Krescent Program

Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training Program

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Welcome from the Program Director

Welcome to the new website of the KRESCENT Program.  It gives me great pleasure to introduce the Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training Program, better known as KRESCENT Read more...

 

KRESCENT Fellow publishes in the Journal of American Medical Association

Dr. Navdeep Tangri and his colleagues propose a new model to predict CKD progression. Read more...

Three Award Types

View the Guidelines for eligibility criteria and application instructions.

Applications must be sent to the KRESCENT program c/o The Kidney Foundation of Canada.


Latest News
Darren Yuen receives CST Fellowship
Darren Yuen is awarded the inaugural Canadian Society of Transplantation Fellowship for his research on signaling axes regulating cell migration with Dr. Lisa Robinson at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.
KRESCENT Trainees to Present
at ASN Kidney Week 2011 - view list of presentations.

  PUBLICATIONS
Sacha De Serres publishes in The Journal of American Society of Nephrology:
Immune Profile of Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients following Alemtuzumab Induction
Nina Jones publishes in ThE Journal of the American Society of Nephrology:
Activation of RhoA in Podocytes Induces Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Mike Zappitelli published in Kidney International:
Early postoperative serum cystatin C predicts severe acute kidney injury following pediatric cardiac surgery
MATTHEW JAMES PUBLISHES IN KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL:
Higher estimated glomerular filtration rates may be associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes, especially with concomitant proteinuria
DARREN YUEN PUBLISHES IN CLINICAL JOURNAL IN THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY:
Nocturnal Hemodialysis Is Associated with Restoration of Early-Outgrowth Endothelial Progenitor-Like Cell Function
DYLAN BURGER PUBLISHES IN ARTERIOSCLEROSIS: 
Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB)

The KRESCENT Program is a Strategic Training Program developed and supported by :

 


With additional generous support from :

 AMGEN

 Baxter Corporation

 Merck-Frosst Canada Ltd.

 Ortho Biotech

 Roche

 Shire BioChem Inc.

 
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