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Laurel Damashek is the Executive Director of the International Society of Glomerular Disease.

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Laurel DamashekOctober 13, 20253 min read

Day 2: PARASOL APOL1 & MN Kickoff

The October 10 sessions of the PARASOL kickoff meeting for APOL1 kidney disease and ...
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Laurel DamashekOctober 10, 20251 min read

Day 1 Highlights: PARASOL APOL1 & MN Kickoff

The PARASOL APOL1 and MN kickoff meeting in Minneapolis on October 9, 2025 convened ...
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Laurel DamashekSeptember 26, 20253 min read

PARASOL Project Expands Focus to APOL1, Membranous Nephropathy

The organizing committee of PARASOL (PROTEINURIA AND OTHER BIOMARKERS AS ENDPOINTS FOR ...
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Laurel DamashekDecember 11, 20241 min read

Inaugural Glomerular Disease Preceptorship Held at UKE Hamburg

The Hamburg Center for Kidney Health (HCKH) at Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf ...
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Laurel DamashekAugust 2, 2024< 1 min read

NEJM "Science behind the Study" Editorial: Kidney Disease and Antinephrin Antibodies

Don't miss the new "Science behind the Study" editorial by Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD ...
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Laurel DamashekMay 25, 20245 min read

Anti-nephrin autoantibodies in minimal change disease and idiopathic NS

New research demonstrates role of anti-nephrin autoantibodies as causative factor and ...
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Laurel DamashekApril 27, 2024< 1 min read

FSGS and NS Research Funding Opportunities Through PRMRP

The US Department of Defense includes FSGS and nephrotic syndrome as two of the priority ...
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Laurel DamashekApril 22, 20242 min read

ISGD President Tobias B. Huber Awarded Prestigious ERC Advanced Grant to Study FSGS

Professor Dr. Tobias B. Huber, the inaugural President of the International Society of ...
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Laurel DamashekDecember 22, 20233 min read

New Era Act Introduced in Congress

We are thrilled to share that the New Era of Preventing End-Stage Kidney Disease Act ...
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Laurel DamashekDecember 20, 20232 min read

Announcing the PARASOL Project: PROTEINURIA AND GFR AS CLINICAL TRIAL ENDPOINTS IN FOCAL SEGMENTAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS

ISGD is collaborating in a multidisciplinary effort to tackle the urgent problem of ...
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