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Invited Speakers

Joanne M Bargman MD FRCPC
Dr Solomon Jonathan Cohney
Christine Ellis
Associate Professor Matthias Kretzler
Professor Francesco Locatelli M.D., FRCPB
Professor Julian Savulescu B.Med.Sci., M.B., B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
Sally Wellard

Joanne M Bargman MD FRCPC

Dr Bargman received her MD cum laude from the University of Toronto, and completed postdoctoral studies in Melbourne, Australia and Stanford University. She is Director of the Peritoneal Dialysis Unit and co-director of the Renal-Rheumatology Lupus Clinic at the University Health Network in Toronto.

Dr Solomon Jonathan Cohney

Shlomo studied Medicine in Perth, and after extensive experience in various areas of Internal Medicine in Australia and England, completed training in Nephrology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and the Austin Hospital. He undertook research in Xenotransplantation at the Austin Research Institute for which he received a PhD and which led to significant publications in the field. In 1997 he went to America where his postdoctoral work examined regulation of Interleukin 2 signalling in lymphocytes, an area of relevance to transplantation and immunosuppression.

Since his return to Australia, he has worked in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at The Royal Melbourne and Western Hospitals with an emphasis on transplantation. He is an active member of the Australian Transplant Society and Victorian representative on the Renal Transplant Advisory Committee of Australia. While maintaining an interest in all areas of transplantation, he has been instrumental in setting up a successful program to enable renal ransplantation for patients who have a blood group incompatibility with their potential donor or anti-HLA antibodies that are directed against their donor.

Christine Ellis

Christine Ellis is the Renal Transplant Coordinator at The Alfred Hospital. Christine has a clinical nursing background and has twenty years experience in renal nursing. She commenced her nurse training at The Royal Melbourne Hospital 1983 and on completion commenced her nursing in the renal unit. It is there that she developed her skills and interest in renal transplantation. Christine became an active member of the Renal Society of Australasia, including being on the workshop committee for "Health Care Networks"1996 St Vincent's, Melbourne and an Executive committee member 1992-3. Christine has presented two papers at RSA conferences 1992 and 2005. Since commencing her role at The Alfred in 2002, Christine has completed the International Course for Organ Donor and Transplant Coordinators in Adelaide. She is also an active member of the Transplant Nurses Association presenting papers at the 2003 and 2004 conference.

Associate Professor Matthias Kretzler

Matthias Kretzler graduated from the University of Heidelberg and received his postgraduate training at the University of Michigan and Munich. He currently is an associate professor at the University of Michigan. His research is focused on the mechanism of glomerular failure and molecular diagnostics using renal biopsies.

Professor Francesco Locatelli M.D., FRCPB

Professor Francesco Locatelli is head of Department of Nephrology at A. Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy and postgraduate Professor of Nephrology at the Universities of Brescia and Milan. He is Past President of European Renal Association, International Society of Blood Purification and the Italian Society of Nephrology and is an honorary member of Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Turkish Societies of Nephrology. He is an International Distinguished Medalist and received the Garabed Eknoyan Award from the US National Kidney Foundation. He is an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London. He also serves as chairman of the Board of European Best Practice Guidelines and is on the Board of NFK-DOQITM, and the Board of Directors KDIGO.

Professor Locatelli areas of special interest in nephrology are represented in over 600 papers in the fields of hypertension, proteinuria, epidemiology of CKD, diabetic nephropathy, nutrition and chronic kidney disease progression, metabolic syndrome, adequacy in dialysis, sodium and other electrolyte balance, calcium - Phosphate and PTH metabolism, IgA nephropathy and anaemia.

Professor Julian Savulescu B.Med.Sci., M.B., B.S., M.A., Ph.D.

Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford
Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Director of the Program on Ethics and the New Biosciences in the James Martin 21^st Century School.

Professor Savulescu is engaged in research, education and stimulating open public discussion around the ethical issues which arise in every day life and which are related to the changes in society, particularly those related to technological advancement. He has worked broadly in the ethics of science and medicine and his main current research interests are the ethics of the new biosciences: cloning, stem cells, genetics, artificial reproduction and neuroscience.

Previously, he was Editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, the highest impact factor journal in medical and applied ethics. He was Director of the Ethics of Genetics Unit at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. He was also Director of the Bioethics Program at the Centre for the Study of Health and Society at the University of Melbourne and the Chair of the Department of Human Services, Victoria, Ethics Committee. He was also Head of the Melbourne-Oxford Stem Cell Collaboration, devoted to examining the ethical implications of cloning and embryonic stem cell research.

