_PedNeph @drM_sudha
Thank you to all who already registered for the Symposium.Please note that,due to the ongoing pandemic disruption,we had to reschedule this for 24th … and 25th February 2022 1-5pm GMT.Register at https://courses.gosh.org/event/363490#init @BAPNnephrology @IptaPedsTx @KessarisN @EspnYpnn @dr_JelaS
Twitter webmaster : Evgenia Preka
- 2nd Conjoint webinar between Paediatric Nephrology & Paediatric Rheumatology
Topic: Vasculitides (from the Paediatric Rheumatology and the Paediatric Nephrology perspective)
Date: 8th of April, between 4-5 pm CET
- Conjoint webinar between Paediatric Nephrology & Paediatric Rheumatology
15th October 2021 – 4pm CET
Program will be announced later. - 17 December 2021
ESPN-YPNN and National Young Representatives Meeting
Click here for the minutes
# ESPN benefits for all ESPN members :
- ERA-EDTA Young Nephrologists’ Platform webinars for young nephrologists : The sessions are recorded and then put onto youtube, the GlomCon website (https://glomcon.org) and the YNP website (https://web.era-edta.org/young-nephrologists-platform-ynp).
- Access to YNNP presentations from ESPN congresses. Click here to access (ESPN membership required).
# ESPN benefits for young paediatric nephrologists :
- ESPN-IPNA Junior Classes, organised every year since 2014, with the possibility to obtain a ‘Master’ in Pediatric Nephrology if you attend all classes during 3 years. An ideal way to learn basics in pediatric nephrology in a friendly atmosphere with world-famous speakers!
- 10 ERA-EDTA annual memberships that are offered yearly to young ESPN members
- Travel grants and presentation grants for ESPN conferences
- Access to Training grants
- Access to Mentorship program
- For any further enquiries no not hesitate to contact our Young Paediatric Nephrology Network Coordinator, Dr. Evgenia Preka (email: evgenia.preka@gmail.com).
Wishing you all the best
Evgenia Preka, YPNN Chair
Fabio Paglialonga, Co-Chair of YPNN
The European Society for Pediatric Nephrology (ESPN) and The Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium (PNRC) have created a joint research program to provide funding and opportunity for researchers from each organization to conduct research on shared projects.
The decision to create a joint research program is born out of a desire to promote greater partnership and collegiality between our colleagues in Europe and North America. Hopefully, this will in enhance our collective ability to improve the care of children with kidney disease through collaboration and research.
This ESPN-PNRC collaborative effort will create the ESPN-PNRC Joint Research Program to fund research that is jointly conducted within both the ESPN and the PNRC. Each project must be co-led by researchers from each organization.
Proposed projects may be clinical or translational research in design. The total grant award will vary as funds and needs dictate. Each award will comprise funds to support eligible research activities and can include funds for travel to further collaboration and/or enable a presentation at international professional meetings and other supplies/resources needed to accomplish the research project.
Governance
In keeping with the nature of the joint research program, governance will be equally shared across the ESPN-PNRC Joint Research Program Steering Committee. The committee will be co-chaired by a member from each organization with one Co-Chair selected by the ESPN Board from the ESPN membership and one Co-Chair selected by the PNRC Board of Directors from PNRC membership.
The joint research program steering committee will consist of the two Co-Chairs and two members selected from ESPN membership approved by the ESPN Board and two members from the PNRC membership approved by the PNRC Board of Directors.
The Co-Chairs will report regularly to their respective boards regarding activity within the joint research program.
ESPN-RNRC Joint Program Steering Committee Responsibilities
The committee will accept, review and score applications based on specifications stipulated in Program RFAs. Typical grant duration will be 1-2 years.
The ESPN Ukraine Task Force was created directly after the invasion of Ukraine and launched immediately a number of initiatives to support patients, families and colleagues in need in Ukraine and surrounding countries.
Some of the recent initiatives of our group are:
- Supply drugs and medical equipment for dialysis and transplant paediatric patients
- Arrange online consultations for patients who cannot reach paediatric nephrology centres
- Provide free online access to the ESPN congress 2022 in Ljubljana for all 42 Paediatric Nephrologists from Ukraine.
We are all grateful and proud of the effort of our Ukrainian colleagues to keep providing care to their patients despite unimaginable challenges, as well as the effort of all our colleagues ensuring the continuation of treatment for our now refugee patients. We hope that this dramatic situation will end soon, and we will continuously offer our support to our patients, their families and our colleagues in Ukraine and surrounding countries until better days come.
Thank you all for your support,
ESPN council
ESPN Ukraine Task Force
ГРОМАДСЬКА ОРГАНІЗАЦІЯ
«Українська асоціація дитячих нефрологів»
(Ukrainian Association of Pediatric Nephrologists)
01133, УКРАЇНА, М.КИЇВ, БУЛЬВ.Л.УКРАЇНКИ, 21-А.
IBAN UA563801060000000026003312501 В ПАТ АКБ «ТРАСТ-КАПІТАЛ»
МФО 380106, КОД 41711859
ТЕЛ. (044) 284-68-97
E-MAIL IVANOVDD@UKR.NE
Kiev, March 30, 2022
Dear ESPN Council and ESPN members,
On behalf of the Ukrainian Association of Pediatric Nephrologists I would like to express our sincere gratitude for providing humanitarian help for the children of Ukraine during the war.
After February 24, due to the abrupt discontinuation in supply of drugs and medical equipment, children with kidney diseases in Ukraine have no access to life-saving treatments. Pediatric nephrology departments are closed not only in occupied territories but also in Kiev, where the university pediatric nephrology center had to stop working.
