The 24th Annual Meeting of the Glomerular Disease Collaborative Network (GDCN) convened last weekend in Chapel Hill, NC. The GDCN is a network of health care professionals and researchers that help recruit patents into a long-term registry that seeks to learn more about diseases that affect the filters (glomeruli) in the kidney. Every year, GDCN … Read more

Nurses, doctors, transplant coordinators and patients were among those in the crowd that gathered today on April 20 to celebrate 40 years of the UNC Comprehensive Transplant Center. Along with kidney transplant, UNC also offers heart, lung, liver, pancreas, and bone marrow and stem cell transplant. There were several speakers at this celebratory event. Dr. … Read more

The North Carolina/Raleigh Vasculitis Support Group met on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Duke University’s John Hope Franklin Center in Durham. There were 35 in attendance, including 20 vasculitis patients. The meeting speaker was Dr. Melanie Joy, Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacotherapy in the UNC Kidney Center at the University of North Carolina … Read more

Caroline Jennette highlights the bills related to kidney disease. In the July 2009 issue of the American Society of Nephrology’s (ASN) Kidney News Magazine, UNC Kidney Center’s Caroline Jennette reviews state legislation introduced during the 2009 short session for states in her article “Kidney Policy Update: 2009 State Short Session Wrap-Up.” In the article, Jennette … Read more

This year brings a new and impressive group of adult nephrology fellows and renal epidemiology trainees to the UNC Kidney Center. Dr. Jerry Hladik, who recently took on the role of Training Program Director for the Adult Fellowship Program, and Dr. Susan Hogan, who mentors the research trainees under the Renal Epidemiology Training Grant under … Read more

Victory Junction, in association with the UNC-Chapel Hill Health Care Transition Program, is honored to co-host the first Victory Junction Transition Advance on September 14 and 15, 2009. National experts in the field of health care transition have been collaborating since early 2009 and in this meeting they will discuss a multi-site, evidence-based research agenda … Read more

The UNC Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program welcomes its new Program Director, Dr. William Primack. Jennifer Vick is the new Pediatric Nephrology Fellow. Dr. William Primack joined the Nephrology Division at UNC after more than 20 years as Chief of Pediatric Nephrology at the University of Massachusetts. He has had a long interest in pediatric nephrology … Read more

Outreach program continues to raise awareness and provide free CKD screenings in rural communities. Challenging financial times have resulted in more lay-offs, fewer jobs opportunities and reduced health care resources for many residents in North Carolina’s rural, under-served communities. The Kidney Education Outreach Program (KEOP) has been busier than ever as it continues to raise … Read more

Researchers at the UNC Kidney Center are participating in a $10.25 million multi-center study led by the University of Michigan Health System. The project, known as the NEPhrotic Syndrome STUdy NEtwork, or NEPTUNE, will focus on some of the kidney diseases that most often cause the syndrome including Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), Minimal Change Disease, … Read more

Gift has established the Hu Fellowship Travel/Training Fund in honor of Dr. Gerald Hladik. The UNC Kidney Center has received a $50,000 gift from Dr. and Mrs. Hu, which has established the Hu Fellowship Travel/Training Fund in honor of Dr. Gerald Hladik. The gift will support travel and training for UNC Kidney Center fellows. A … Read more