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  • Island of Hope Raffle - Give Back, Win Big!

    Island of Hope Raffle - Newfoundland Give Back, Win Big! 300 tickets, 3 Prizes, 1 Powerful Cause! 1st Prize $10,000 2nd Prize $3000 3rd Prize $1000 Big impact. Big cash. Small odds. Each ticket is $100 and gives you 1 in 300 chance to win—and every ticket supports education, financial assistance,...

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  • Istvan Mucsi, Christopher Mushquash | University Health Network

    2026 - 2028 $120,000 Underserved Communities, Transplantation, Indigenous (First Nations/Inuit/ Métis) Health Exploring First Nations' perspectives about kidney failure and its treatment options- mixed methods, community-based participatory study Institution: University Health...

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  • Istvan Mucsi | University Health Network

    2023 - 2025 $119,736 Chronic Kidney Disease, Underserved Communities Access and barriers to advanced kidney failure therapies among patients from African, Caribbean and Black communities in Ontario Institution: University Health Network Years: 2023 - 2025 Topic(s): Chronic Kidney Disease,...

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  • Istvan Mucsi | University Health Network

    2025 - 2026 $30,000 Transplantation Multimodal prehabilitation intervention for patients on in-center hemodialysis waitlisted for kidney transplantation – a feasibility pilot study Institution: University Health Network Co-Applicant(s): Daniel Santa-Mina, Asma Bilgasem, Wajiha Ghazi, Charles...

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  • It’s Time to STEP Up for Organ & Tissue Donation Awareness Month

    April is Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month, and we’re encouraging Manitobans to STEP up and help save lives S: Sign up to become an organ donor. One person can save up to eight lives! T: Tell your loved ones about your choice. Even if you are registered, your family has the final say in...

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  • Itching and Chronic Kidney Disease
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  • Jacob’s story

    Mom prays every day as her dad had to do dialysis and doesn't want it for me. At just 4 months old I started to get sick a lot. Mom and Dad constantly brought me to the doctor. It was not fun. When I was 18 months old I started eating regular food and started to feel better. However, something still...

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  • Jamie's Story

    Seeing my mom battle with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) motivated me to turn my experience into a mission to support others impacted by kidney disease. As a living donor in the paired exchange program, I saw first-hand the emotional and physical toll that kidney disease had on my mom. Reflecting...

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  • Janine Farragher | University of Toronto

    2026 - 2028 $119,545 Quality of Life, Renal Failure, Dialysis Pilot-Testing "PEP-Lite": An Empowering, Self Guided Fatigue Management Intervention for People on Hemodialysis Institution: University of Toronto Co-applicant(s): Danielle Fox, Istvan Mucsi, Jane Davis, Kevin Yau, Maoliosa Donald,...

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  • Janine Farragher | University of Toronto

    2022 - 2025 $210,000 Quality of Life Investigating Pathways to Promote Life Participation in Kidney Failure Institution: University of Toronto Years: 2022 - 2025 Topic(s): Quality of Life Lay Abstract My research studies how to help people with kidney failure participate in life activities that are...

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