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2010 Medal for Research Excellence Ottawa Hospital Research Institute “Dr. Burns has always been generous with his knowledge, expertise and insights. A wonderful mentor and teacher, he has contributed, and continues to contribute, enormously to the new and next generation of renal researchers.” -...

2021 - 2023 $100,000 Quality of Life Development of SHP2 inhibitors as a treatment for Acute kidney injury General Audience Summary Acute kidney injury is a sudden incident of kidney damage, which can also affect other organs such as the brain, heart, and lungs. The mortality rates associated with...

2021 - 2023 $99,999 Dialysis Prevent Fractures for Renal Disease-1 (PREFERRED-1) General Audience Summary Preventing bone fractures in hemodialysis with denosumab: a pilot study for a large clinical trial (PREFERRED-1) Background :One in 10 women and one in 20 men who receive hemodialysis (a...

My relentless curiosity about kidney disease has the power to change lives. I’ve received many humbling accolades during my career as a professor and kidney researcher, but these aren’t what motivates me to continue my work. I’ve been inspired for the last 27 years because I know that my relentless...

Image courtesy of the University of Toronto The Kidney Foundation of Canada would like to congratulate Dr Lisa Robinson on her appointment as the Dean of the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine. Dr Robinson is a clinician-scientist and paediatric nephrologist, as well as a staff...

2013 Medal for Research Excellence University of Alberta “Dr. Tonelli’s work has shaped national and international clinical practice guidelines for the management of lipid abnormalities in kidney patients.” - Dr. Barbara Ballermann, Chair of the Department of Medicine and Professor of Medicine at...

2016 Medal for Research Excellence Canadian National Transplant Research Program “Everyone at the Quebec branch of The Kidney Foundation is delighted that Dr. Hébert received this well-deserved award. Dr. Hébert has always been a strong supporter of The Kidney Foundation and our cause. This award...

2021 - 2023 $98,353 Dialysis Deprescribing in Patients on Hemodialysis General Audience Summary Patients on hemodialysis (HD) take more pills per day on average than any other chronically ill patient population. On average, a patient on HD takes 15 medications per day, of which 70% may not be...

On behalf of The Kidney Foundation of Canada (KFoC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (CIHR-INMD) and the Canadian Society of Nephrology (CSN), we are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Mathieu Lemaire to the position of Program...

1999 Medal for Research Excellence St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto is head of the Division of Nephrology at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. One of Canada's leading renal physiologists, he has been an active investigator of kidney disease for more than 30 years. His most recent work has...