Exploring the Challenges and Limitations in Participation of Women Nephrologists in Conferences: A Pilot Study

Collaborators, Affiliations

Social Media Team of the International Society of Nephrology:
Priti Meena, Denisse Arellano-Mendez, Viviane Calice-Silva, Sibel Gokcay Bek, Isabelle Dominique Tomacruz Amante, Manjusha Yadla, Krithika Mohan, Divya Bajpai, Mythri Shankar, Anuja Java, Kalida Soki, Fernanda Arce-Amare, Valerie Luyckx, Sabine Karam

¹ Department of Nephrology, AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India.
² Department of Medicine, Mexican Social Security Institute, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
³ Pro-rim Foundation, Joinville, Brazil.
⁴ School of Medicine, UNIVILLE, Joinville, Brazil.
⁵ Nephrology Department, Kocaeli University Hospital, İzmit, Turkey.
⁶ Section of Nephrology, Asian Hospital and Medical Center, Metro Manila, Philippines.
⁷ Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad, India.
⁸ Trustwell Hospital, Bangalore, India.
⁹ Department of Nephrology, Seth G.S.M.C. and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, India.
¹⁰ Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephro-Urology, Bangalore, India.
¹¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
¹² The Nairobi Hospital Kenya, mexico.
¹³ International Society of Nephrology, mexico.
¹⁴ Department of Public and Global Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁵ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
¹⁶ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

Priti Meena et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024.

. 2024 Oct 7;20(2):289-291.

doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000576. Online ahead of print.

Social Media Team of the International Society of Nephrology:
Priti Meena, Denisse Arellano-Mendez, Viviane Calice-Silva, Sibel Gokcay Bek, Isabelle Dominique Tomacruz Amante, Manjusha Yadla, Krithika Mohan, Divya Bajpai, Mythri Shankar, Anuja Java, Kalida Soki, Fernanda Arce-Amare, Valerie Luyckx, Sabine Karam

¹ Department of Nephrology, AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India.
² Department of Medicine, Mexican Social Security Institute, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
³ Pro-rim Foundation, Joinville, Brazil.
⁴ School of Medicine, UNIVILLE, Joinville, Brazil.
⁵ Nephrology Department, Kocaeli University Hospital, İzmit, Turkey.
⁶ Section of Nephrology, Asian Hospital and Medical Center, Metro Manila, Philippines.
⁷ Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad, India.
⁸ Trustwell Hospital, Bangalore, India.
⁹ Department of Nephrology, Seth G.S.M.C. and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, India.
¹⁰ Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephro-Urology, Bangalore, India.
¹¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
¹² The Nairobi Hospital Kenya, mexico.
¹³ International Society of Nephrology, mexico.
¹⁴ Department of Public and Global Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁵ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
¹⁶ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

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