Wales Kidney Research Unit online annual meeting 2021
Welcome and Summary of WKRU Progress
10.00 – 10.20 Professor Donald Fraser, Cardiff University
Social Care and Integrated Health Service Research
10.20– 10.35 Professor Jane Noyes & Dr Leah McLaughlin, Bangor University
Clinical Trials in Swansea Bay UHB
10.35– 10.50 Dr Karen Brown: Investigating the Cardiovascular Effects of 12 months Home-Based Nocturnal Haemodialysis versus Conventional Unit Haemodialysis Treatment: A Non-randomised Controlled Pilot Study.
10.50 – 11.05 Dr Chris Brown: Tests for Iron Deficiency in Chronic Kidney Disease does it matter which we use?
11.05 – 11.15 Break
COVID-19 research
11.15 – 11.30 Dr Bnar Talabani: ‘Public engagement in the age of social media’
11.30 – 11.45 Dr Mark Ponsford: COVID vaccine-induced immunity in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
WKRU selected on-going projects
11.45 – 12.00 Dr Yueh-An Lu: "New Research Tool: Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing Identifies New Classes of Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells in Kidney Fibrosis"
12.00 – 12.15 Dr Sian Griffin: Improving transplant opportunities for patients who are sensitised
12.15 – 12.30 Dr Gareth Roberts: Dialysis choices study - findings and recommendations
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch & Posters
All attendees will be asked to vote for their favourite poster. The result will be announced at the end of the meeting
Engagement and Social Care studies
13.30 - 13.45 Mr Andrew Barnett, Renal Social Worker: A patient view
13.45 – 14.00 Dr Leah McLaughlin: Engaging with patients and public in lockdown 14.15 – 14.30 Dr Robert Steadman: Recent outreach activity
14.30 Poster Prize Award (1st, 2nd, 3rd) and close
We will have a poster session and would like to encourage you to submit a poster of your work to present at the lunchtime session and let us know if you intend to. There will be prizes for the top three posters.
At this event from the Wales Kidney Research Unit, there will be updates from laboratory based research, Social Care and Integrated Health Services Research.
For more information or to request to display a poster or present email Kim or Chantal at the Wales Kidney Research Unit.
Free