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Join us for a new cooking class designed to help you feel confident and capable of cooking with the various forms of tofu. Facilitator Tamara Graham, a kidney patient and home chef who understands the day-to-day realities of living with kidney disease, will share simple, practical tips to make tofu...

Check out the latest issue of Kidney Magazine! Hot off the press is the second issue of Kidney Magazine, brought to you by the BCY Branch of The Kidney Foundation of Canada. We look forward to our readership growing and sharing their interests in kidney health style. This issue highlights a diverse...

is back for its 15th edition! Benefiting The Kidney Foundation, Quebec Division, this bike ride under police escort is a route of about 75 km around the island of Laval. To participate, all you need is a bike, a helmet and the equipment required for your comfort and safety. Be on the starting line,...

Bob and Nancy Van Wart are proud to sponsor this year’s Atlantic Bursary Program. Having been personally affected by kidney disease, they are passionate about giving back and supporting aspiring students who have also experienced the impact of this illness. The general purpose of the bursary is to...

2024 - 2026 $120,000 Chronic Kidney Disease, Genetics, Kidney Development A comprehensive approach to study novel monogenic causes of CAKUT in humans Lay Abstract Background: Chronic renal disease greatly affects general population health and puts an enormous strain on the public health care...

2022 - 2025 $150,000 Dialysis, Patient Care Safety and efficacy of SGLT-2 inhibitors in patients with advanced CKD Lay Abstract Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors were introduced in medical practice for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Subsequently, they were found to protect...

2023 - 2026 Chronic Kidney Disease Novel therapeutic strategies in cardiorenal medicine KRESCENT Curriculum only Lay Abstract Patients with kidney disease experience frequent complications from their heart or develop clots in their blood vessels. These complications are associated with significant...

2024 - 2026 $120,000 Chronic Kidney Disease Exploiting genetic models of the proximal tubule tight junction to dissect the role of hyperphosphatemia in cardiovascular disease Lay Abstract Lay Abstract Title: Is it phosphate, FGF23 or kidney disease itself that causes heart disease in people with...

2024 - 2027 $12,000 Risk and trend in the burden of stroke among patients on chronic maintenance dialysis Supervisor(s): Aminu Bello Lay Summary Background: Patients with kidney failure undergoing chronic maintenance dialysis have a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases compared to the general...