Olga Balafa

🧵 1/9 As Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation @NDTsocial celebrates 40 years 🎉, a new editorial ✨ highlights how biological sex shapes CV benefits of exercise in CKD. @VanAmaryllis @olgabalafa @anagarcp #WERA Read the full article at 🔗academic.oup.com/ndt/advance-ar… Read the thread for a sneak peek 👇👇 👇

Trends in nephrology: from manels to a balanced representation of all community members #WERA 😶‍🌫️Imagine this: you are sitting at a medical congress – the two chairs and the speakers except one are males. Are you surprised? Is there a shortage of remarkable women in the day to day working life? The answer is no:

👩‍⚕️On February 17–18, the Women of ERA Committee met for its annual meeting, reaffirming its commitment to advancing gender balance in nephrology. 🚀 The mission remains clear: to encourage female nephrologists to actively contribute to research and scientific dissemination, because their expertise and leadership are essential to the field. 📸 Here's a highlight from the meeting!

🚀 ERA Female Leadership Virtual Mentorship Programme: applications are now open! 🌟 The Programme offers one-to-one mentorship with international colleagues who have experience in leadership skills. 📍It is open to female members in all roles who want to develop and strengthen their own leadership journey, with a maximum of 9 eligible applicants selected as mentees on a first-come, first-served basis. ⏰ Don’t miss the chance: apply by February 10, 2026 👉 bit.ly/4qdrnpi

Powerful editorial from @TheLancet @ISNkidneycare @EKHA_EU @ERAkidney @AfricanAFRAN Chronic kidney disease: breaking the silence - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

2025 @thelancet.com #CKD seminar out! Read it for the latest evidence on how to manage what is projected to become a top 5 leading cause of death globally by 2050 (read it so in 25years’ time that does not happen…): sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Presented at #KidneyWk: In the PISCES trial involving participants receiving hemodialysis, fish oil (n−3 fatty acids) was compared with corn-oil placebo. The rate of serious cardiovascular events was lower with daily fish-oil supplementation. Full trial results: nej.md/49zWuqo Editorial: Fish Oil for Patients Receiving Hemodialysis — Red Herring or Great Catch? nej.md/49zWAOM @ASNKidney

Women in nephrology #WERA is taking place now 📍At the Square 🎙️ Lucia Del Vecchio 📜 starting with an inspirational quote: "Achieving gender equity is not only a matter of justice and rights, it is essential for producing the best research and improving patient care"

⁦@olgabalafa⁩ ⁦@ERAkidney⁩ highlighting gender disparities in CKD - so complex!

An amazing team — the Women of ERA! 👏 Incredible work raising the visibility of women in nephrology and striving for gender equity for all patients with kidney disease. 💪🩺 #WomenInNephrology #GenderEquity #ERA25

Waiting for you in Vienna! 🇦🇹#ERA25 is ready 🙌 Safe travels to everyone ✈️🚄🚗@ERAkidney

@eva_pella Bravo Eva!

✨️A shared effort with brilliant minds!✨️  😊 Take a sneak peek at our work! 😊 ✨️ Don’t miss the full #ERARegistry  Νewsletter, featuring top-quality studies! 🚀☄️ Read now 👉 bit.ly/3YDSrDp

Available in 20 Languages! Please fill the survey - AKI in pregnancy is even more overlooked than other kidney diseases - especially in places where risk is highest? qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_38… ⁦@ISNkidneycare⁩ ⁦@AfricanAFRAN⁩ ⁦@WomenNeph_india⁩ ⁦@adqi_p⁩

👩‍⚕️The WERA Task Force, supported by the ERA Curatorium and ENDI Foundation, is offering 6 grants to women for leadership courses at Oxford University: 📌 3 grants for the Women Transforming Leadership Programme 📌 3 grants for the Oxford Healthcare Leadership Programme Apply now 👉 bit.ly/4iN5kTx

@eva_pella Συγχαρητήρια Εύα! Πάντα επιτυχίες!!!

PhD (officially) done! ✅️✨️🥂 It was definitely a marathon, not a sprint, and I’m truly blessed to have crossed the finish line. 💪🏻 My sincere gratitude to all those who have supported me throughout this journey, both in Greece and beyond. 🙏🏻❤️

🌍 Today marks #WorldKidneyDay – a crucial moment to raise awareness about chronic kidney disease, a silent but escalating public health crisis. 📖Charles Ferro, Chair of the Strong Kidneys Task Force, underscores the importance of integrating #CKD screening into cardiovascular risk assessments across Europe. Addressing this critical gap could save lives and significantly cut healthcare costs 👉 bit.ly/4iO3sti #StrongKidneys #KidneyHealth #KidneyCare #ProtectYourKidneys

Today is World Kidney Day 🎉 Celebrating 20 years of raising awareness about kidney health 🌍 The 2025 campaign #AreYourKidneysOK highlights the importance of #EarlyDetection in preventing and managing kidney disease. 👉 worldkidneyday.org/2025-campaign/ Share your WKD activity pictures and tag us - we’d love to feature your celebrations! @ISNkidneycare @ifkf_wka #WorldKidneyDay #AreYourKidneysOK #KidneyHealthMatters

💜This International Women’s Day, ERA is proud to celebrate the women shaping the future of nephrology! 💜 🎬 Lucia Del Vecchio, Chair of the Women of ERA (WERA) Task Force, shares insights on how the group promotes valuable networking opportunities to foster professional growth for women in the field ✨ Full interview 👉 bit.ly/3F7bdw9 #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

📢 Join us at the ERA Journal Club e-seminar! *The potential for improving cardio-renal outcomes in chronic kidney disease with the aldosterone synthase inhibitor vicadrostat (BI 690517): a rationale for the EASi-KIDNEY trial* 📅 February 27, 2025, at 5:00 PM (CET)⁣⁣ 🆕The live e-seminars are now real-time translated into 7 languages. Register now 👉 lc.cx/jxQp2_

Now open access @DiseasePrimers Chronic Kidney Disease All you need to know about CKD and how to halt CKD progression rdcu.be/d71Rj