Complement-Mediated Kidney Diseases: A Case Based Presentation

Kidney & Urology Foundation of America (KUFA) hosted a dinner program for 90 adult and pediatric academic and community nephrologists and nephrology fellows from Boston and the New England area that focused on the emerging knowledge and interest in atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS) and complement mediated kidney diseases. “Complement-Mediated Kidney Diseases: A Case Based Presentation” was held at the Lenox Hotel on Thursday, November 14, 2013. READ MORE

A letter from the parent of one of KUFA’s scholarship recipients...

Just a status update I knew all of you and KUFA would appreciate hearing about.

Brittany just graduated in May with her Master’s Degree from Boston University School of Public Health in two areas of concentration:
1. Epidemiology
2. Health Policy and Management

She was home (in Fl) with family for the summer while she began the search for work. This past weekend I helped her move in to her apartment in Cambridge, MA. She just landed her first job and I think you all would be most happy to know what it is and where... Beginning next week (9-17-12), Brittany will be the new Clinical Trials Coordinator at Boston Children's Hospital Renal Transplantation Division working with Harvard clinical trial studies led by Dr. William Harmon, Director of Pediatric Nephrology at BCH and Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School. His main research interests deal with Pathophysiology and treatment of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in children, Clinical Trials, Novel Immuno-suppression. Tolerance induction.
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