UCL researcher and RFL nephrologist. Interested in CKD in the UK and abroad, alongside politics, bicycles and saxophones. Views my own and no medical advice.
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Registration is now open for the UCL Infectious & Global Nephrology Course 22 – 24 March. The course is online this year. Fees include access to the recorded talks. More info/online booking:
ucl.ac.uk/nephrology/renal-s…
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Our final blue plaque of the year celebrates the Physicist and Champion of Science, Abdus Salam! 🔵 Salam's work on electroweak theory contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson particle – the 'God particle' which gives everything mass.
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We need to stop lumping „diabetes and kidney disease“ in NCD burden reports and studies. Unhelpful. Kidney disease is much more than diabetes, esp. in LMICs. @LancetGH @GlobalHealthBMJ @un_ncd @ncdalliance @ISNkidneycare @ASNKidney @DrAxelrod_WHO @IHME_UW
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ISN Launches the ISN Observatory of CKDu. As part of its Collaboration Plan with the @WHO, the ISN i3C group has organized a platform to collect and store basic information on current human studies in #CKDu.
Access the ISN Observatory of CKDu here theisn.org/research/830#obse…
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Our last paper entitled "Environmental exposures in young adults with declining kidney function in a population at risk of #MeN" was accepted for publication @OEM_BMJ. Congratulations to @smpokou @bencaplin2 @neilpearce53x
@CistaNicaragua @LSHTM @RenalUCL
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Pleased to spread the word of @cronicasperu with our @UCLGlobalHealth friends and colleagues. Thanks to @ProfHurst @fottrell @ProfIAbubakar for this collaboration, and to various other for joining in yesterday @rob_aldridge @bencaplin2 @miriamorcutt @amibanerjee1 @GeordanShannon.
It’s always great to see @cronicasperu folks. This time in London sharing the challenges and opportunities in #multimorbidity research in LMIC
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Lisa Nandy has just given a brilliant speech about her constituents on dialysis and other serious conditions who face uncertainty under a no deal
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My medical students at #UNANLeon & master students from #BU conducted a cohort study in brick workers. The prevalence of #CKDu was 12% in this population, suggesting that this epidemic isn't limited to sugarcane workers. I'm proud of my MS/MS. @MlsScammell ajkd.org/article/S0272-6386(…
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Smartphone app helps refugee Syrian children catch up with maths - @sayyedasalam of Save the Children explains on Friday’s @BBCTechTent
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RECAP⚡️Endemic CKD of Unknown Etiology: Evidence Around 🌏, 🇲🇽 & 🇸🇻 by ISN #SoMe Task Force 👤@arvindcanchi
#WCN2017
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Rhys Evans on PD for AKI in LMIC: for 83% of Sub-Saharan Africa dialysis is unaffordable or unavailable. @ISNkidneycare
