We are delighted to announce that Dr. Ragada El-Damanawi, a renal medicine trainee from Cambridge, has been awarded a very prestigious and highly competitive fellowship from Kidney Research UK, the leading UK based charity committed to research into the treatment and prevention of kidney disease. Her project titled “Assessing disease modifying therapies in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)” will focus on the development of low cost and accessible therapies to slow the progression of polycystic kidney disease, the fourth leading global cause of kidney failure. The fellowship will also provide essential training in the design and set up of global clinical trials under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Hiemstra and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit. The ICN supported Dr El-Damanawi’s application. Work has already started on a single-centre randomised feasibility trial, and the ICN looks forward to supporting this exciting joint project.
Congratulations for this prestigious award!