In her Kidney Week 2024 Presidential Address, Dr. Deidra Crews praised kidney health professionals and advocates for redefining the standard for kidney health and encouraged them to continue #RedefiningTheStandard. https://bit.ly/JASN0715#RedefiningTheStandard.#ASNJASN @drdeidracrews.bsky.social

Aww! It was a great pleasure to be included in the @asnkidney.bsky.social AKI B2B Conference!

For those curious about the advocacy efforts of @asnkidney.bsky.social during these challenging times, this article by POTASN, @roy-chaudhury.bsky.social provides a great summary www.asn-online.org/policy/kidne...

In our Mid-Atlantic Center for Cardiometabolic Health Equity (MACCHE) mtg, Dr. Lisa Cooper reminded us of a quote by MLK, Jr. -- "'Darkness Cannot Drive Out Darkness; Only Light Can Do That'. Pretty fitting message of encouragement for a research team named 'MACCHE'🔥 @jhhealthequity.bsky.social

Food insecurity for adults receiving in-center hemodialysis is linked to fluid or electrolyte-related hospitalization, with younger adults potentially more susceptible to these consequences. bit.ly/CJASN0657 #ASNCJASN @drdeidracrews.bsky.social

🚨ASN Kidney Health Guidance on the Outpatient Management of Patients with Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury is now available! Learn how early identification can lead to improvement in kidney function and optimize chances of recovery. Now Available in JASN 🔗 bit.ly/ASNKHG #ASNJASN

⏳ Only two weeks left to nominate! ⏳ Celebrate the leaders, mentors, and changemakers in nephrology with an ASN Midcareer Award! 🌟 Recognize their incredible work and dedication to the field. 🏆 Nominations close Friday, March 7, 2025. Don’t wait!➡️ bit.ly/Midcareer25

Nominate your deserving colleague for an @asnkidney.bsky.social Midcareer Award!! www.asn-online.org/about/awards...

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First ASN Council call of 2025. Honored to be working with this incredible group of leaders! @drdeidracrews.bsky.social

Delighted to be leading an outstanding faculty at ASN Highlights India at Bangalore @asnkidney.bsky.social @drdeidracrews.bsky.social

#NephSky don’t forget to nominate your deserving colleague for an award! Due Jan 24th www.asn-online.org/about/awards/

In case you missed it, last week we covered a study in JAMA related to this issue by Kadija Ferryman, @iwashyna.bsky.social, @drdeidracrews.bsky.social @cshachar.bsky.social et al www.statnews.com/2024/12/30/f...

*new pub alert* Work with @iwashyna.bsky.social and others that we hope join #MedSky soon! Appreciate the thread by JAMA. Hope it draws attn to this colossal issue. @jhhealthequity.bsky.social

Summer Undergraduate Program in Kidney Science (SUPerKS) provides talented students the unique opportunity to explore research and physician-scientist careers in the kidney field with exposure to the practice of medicine. hopkinsmedicine.org/nephrology/e... Applications due by February 1, 2025

Today marks my last day as President @asnkidney.bsky.social. It’s been an amazing yr thx to the dedication of ASN leaders, volunteers and staff. Congrats to my friend, 2025 President, Dr Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, who I know will lead ASN and the broader kidney community to new heights!

Awe yeah!! RAVENS!!!!

A new episode of Aging Fast & Slow has just been released! Dr. Sarah Szanton @hopkinsnursing.bsky.social and I recap some of the powerful discussions we have had w/ guests this past season! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Very proud to share that the entry of our team of faculty, staff and students, titled ‘No More CKM’ won the annual @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Welch Center Gingerbread House competition! #NephSky, be sure to check out the kidney! 😁 @jhhealthequity.bsky.social

🚨 Now Hiring: ASN is seeking an Editor-in-Chief for Kidney360 🌟 Lead innovation in nephrology, drive research, and shape the future of kidney care. Apply by Jan 31, 2025. Apply today. 👉 bit.ly/Kidney360EIC #Kidney360 #Nephrology #JobAlert

Wonderful time 2day at our annual leadership mtg of @asnkidney.bsky.social, @theisn.org & European Renal Association. Appreciate the warm hospitality (including Parmesan 🧀) of ERA at their ofc in Parma 🇮🇹 Our work together 4 the global kidney community continues! @samirparikhmd.bsky.social #NephSky

It's that time of year again, #NephSky, time to nominate your deserving colleague for an @asnkidney.bsky.social award! Nominations are due Jan 24th. www.asn-online.org/about/awards/

Important work out of the @asnkidney.bsky.social Health Care Justice Committee Immigration Status Checks, Emergency Medicaid Utilization, and Health Care Access for Uninsured Individuals with Kidney Disease @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social @jmteakell.bsky.social journals.lww.com/jasn/citatio...

So excited to welcome Dr Griffith as our speaker for next week’s joint Welch Center/Center for Health Equity speaker! Wed, 12/11. Hybrid meeting so I hope you’ll tune in!

Sharing my final Kidney News update as President @asnkidney.bsky.social www.kidneynews.org/view/journal...

Match update for #NephSky from data guru Kurtis Pivert. @asnkidney.bsky.social

Such a pleasure yesterday 2 participate in a discussion on kidney health at the National Black Caucus of State Legislators mtg along w/ friends from @nkf-professionals.bsky.social & @americankidneyfund.bsky.social. The legislators had great questions & ideas 4 solutions! @asnkidney.bsky.social

Happy Fellowship Match Day to all of #MedSky, especially #NephSky! 🤩

Great to see the final Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) model rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation released. @asnkidney.bsky.social @nkf-professionals.bsky.social www.healio.com/news/nephrol...

In the RICH LIFE Project, cluster-RCT testing an intervention to ⬆️BP control and ⬇️disparities, we deployed a Remote Collaborative Specialist Panel aimed at the comprehensive & coordinated management of pts w/ HTN & comorbidities. Manuscript on our approach is pub'd: journals.lww.com/qmhcjournal/...

*New Pub Alert* Led by Dr Marlena C Fisher, postdoc at National Human Genome Research Institute/NIH, we found that informal advance care planning conversations occur more frequently than written directives among Black adults with kidney failure journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I had such a great time at UNC today as the DeFriese Distinguished Lecturer in HSR and Health Policy for the Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services Research!

Looking forward to my visit with the University of North Carolina Sheps Center for Health Services Research this week to deliver the Gordon H. DeFriese Distinguished Lecture on Health Services Research and Health Policy. Hope to see some Carolina kidney people while there! 😀

*New Pub Alert* Led by Dr. Dipal Patel, we assessed perspectives on AV fistula care continuum including dialysis initiation, pt knowledge, & life impacts of AV access. Findings may inform interventions 4 optimizing dialysis access use & addressing disparities. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It was a fun & new experience 2 speak about #kidneyhealthequity this week at the #EubieBlake National Jazz Institute & Cultural Center. 1st time having a jazz band 'open' for me!🎷🎵🎺https://www.eubieblake.org/ Thx @johnshopkins.bsky.social Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts for the invite!

New here. Particularly looking to follow the #kidneycommunity @nephsky.bsky.social and @medsky.social folks, and anyone who cares enough about #healthequity and #healthcarejustice to continue the work of advancing them even in these times.