In early 2007, the ISN created the Young Nephrologists Committee (YNC) to help better engage its talented younger members in shaping the future of the Society. The mission of the YNC is to evaluate and understand the needs of young physicians and scientists in order to develop education, research, professional development and leadership opportunities within the Society tailored specifically to their needs. The Committee consists of a core group of members, representing the various geographic regions of the ISN.

Activities

Members of the group develop coherent programs of activities designed to speak to all early career stage nephrologists currently in the ISN (approximately 20% of the society’s membership), as well as to attract new junior nephrologists to the society.

Committee Membership (April 2011 – June 2013)

Chair: Roberto Pecoits Filho (Brazil)

Fiona Brown (Australia)
Fatiu Abiola Arogundade (Nigeria)
Mark Courtney (Canada)
Joost Hoenderop (The Netherlands)
Vassilios Liakopoulos (Greece)
Julie Lin (USA)
Aggrey Maweeba (South Africa)
Tom Nijenhuis (The Netherlands)
Jeffrey Perl (Canada)
Manisha Sahay (India)
Qiquan Sun (China)
Ilker Yilmaz (Turkey)

Mentors:

Adeera Levin (Canada)
Saraladevi Naicker (South Africa)
Carol Pollock (Australia)
Claudio Ronco (Italy)

Past Members:

Carsten Wagner (Switzerland)
Motoko Yanagita (Japan)