In this catastrophic situation ESPN council immediately offered their help and during the first week of war the most important medications (immunosuppressive and anti-hypertensive drugs, heparin) have been sent via the Belgian Ukrainian Embassy to Kiev, and immediately distributed to sick children. Moreover, ESPN also invited children with kidney diseases to the European centers of Pediatric Nephrology and offered online consultations for those who cannot reach pediatric nephrology centers.
Even more, Ukrainian Pediatric Nephrologists will get free online access to the ESPN Congress 2022 in Ljubljana so that they can keep connection to their European colleagues.
We truly appreciate the swift response of ESPN to the needs of our sick children, without bureaucracy and delays!! Thank you for your human attitude and your support!
Prof. Dr. D. Ivanov
President of Ukrainian Association of Pediatric Nephrologists
Honored Physician of Ukraine
The ESPN Ukraine Task Force was created directly after the invasion of Ukraine and launched immediately a number of initiatives to support patients, families and colleagues in need in Ukraine and surrounding countries.
Some of the recent initiatives of our group are:
- Supply drugs and medical equipment for dialysis and transplant paediatric patients
- Arrange online consultations for patients who cannot reach paediatric nephrology centres
- Provide free online access to the ESPN congress 2022 in Ljubljana for all 42 Paediatric Nephrologists from Ukraine.
We are all grateful and proud of the effort of our Ukrainian colleagues to keep providing care to their patients despite unimaginable challenges, as well as the effort of all our colleagues ensuring the continuation of treatment for our now refugee patients. We hope that this dramatic situation will end soon, and we will continuously offer our support to our patients, their families and our colleagues in Ukraine and surrounding countries until better days come.
Thank you all for your support,
ESPN council
ESPN Ukraine Task Force
ГРОМАДСЬКА ОРГАНІЗАЦІЯ
«Українська асоціація дитячих нефрологів»
(Ukrainian Association of Pediatric Nephrologists)
01133, УКРАЇНА, М.КИЇВ, БУЛЬВ.Л.УКРАЇНКИ, 21-А.
IBAN UA563801060000000026003312501 В ПАТ АКБ «ТРАСТ-КАПІТАЛ»
МФО 380106, КОД 41711859
ТЕЛ. (044) 284-68-97
E-MAIL IVANOVDD@UKR.NE
Kiev, March 30, 2022
Dear ESPN Council and ESPN members,
On behalf of the Ukrainian Association of Pediatric Nephrologists I would like to express our sincere gratitude for providing humanitarian help for the children of Ukraine during the war.
After February 24, due to the abrupt discontinuation in supply of drugs and medical equipment, children with kidney diseases in Ukraine have no access to life-saving treatments. Pediatric nephrology departments are closed not only in occupied territories but also in Kiev, where the university pediatric nephrology center had to stop working.
In this catastrophic situation ESPN council immediately offered their help and during the first week of war the most important medications (immunosuppressive and anti-hypertensive drugs, heparin) have been sent via the Belgian Ukrainian Embassy to Kiev, and immediately distributed to sick children. Moreover, ESPN also invited children with kidney diseases to the European centers of Pediatric Nephrology and offered online consultations for those who cannot reach pediatric nephrology centers.
Even more, Ukrainian Pediatric Nephrologists will get free online access to the ESPN Congress 2022 in Ljubljana so that they can keep connection to their European colleagues.
We truly appreciate the swift response of ESPN to the needs of our sick children, without bureaucracy and delays!! Thank you for your human attitude and your support!
Prof. Dr. D. Ivanov
President of Ukrainian Association of Pediatric Nephrologists
Honored Physician of Ukraine
ESPN BOARD EXAMINATION in PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
In 2021 ESPN has organized the annual board examination in Pediatric Nephrology. The examination took place on November 20, 2021, via an online platform.
Those who successfully pass this examination will receive ‘ESPN Board Certification in Pediatric Nephrology’ as a quality label of theoretical knowledge and adequate clinical thinking in pediatric nephrology.
The examination will consist from 100 case-based questions covering all aspects of pediatric nephrology, including pediatric dialysis and transplantation.
For preparing to the examination, please consult
- ESPN curriculum in Pediatric Nephrology (https://www.espn-online.org/education-committee/ )
- lectures from Junior Master Classes on ESPN website. (https://www.espn-online.org/ipna-espn-junior-class/previous-espn-ipna-master-for-junior-classes-cycle/ )
- ErkNET Webinars (https://www.erknet.org/education-training/past-webinars)
For those who are interested to participate, registration information will be sent closer to the date of the examination by the exam platform.
The registration fee will be 25 euro’s for ESPN members, and 50 euro’s for non-ESPN members. Please make the payment through below ESPN account.
Deadline for the application is October 1st, 2021.
Please find the registration form from here.
Elena Levtchenko on behalf ESPN Education Committee
ESPN Education Committee
Elena Levtchenko elena.levtchenko@uzleuven.be
Rezan Topaloglu rezantopaloglu@hacettepe.edu.tr
Dieter Haffner
Jun Oh
Ana Teixeira
Olivia Boyer
Rukshana Shroff
Council Members (2021) : Stella Stabouli, Dorota Drozdz
Council Members (2022): Aysun Karabay Bayazıt, Jerome Harambat
In 2020 ESPN launched the ‘’Fellow of ESPN’’ accreditation which stands as a quality measurement (way of recognition) of our established colleagues in Paediatric Nephrology.
In order to get the FESPN accreditation, candidates need to apply online after confirmation that they fulfil the necessary criteria. Applications are welcome anytime during the year until the dedicated deadline and the program runs every 3 years.
Regarding the eligibility criteria, applicants must meet at least four (out of six) criteria and be an ESPN-member for at least 5 years continuously (including the year of application). All applicants are evaluated by 3 independent internal reviewers and results are announced within our website.
- Eligibility criteria for FESN
- FESN awards 2021