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Review
. 2013 Sep;8(9):1599-602.
doi: 10.2215/CJN.03590413. Epub 2013 Jun 20.

Kidney research national dialogue overview and commentary

Krystyna E Rys-Sikora  1 , Christian J Ketchum, Robert A Star; Kidney Research National Dialogue (KRND) Editorial Board
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Kidney research national dialogue overview and commentary

Krystyna E Rys-Sikora et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Sep.

Abstract

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) asked the scientific community to formulate and prioritize research objectives to improve understanding of kidney function and disease. The Kidney Research National Dialogue welcomed all interested parties to submit, discuss, and prioritize ideas via an interactive website. More than 1600 participants posted approximately 300 ideas and assigned them to 12 topic areas (AKI, CKD, diabetic nephropathy, National Kidney Disease Education Program/translation, ESRD/dialysis, GN/inflammation, hypertension, normal biology/development/physiology, polycystic kidney disease, training, transplantation, other). This commentary provides an overview of the NIDDK's first experience with web-based strategic planning and addresses the broader issues of open access and cloud-sourcing technologies to capture input from a large, heterogeneous group of contributors. Discussions and findings for each topic will be published as separate, forthcoming commentaries. A final commentary will present cross-cutting themes and concluding remarks. The hope is that this series of commentaries constitutes a cohesive, integrated vision of future research opportunities to be pursued by the kidney research community and supported by the NIDDK.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Characteristic of Kidney Research National Dialogue registrants. (A) Percentage of registrants conducting research and providing clinical care and (B) registrants’ years in research or clinical practice.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Distribution of Kidney Research National Dialogue registrants. (A) United States. (B) Worldwide. Geo-mapping of registrants' institution was performed using batchgeo software. Each marker shows the number of registrants per region (dot = 1). On the world map, North American registrants (including those from Canada and Mexico) are distributed in four regions.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Number of posts per scientific topic. NKDEP, National Kidney Disease Education Program; PKD, polycystic kidney disease.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Word cloud representing the relative weighting of the dialogue.
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