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Local Nurse Honours Her Father and Patients at This Year’s Kidney Walk
(Southern Alberta) – On Saturday and Sunday, June 15 and 16, 2024, this Father’s Day weekend, members of our community will gather to walk in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat in support of those affected by kidney disease for The Kidney Foundation of Canada Southern Alberta’s annual Kidney Walk. Every...
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Logan’s Story
From a ripple to a swell to a tidal wave. This one simple idea sent in a tweet from a stranger keeps Toby and Bernie Boulet going through the tough days. The days in which they miss their son so much, they can hardly breathe. 21-year-old Logan lost his life with 15 others in the Humboldt Broncos bus...
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Lynn's Story
Do you remember Summer 2020? The cautious, outside get-togethers with your small circle of friends. What about those ridiculous park circles for social distancing? Remember the drive-by birthday parties? My memory of that first pandemic summer is different. I was in love. Newly married. And planning...
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Magdalena Riedl | Khursigara Broad Institute (Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)
2023 - 2026 $165,000 Kidney Biology Molecular regulation of trafficking misfolded proteins to the lysomes Lay Summary Kidney diseases affect more than 850 million people worldwide, and yet targeted treatments that address the root causes of disease are lacking. Here we propose to study the...
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Mai Mohsen | University Health Network
2024 - 2025 $5,000 Diabetic Kidney Disease The use of new glucose lowering therapies to reduce cardiorenal risk in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) Supervisor(s): David Cherney Lay Abstract Background: Approximately 4 million Canadians live with chronic kidney disease, a progressive condition...
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Make a Gift
You are a vital force supporting those affected by kidney disease, advancing world-class research, and promoting kidney health and organ donation. Even though life with kidney disease has improved tremendously over the years, our work is far from over. The number of people living with kidney...
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Mallory Downie | Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
2025 - 2028 $210,000 Genetics Multi-omics in childhood nephrotic syndrome: toward targeted therapies Lay Abstract Background: Nephrotic syndrome is the most common kidney disease in children worldwide. Rates of childhood nephrotic syndrome have doubled in the last 10 years in Canada, making it an...
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Managing Medications
Understanding the medications that have been prescribed to you is a key part of taking an active role in managing your kidney disease. Because your kidneys are responsible for removing medications from your body, as your kidney function changes your medications will also change. Eventually you may...