ISN Kidney Health Professionals Working Group Webinar: Overcoming disparities in quality kidney care across the world

Ana Figueiredo, RN, ENB 136, MSc, PhD is a Professor at, School of Nursing  at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Ms Figueiredo has been working with renal patients since 1985, with both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis; her primary focus on PD research is to improve outcomes for PD patients. She has numerous publications, including Guidelines for PD training for the International Society for PD (ISPD). She served on the ISPD Council from 2001-2006, chaired the Nurse Liaison Committee of ISPD from 1998-2001 and now is part of the committee and received the Barbara Prowant Lifetime Achievement Award in the Field of Nephrology in 2014. She is Chair of Kidney Health Professionals Working Group of ISN. Still works in the fields and is a speaker and consultant on PD and CQI projects around the world.

Dr Marques Ng is a nurse researcher with strong interest in nephrology care and mixed methods research. He received his PhD in Nursing at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at University of California, San Francisco in 2018/19. He is currently working at The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His previous research focuses on symptom clusters and their impacts on patients receiving dialysis therapy. He has shared his findings in international journals and during KDIGO Controversies Conference. With the support of local and international research grants, his recent works examine the relationship between biopsychosocial symptoms and health inequities in patients with noncommunicable diseases, especially chronic kidney disease.