The three NIDDK-awarded Pediatric Centers of Excellence in Nephrology are hosting this Network Scientific Symposium: Promoting Research in Childhood Kidney Diseases. This meeting will be an opportunity to share research findings from across the network, hear from experts and innovators, and support the broader pediatric nephrology research community.
A new element for this year's Symposium is the poster session. In addition to our keynotes and other presentations highlighting Center resources, we will be featuring YOUR research!
We are collecting information for poster submissions through this REDCAP SURVEY. Submittal information includes:
• Name, email, institution, etc.
• Project Abstract (including title, co-authors, background, objectives, design/methods, results, and conclusions)
• A description of your research interests
Please complete the survey to submit your poster. We have closed requests for travel support, but are still accepting posters!
Please note that there are opportunities to join the symposium virtually, but the poster session will be available for those joining in-person only.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Bethesda, 6711 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20817
There will be a shuttle provided by the hotel to take you to and from the NIH Symposium location. Please use our link to reserve in our block for Symposium pricing. Dates will default default to March 5–6, but can be adjusted.
Reservations for the PCEN block MUST be made by Friday, February 21st.
Register HERE!
The Centers supporting this symposium are from University of Virginia, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Washington University in St. Louis. Our focuses as individual centers are different, but we are all here to achieve the goals of the PCEN program:
1. To attract new scientific expertise to the study of human pediatric renal physiology, kidney development, and pediatric kidney disorders;
2. To encourage multidisciplinary research in these areas; and
3. To develop the pediatric nephrology research community.
Read a bit about us below!
University of Virginia:
The overall goal of this Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology is to provide a coordinated, interdisciplinary approach to study the development of the kidney vasculature during embryonic, fetal and postnatal life. The main theme of this Research Center is “Regulation of Cell Fate during Kidney Development and Disease.” Broadly, the proposed research deals with fundamental questions of clinical relevance in Pediatric Nephrology such as the understanding of the proper development, and the structural and functional maintenance of the kidney vasculature in health and disease.
https://med.virginia.edu/pcen/
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia:
CHOP established the Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology (PCEN) with funding from the NIDDK to promote and develop clinical trial research with a focus on nephrology. CHOP PCEN's mission is to increase efficiency and reduce barriers to collaborative clinical trials by serving as a widely available resource to all clinicians, researchers, and investigators helping children with kidney disease. Its Cores and Programs aim to increase awareness of nephrology research, the impact of the research, and the robustness of its clinical trials.
https://www.research.chop.edu/pediatric-center-of-excellence-in-nephrology
Washington University in St. Louis:
The organizing goal of Washington University’s Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology is to provide a spatially resolved multiomic molecular blueprint of gene regulation and expression across the pediatric lifespan in healthy and disease conditions and related educational opportunities and bioresources to the community. Through these resources, innovations in educational activities, cross-species molecular maps and analyses in humans and preclinical models we aim to transform the field of pediatric research, attract new expertise and strategies to keep kidneys healthy in children.
https://pcen.wustl.edu/
The Pediatric Centers of Excellence in Nephrology are funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) P50DK096373 (UVA), P50DK114786 (CHOP), and P50DK133943 (St. Louis).
