It was a privilege to be invited along to @DonationAquinas' very special lecture from consultant transplant surgeon Tim Brown and colleagues from the world-class renal team at @BelfastTrust City Hospital. The pupils were transfixed. Glad to see the cake went to a good home 😊🎂

New research reveals global gaps in diagnosing kidney disease - A recent study has identified that kidney specialists around the world have significantly different approaches on when they feel a kidney biopsy is needed to diagnose their patients. go.qub.ac.uk/fpkbc

Excited to share our publication on international kidney biopsy practice in CJASN. Thanks #nephtwitter for participating- especially@kidney_boy and @hswapnil ! Generously funded by @NIKRFcharity journals.lww.com/cjasn/fullt…

eGFR slope modelling predicts long-term clinical benefit with nefecon in a real-world IgAN population doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfae404 This modelling analysis indicates that the eGFR benefit seen with nefecon predicts a substantial delay in progression to kidney failure

Congratulations 🎉 to Dr Michael Toal on winning 1st place🥇Oral Presentation at this year's #ResearchforCliniciansDay2024 🙌 Both Dr Johnston and Dr Bhasker achieved joint 2nd place

Dr Michael Toal, ST6 (OPPR) delivers his oral presentation titled 'International variation in attitudes to kidney biopsy practice' to judges and guests as part of #ResearchforCliniciansDay2024 #ValuedTrainees #TraineeOpportunities

You are very welcome! Thanks for providing HOPE for kidney patients through research.

A massive thanks to the NI Kidney Research Fund @NIKRFcharity & Punchestown Kidney Research Fund for the travel bursary so @MichaelToal6 and I could attend the conference. Was an amazing learning opportunity. Forever grateful for the support you give to us and our work.

I had the opportunity to present some of my own @ICATProgramme PhD work at the conference as well as work carried out with colleagues in the @BelfastTrust

And we got to see our very own @QUB_SMDBS Professor @CharuThakar receive an #ASN Distinguished Leader award. An incredible achievement!

Looking back to Belfast @MichaelToal6 was sharing his work looking at variation of kidney biopsy practice internationally with a specific look at USA practice for #KidneyWk Research funded by @NIKRFcharity @CPH_QUB @QUB_SMDBS

@CorrMP studying relationship between Living Donor Transplant and Socio-economic status #KidneyWk @QUBelfast @CPH_QUB @BelfastTrust

Looking forward to speaking tonight with @DrSharon_Millen at the @GroupRvh meeting about the benefits of sport after transplantation. @TEAM_TSNI #giftoflife

🚨🧬 New @NICOLA_QUB paper Here we describe the recruitment strategy & characteristics of participants with #DNA #Methylation in NIs largest longitudinal cohort aged >50yrs. An incredible resource to unpick some of the biological processes of #ageing ▶️bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/9…

Great to see this published! Well done to @MichaelToal6 and team! Having had a biopsy on both my native kidneys and transplanted kidney through the years, I have experienced the need for this research. Thank you for letting me be a part of it! #Researchpaper #Biopsy #Kidney

How do patients experience a kidney biopsy? Our paper explores how to facilitate access to this essential investigation. Big thanks to the patient participants for guiding this project! @NIKRFcharity @TEAM_TSNI @kidneycareuk doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone…

Transplant World Cup here we come!

Professor @CharuThakar, Director of @WWIEM_QUB, has been awarded the prestigious American Society of Nephrology @ASNKidney Distinguished Leader Award for 2024. The award recognises Professor Thakar’s world-leading work in the fight against #KidneyDisease, through educating health professionals, sharing new knowledge, advancing research and advocating the highest quality of care for patients. Congratulations, Professor Thakar! ➡️ ow.ly/NlrL50So4w3 #LoveQUB @MHLSQUB #Nephrology