We believe new high-quality information and its application will help prevent kidney disease and its complications, improve the lives of those receiving dialysis and solid organ transplants, and result in a better sustainable healthcare system.
Trainee Success
July 2014 – The London Kidney Clinical Research Unit celebrates a decade of research training. Located adjacent to ICES Western, the training goals of this research unit are:
- To foster high-quality training in areas of clinical, health services, population health, knowledge transfer and health policy kidney research.
- To help trainees at various levels achieve international research excellence (high-impact publications, peer-reviewed grants, podium presentations, awards, research that demonstrably impacts better health, healthcare and policy).
Over 75 trainees (at various stages of training) have achieved research success, and many of these projects used the large healthcare databases held at ICES. See a complete summary of trainee success.
May 1, 2015 – Congratulations to Kyla Naylor who received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fellowship 2015-2018.
April 15, 2015 – Congratulations to Steven Habbous received a Doctoral Scholarship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for the Epidemiology and Biostatistics program at Western University 2015-2017.
April 15, 2015 – Congratulations to Danielle Nash received a Doctoral Scholarship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for the Health Research Methodology Program at McMaster University 2015-2017.
March 31, 2015 – Congratulations to Sarah Bota received a Master’s Scholarship from the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN) for the Epidemiology and Biostatistics program at Western University 2015-2016.
June 6, 2014 – Congratulations to Vinusha Kalatharan who received an Ontario Graduate Scholarship for the Epidemiology and Biostatistics program at Western University.
April 30, 2014 – Congratulations to Alvin Li on the successful defense of his PhD thesis proposal “Support for Deceased Organ Donation among Ontarians: Opportunities for Improvement" in Epidemiology & Biostatistics from Western University, London.
2014 - 2016 – Congratulations to Dr. Rey Acedillo on his Clinician Investigator Program Fellowship from Western University. His research is in the area of medical informatics where he is developing a surveillance system for hospital-based acute kidney injury.
April 15, 2014 – Congratulations to Alvin Li who received a monetary Doctoral Award from CIHR.
April, 2014 – Congratulations to Kyla Naylor who received a CIHR Allied Health Professional Fellowship award.
2014 – Congratulations to Sonja Gandhi and team. The “Calcium-Channel Blocker–Clarithromycin Drug Interactions and Acute Kidney Injury” JAMA paper made it into the "What's new in Nephrology" section of UpToDate.
2014 - 2016 – Congratulations to Dr. Rey Acedillo on his Clinician Investigator Program Fellowship from Western University.
December 18, 2013 – Congratulations to Sonja Gandhi (PhD student Epidemiology & Biostatistics from Western University) and team on the publication of their manuscript, “Calcium-Channel Blocker–Clarithromycin Drug Interactions and Acute Kidney Injury” to JAMA.
December 18, 2013 – Congratulations to Sonia Thomas on her publications and on the successful defense of her MSc thesis "Risk of kidney stones in living kidney donors: A matched cohort study" in Epidemiology & Biostatistics from Western University, London.
October 22, 2013 – Congratulations Kyla Naylor on the successful defense of her PhD thesis proposal “Fracture in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients" in Epidemiology & Biostatistics from Western University, London.
2013 - 2015 – Congratulations to Dr. Amber Molnar on her 2 year KRESCENT Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Dr. Molnar’s research projects use the ICES healthcare databases (acute kidney injury post-transplant).
2012 - 2015 – Congratulations to Dr. Ngan Lam on her 3 year KRESCENT / CIHR Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Dr. Lam’s research projects use the ICES healthcare databases (kidney transplant recipient cardiovascular outcomes).
2012 - 2015 – Congratulations to Dr. Ainslie Hildebrand on her 3 year Clinician Investigator Program Fellowship from Western University. Dr. Hildebrand’s research projects use the ICES healthcare databases (acute kidney injury and plasma exchange in pregnancy; outcomes of thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura).