Wales Kidney Research Unit (WKRU)
Our mission
To bring benefit to the population of Wales and further afield, through delivery of collaborative, multi-disciplinary research that answers important renal health and social care problems.
Our strategic objectives
- Improve the infrastructure supporting kidney research in Wales.
- Involve stakeholders (patients, families and carers, service commissioners, service providers, as well as researchers) in the key stages of research, namely, planning research, undertaking research, and dissemination of findings and subsequent improvements in practice.
- Build a portfolio of research funded by external awards at all stages of the pathway from basic research to healthcare delivery, leading to demonstrable improvements in practice (research with impact).
- Build a portfolio of industrial partnerships in research projects, leading to demonstrable changes in activity.
- Engage with the public to raise awareness of kidney disease, its clinical and social effects and share the findings of our research.
People and community links:
Professor Donald Fraser - Director Wales Kidney Research Unit
In the news:
UK’s leading kidney conference comes to Wales for the first time (June 2023)
Wales leading the way in organ donation (November 2022)
“They said they’re so much happier at home”: Wales kidney research study wins our Public Involvement Achievement Award 2020 (January 2021)
£44 million investment in health and social care research in Wales (October 2020)
#ResearchWales20: Our first digital conference reaches largest ever audience (October 2020)
Which factors determine treatment choices in patients with advanced kidney failure: Co-productive study with patients and key stakeholders (October 2018 - March 2022) Funded project
