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Patient Safety Awareness Week
March 8 – 14 is Patient Safety Awareness Week. The purpose of the annual recognition event is to encourage everyone to advocate for continuous improvement of safety in the healthcare system. According to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, medical harm is...
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How to Walk for PKD
The nation’s largest gathering of the PKD community is our signature fundraising and public awareness event, the Walk for PKD. Since 2000, the Walk has raised an inspiring $33 million, 100% of which goes to research. We spoke with Sue Full, our Senior Director of...
Researcher Spotlight: Adrian Salic, Ph.D.
Adrian Salic, Ph.D. | Harvard Medical School PKD Foundation (PKDF): How did you first get involved in PKD research? Adrian: My lab has had a longstanding interest in studying signaling processes that take place in the primary cilium, a structure that plays the role...
National Donor Day Spotlight — Part One
Observed every year on February 14th, National Donor Day is dedicated to spreading awareness and education about organ donation. It is also a day to recognize our loved ones who have given the gift of donation, have received a donation, are currently waiting, or...
National Donor Day Spotlight — Part Two
Earlier this week, we spoke to Dwight about the part he played in helping Kari find a kidney donor. Today, in honor of National Donor Day on February 14, we’re sharing Kari’s incredible story. PKDF: What is your PKD story and how did you become involved with...
Researcher Spotlight: Ian Smyth, Ph.D.
Ian Smyth, Ph.D. | Monash University, Australia PKD Foundation (PKDF): How did you first get involved in PKD research? Ian: By chance and happenstance. I have a background in developmental biology (with a dash of human genetics) and our principle interest...
Researcher Spotlight: Oliver Wessely, Ph.D.
Oliver Wessely, Ph.D. | Cleveland Clinic/Case Western Reserve University PKD Foundation (PKDF): How did you first get involved in PKD research? Oliver: By serendipity. I was studying a gene involved in early embryonic development in frogs. When we decided to...
