The official ERA-EDTA Newsletter - Year 4 Issue 3

Stockholm 2008: Another Record-breaking Congress for the ERA-EDTA

ERA-EDTA and ISN Together Again in Milan in 2009

It is my great pleasure to invite you to Milan in May 2009 to participate in the World Congress of Nephrology 2009. After the extremely successful WCN 2003, ERA-EDTA and ISN have decided to once again join forces to produce a meeting of outstanding scientific quality combined with an extremely rich cultural experience.
The venue of the meeting, the Milano Convention Centre, has been totally renovated and provides state-of-the art facilities for a large congress but at the same time is located in the heart of the city, which in these days is actually an exception to the rule.

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Over these years the relationship between the ERA-EDTA and the National Societies of Nephrology has always been considered essential and extremely beneficial to both parties. In order to celebrate and reinforce the liaison between these two realities (European and National), in 2006 the ERA-EDTA Council introduced an informal meeting to be held during the Annual Congress: the National Presidents’ dinner.

As for the last two editions (in Glasgow, 2006 - in Barcelona, 2007), the National Presidents’ Dinner has been honoured by the presence of presidents and representatives of the Societies of Nephrology based in European and adjacent countries (bordering Europe and the Mediterranean Sea): Albania, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, F.Y.R. of Macedonia, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, and United Kingdom.

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After two years, the programme of the ERA-EDTA Fellowships has proven to be very successful. In fact, a total of 34 fellowships (17 long-term and 17 short-term) have been given so far to qualified applicants all over Europe.

Long-Term Fellowships are awarded for prolonged visits (12 to 24 months) and are intended for advanced training through research. The fellowships provide the travel costs and a stipend for the fellow and his/her family. Applicants should have a long-term commitment to perform research in the field of kidney function or disease and related areas, including renal pathology, pathophysiology, hypertension, cardiovascular consequences of renal disease, clinical epidemiology, dialysis and transplantation.

Short-term fellowships (up to 3 months) are established to visit other institutions to learn about new techniques or to facilitate research links between institutions.

The next deadline for both long-term and short-term fellowships is October 15, 2008

Applications have to be sent to the ERA-EDTA President and submitted online through the ERA-EDTA website.

Do not miss the opportunity to apply!

Visit the brand new PRESS AREA on the ERA-EDTA Website. This page has been especially designed for journalists and friends of the society. In this area you will find all the up-dated information regarding the ERA-EDTA, its aims, goals, educational activities, programmes and future events.

http://www.era-edta.org/pressoffice.htm

Read the press review about the ERA-EDTA Congress in Stockholm

http://www.era-edta.org/pressoffice.htm#CONGRESSES

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation is the official journal of ERA-EDTA and it is one of the world's leading journals devoted to original clinical and laboratory research in nephrology, dialysis and transplantation. Published monthly, the journal provides an essential resource for researchers and clinicians throughout the world.

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