Get involved in World Kidney Day 2021- more information here.

The Renal Association and BRS are hosting a free webinar titled 'Living well with kidney disease' 

It is open to people living with, or working with kidney disease.

You can register for the event here  http://bit.ly/RABRS

Every Thursday, Noemi, our PhD student, runs an exercise session for your muscles. The session is aimed for everyone with a kidney condition. It is an ideal workout to get you through the rest of the week. If you would like to sign up or learn more, please click on the link below:

Every Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. Rosey Billany, our clinical trials facilitator and qualified gym instructor, is running her Wake Up Wednesday HIIT sessions. HIIT (high intensity interval training) splits the session into shorter bouts of higher intensities with longer recovery periods. Rosey has extensive research in this area and understands the benefits of HIIT for people with a kidney condition. The next session is on the 26th of August 2020.

Our researchers, regularly participate in the journal clubs run by the Global Renal Exercise Network (GREX). The aim of this journal clubs is to discuss one recent article about kidney health. World leading experts come together to understand and help the future of kidney care. These events are informal and open to anyone interested.

Every Thursday at 3p.m. Noemi,our PhD student and qualified personal trainer, is running an easy workout targeting different muscles via the new online platform called BEAM. The aim of these sessions is to help you with your everyday movements. It is an ideal workout to boost your motivation towards the end of the week. Click on ‘Learn More’ to book a session or to find out about other classes!

A collaborative webinar today bt RenalMate and the Renal Patient Support Group’s. More information and free registration here.

7 April 2020 is the day to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives and remind world leaders of the critical role they play in keeping the world healthy.

People around the world in hospitals, academia, social care, and industry are all working together on COVID-19 research, whether that’s in diagnostics, treatments or vaccines.

This Friday 3 April we are going Red 4 Research. This is a national and international call supported by NHS RD Forum and the HRA, where we’ll be raising awareness of - and show our appreciation for – all our staff and our research participants. This is an opportunity to take pride in the work we’ve done to combat the novel coronavirus in these challenging circumstances and stand united with other research teams across the country and around the globe.

You can join in by:

- Wearing red

- Using the #Red4Research sign and writing a supportive message, or making your own banner

- Taking a photo of yourself holding the sign and posting it on Twitter using the hashtag #Red4Research and copying in @Research2Note @LeicResearch @Leic_hospital and @LeicesterBRC