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Kidney Talk with Dixon Hall Neighbourhood Services

On September 19th, 2019, the Dixon Hall Neighborhood Services hosted the Kidney Health Education...

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Association Between Dialysis Facility Ownership and Access to Kidney Transplantation

JenniferC.Gander,PhD; XingyuZhang,PhD; KatherineRoss,MPH; AdamS.Wilk,PhD; LauraMcPherson,MPH; TeriBrowne,PhD; StephenO.Pastan,MD; ElizabethWalker,MS; ZhenshengWang,PhD; RachelE.Patzer,PhD,MPH In this retrospective cohort...

Equity and Access in Living Organ Donation

On Monday, September 16th, 2019 the UHN Centre for Living Organ Donation hosted their...

Kidney Talks at Al Falah Islamic Centre

On Sunday, September 8th, 2019, the Kidney Health Education and Research Group held a...

Kidney Transplants from Donors with HCV Safe and Functional 1 Year Post-Transplantation

In a JASN analysis of 2015–2019 transplant registry data on the use of kidneys from US donors...

8th Annual Health Equity Summit

On August 7th, 2019, the Council of Agencies Serving South Asians hosted their 8th...

Partnering with Carefirst Seniors & Community Health Services

The Kidney Health Education and Research Group ventured to Scarborough during the week of...

Patient reported outcome tools for better assessment and patient centered kidney care

Patient-centred care integrates patients’ perspectives into assessment and treatment planning. Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)...

Improving care for transplant patients using standard questionnaires to measure symptoms, distress and quality of life

Although solid-organ transplantation is a life-saving treatment, almost half of recipients experience symptoms of...

First Annual Living Donation Symposium

We will be joining he Centre for Living Organ Donation at UHN Transplant for...

DADOS User Group Meeting

On Monday, July 15th, the KHERG team attended the DADOS User Group Meeting to...

Speaking at the CASSA Research and Collaboration Symposium

Dr. Istvan Mucsi and the South Asian Cultural Project team were honoured to take...

Showcasing Our Research at the 5th ELPAT Congress

The Kidney Health Education & Research Group had the pleasure of presenting our research...

Kidney Health and You – An Event Hosted by the Chinese Renal Association

On March 22nd, 2019, the Chinese Renal Association Chapter of the Kidney Foundation of...

KHERG Presented in Hamilton on Organ Donation in Islam

In partnership with the Muslim Association of Hamilton (MAH), the Kidney Health Education and...