Kidney Clinical Research Unit- LHSC
800 Commissioners Rd E N6A 5W9 London, ON, Canada

Congratulations to our former trainee Dr. Ngan Lam on her recent KRESCENT New Investigator Award. Good luck with your new faculty position at the University of Alberta.

Congratulations to our former trainee Dr. Ngan Lam on her recent KRESCENT New Investigator Award. Good luck with your new faculty position at the University of Alberta.

The Lilibeth Caberto Kidney Clinical Research Unit Research Accomplishments 2004-2015. http://www.uwonephrology.ca/KCRUTraineeSuccessJune2015.pdf

The Lilibeth Caberto Kidney Clinical Research Unit Research Accomplishments 2004-2015. http://www.uwonephrology.ca/KCRUTraineeSuccessJune2015.pdf

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Dr. Louise Moist and research coordinator Kerri Gallo work on the PISCES study. Dr. Louise Moist is a Nephrologist at Victoria Hospital, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Scientist in the Program for Experimental Medicine (POEM) and Lawson Health Research Institute. Her research focus is the prevention of chronic kidney disease, with a specific interest in the vascular access in patients on hemodialysis. In a recent study, also funded by the Lawson IRF and publishe...Continue reading

As a husband and wife team, Mr. Michael Schlater and Ms. Lilibeth Caberto has been passionate about funding research that betters the lives of our kidney patients. They are tremendous supporters of The Lilbeth Caberto Kidney Clinical Research Unit and we are proud to have them on our team Pictured are Mr. Michael Schalter (CEO Dominos Pizza Canada), Mr. Tom Monaghan (Founder of Dominos Pizza), Ms. Lilibeth Caberto, Mr. Jonathan Schlater, Ms. Brittany Schlater

Over the last 3 years, Pfizer Canada has partnered with The Lilbeth Caberto Kidney Clinical Research Unit to further translational research to better the lives of patients suffering with Kidney disease. Pfizer Canada has generously donated $139, 964.00 over the last 3 years. In this picture from left to right are Dr. Chris McIntyre (Chair Lilibeth Caberto Kidney Clinical Research Unit), Ms. Sonja Finocchiaro (Pfizer Canada), Dr. Faisal Rehman (Site Chief Medicine University Hospital), Ms. Michele Figueira (Pfizer Canada), Mr. Bruce Rendall (Pfizer Canada), Ms. Joanne Lavoie (Pfizer Canada), and Dr. Andrew House (Chair Division of Nephrology)

Leading Kidney Clinician Scientist joins Lawson Health Research Institute December 23, 2014 One of globe’s most innovative clinician scientists, Dr. Chris McIntyre, has joined Lawson Health Research Institute to advance his research in life-sustaining kidney treatment called hemodialysis. Dr. McIntyre has transferred his research program from the University of Nottingham, UK, to London, Ontario, including three key research staff. His group is internationally recognized for...Continue reading

Happy 10th Anniversary: Kidney Clinical Research Unit (KCRU), Victoria Hospital Established in 2003 by the Division of Nephrology ‘Improving renal health through innovation, discovery and translation... Dr. Bill Clark pays special recognition to Ms. Margo Linton, wife of Dr. Adam Linton, a nephrologist for whom the dialysis unit at Victoria Hospital is named. Dr. Linton also made important contributions to develop the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. On Nov. 22, research staff, nephrologists and supporters celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Kidney Clinical Research Unit (NRCU), which launched in 2003 under the direction of Dr. Amit Garg. Since 2003, the KCRU has supervised over 100 trainees, published 846 original investigations and coordinated many high-impact studies, including the Walkerton Health Study (Dr. Clark), Novel hemodialysis and its access (Dr. Robert Lindsay, Dr. Moist) and Outcomes of living kidney donation (Dr. Garg). The KCRU will move forward into a new decade under the direction of Dr. Christopher McIntyre. The KCRU wishes to thank all the study participants, research staff, and the LHRI and LHSC for past and continued support.

An interesting read about the use of Hemodialysis... check it out! http://www.plosone.org//info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pon