A study published in Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation by a group of Albertan researchers led by Ms. Lianne Barnieh, supported by a Kidney Foundation Allied Health Doctoral Fellowship, explored for the first time in Canada the barriers to living kidney donation for eligible kidney transplant patients. 
A $200,000 grant has been provided by the Government of Alberta to the Kidney Foundation of Canada to establish a Living Organ Donor Expense Reimbursement Program in Alberta. The program will reimburse an Albertan who donates a kidney, partial lung or liver, for some costs associated with the organ donation process.
In a study funded by The Kidney Foundation and published in JAMA, patients with diabetic nephropathy taking high doses vitamin B showed a decrease in kidney function.
Janet Bick, who champions the cause of patients with kidney disease and all those waiting for organ donations will be honoured at the Ontario Renal Network’s Second Annual Town Hall in Toronto, June 22nd.
Thunder Bay/Sault Ste. Marie – Wendy's Restaurants in Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie support The Kidney Foundation each March, a tasty promotion that raises awareness and funds for the the Foundation.