"Very poor white people” are being convinced that “very poor, hard-working brown or Black people” are responsible for the “problems caused by billionaire white men”, Allison Morris, Crime Correspondent at the Belfast Telegraph, says in the wake of the riots that spread through the capital of Northern Ireland overnight.

Claire Hanna explains why she has no qualms calling last night's riots in Belfast a pogrom.

.@ClaireHanna: "Last week, in a very high profile case, the murder of Natalie McNally, the judge.. talked about a frenzied knife attack, he talked about wounds so bad the cause of death was unable to to be determined. There were no riots over the perpetrator of that brutal crime"

Our paper in Transplantation shows that over 20 years, deprivation strongly shapes kidney transplant access and outcomes in England but not in Northern Ireland, within the same NHS framework. The contrast points to service organisation, not policy alone. journals.lww.com/transplantj…

🚨New publication in @BMJ_Open! Delighted to share our recently published article, entitled “Transformative learning through communal documentary viewing: a mixed methods study on kidney transplantation and organ donation in medical education”. 🔗 tinyurl.com/5n8vpnrk

Young kidney recipients aren’t “small adults”. Large naïve T/B pools, active GCs and responsive NK cells amplify rejection risk. We argue for age- and immune-phenotype-informed immunosuppression & research. #Transplantation #NephTwitter #Immunology sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

The bioinformatic tool HLA-EP-RESOLVER accurately predicts antibody reactivity to rare HLA alleles using eplet analysis. Validated in sensitized patients, it helps identify acceptable/unacceptable antigens in the era of high-resolution donor typing. #HLA tinyurl.com/2m9nm6ek

Not all antibody tests agree: this study shows big differences between commercial assays for non-HLA antibodies in kidney transplant rejection. Standardization is urgently needed to clarify their role in AMR and graft loss. #TXPforAll #Transplantation tinyurl.com/c6s5mtk7

New meta-analysis: In > 7,000 kidney transplant recipients, SGLT2 inhibitors & GLP-1RAs were linked to better survival, cardiovascular & kidney outcomes, weight loss, lower HbA1c—without added safety risks! #TXPforAll #Transplantation tinyurl.com/4p6fdybn

🧬Introducing our first-ever handbook of genetic nephrology, with free download until 8/2025 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lSgW… @AndrewMallett8 and I saw a gap in foundational reading of genetic nephrology and decided to gather articles that clinician and learners can all enjoy

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This @ukmedschools report medschools.ac.uk/latest/news… sets off further alarm bells on the state of Britain’s medical academic workforce. The Medical Schools Council data worryingly shows the entire pipeline is at threat - with both early career and senior roles declining. 1/

Rectuitment ✔️ 50 patients recruited at Belfast Trust for my study on why kidney transplants fail early in young people. Huge thanks to the Belfast City renal outpatient team & all the patients who agreed to take part. Now off to Galway to analyse the samples. #KidneyResearch

Describing my research methodology

From Belfast we again report on our efforts to expand access to peritoneal dialysis We report our outcomes of PD catheter insertion and 1 year outcomes in individuals living with obesity #dialysis #kidneyresearch @stephenconeill @DamianFog doi.org/10.1186/s12882-025-0…

We know this statistic can be tough to see – especially if you’re waiting for a transplant or have recently received a new kidney. Please keep reading to understand why we’re sharing it 👇 We share these numbers not to scare, but to inform and support. Education is key – a kidney transplant can be life-changing, but it’s not a cure. Sometimes, transplants can fail for reasons beyond anyone’s control, like the body rejecting the new kidney. Awareness matters – many people don’t know the the impact a transplant can have on daily life and the lifetime of medication after. There are currently over 6,200 people waiting for a kidney transplant. Here’s how we’re making a difference: We’re funding ground-breaking research – including our latest award in honour of Professor Michael Nicholson, dedicated entirely to advancing kidney transplantation. Keep your eyes out for these projects on our social channels soon! We’re sharing stories of hope – many of our incredible community members have lived with their transplanted kidneys for over 10 years. Their stories inspire, encourage, and remind us all that there is hope💜

New government figures show people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are among the most severely affected patient groups, losing up to £14,721 in earnings over five years while facing a 9.4% fall in employment and a 16.3% rise in benefit claims following hospital diagnosis of their disease. We need urgent action now to tackle the devastating impact of #CKD.

Absolutely — and we also need clinical academics embedded in basic and exploratory science teams, where the next wave of discoveries for future clinical trials will begin.