Julian Savulescu is qualified in medicine, bioethics and analytic philosophy. He has published over 100 articles in journals such as the British Medical Journal, Lancet, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Bioethics, the Journal of Medical Ethics, American Journal of Bioethics, Medical Journal of Australia and Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology. He is currently director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and director of the Program on Ethics and the New Biosciences in the James Martin 21^st Century School.

Sally Wellard

Sally Wellard is the Foundation Chair in Nursing at the University of Ballarat. Following a substantial clinical career as a registered nurse, Sally changed to an academic career in 1990. She subsequently completed a Master of Nursing from Phillip Institute of Technology, and a PhD from La Trobe University, where she developed expertise in the use of qualitative research methods. Her research in these degrees was related to End Stage Renal Disease. She was awarded the Mona Menzies Post Doctoral Award from the Nurses Board of Victoria in 1999. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia, a member of the nursing honour society - Sima Theta Tau International, an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a member of the Renal Society of Australasia. She is a deputy chair for a National Health and Medical Research Council Research Grants panel. She currently leads several programs of research: the social impact of chronic disease on families; consumer participation in health care services and undergraduate clinical education. Sally has widely disseminated her work, authoring more than 70 papers, presentations and reports. She is currently supervising a number of doctoral students who are researching issues related to nursing practice and the care of the chronically ill, and aspects of undergraduate clinical preparation.

RSA Awards Outline

RSA Professional Incentive Awards:
The RSA offers the following professional incentive awards to their members at each annual RSA conference.

Best Abstract

Best Presenter-Novice

Best Presenter-Experienced

Best Poster-Scientific

Best Poster-General

The award recipients will be selected by our judging panel, which consists of invited RSA members from a range of renal backgrounds and organisations. Each recipient will be announced at the RSA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and will receive a cheque for $500 from the Federal Executive.

RSA National Award:
Every year the RSA Award recognises RSA members who have made an outstanding contribution or commitment to the RSA or Renal community at local and national levels. The nomination and selection of a recipient for the annual RSA National Award is a two stage process.

An RSA member becomes a stage one award candidate if he or she is nominated to their state branch by a fellow RSA member prior to the advertised closing date. Each state branch must then select one state winner who is put forward to the Federal Executive for consideration for the stage two National RSA Award. The Federal Executive will then assess each state nomination and select the recipient for the annual RSA National Award, which will be announced at the RSA AGM along with acknowledgement of all stage two candidates. The RSA National Award recipient will receive a cheque for $500 from the Federal Executive.

This year, the closing date for stage one state branch nominations is 7^th July 2006.

Nomination forms can be downloaded from the RSA website:
http://www.renalsociety.org

Amgen-RSA Awards:
Amgen have always generously supported the RSA membership with their annual award scheme.

This year the awards have been expanded to include several new awards. A brief summary follows.

Amgen/RSA International Nephrology Conference Travel Grant - to the value of $6000

Amgen/RSA Research Project Grant - Novice Researcher - to the value of $2000 (Small project, 2 years or less renal experience)

Amgen/RSA Research Grant - Experienced Researcher - to the value of $4000 (Major project, more than 5 years renal experience)

Amgen/RSA Renal Nurses Preceptorship Grant - Nurse Practitioner - to the value of $6000

Amgen/RSA Renal Nurses Preceptorship Grant - Vascular Access - to the value of $6000

Amgen/RSA Renal Nurses Preceptorship Grant - Outback Experience - to the value of $6000.

Further information can be found on the application form via your local Amgen Product Specialist, via Michelle Goodwin - goodwin@amgen.com or the RSA Federal Secretary, Kirsty Musgrove - rsaboard@renalsociety.org

Graham Burnley Memorial Scholarship Fund:
Gambro have dedicated this scholarship to the memory of long-standing and influential colleague Graham Burnley.

The Graham Burnley Memorial Scholarship Fund aims to foster quality care and services for individuals with renal failure through financial support for professional activities initiated by renal health care professionals.

The annual scholarship recipient/s are announced at the annual RSA conference. Further information, including timelines and application process can be found under the "Funding" link via the RSA website, www.renalsociety.org, or from Gambro directly via Lorraine Burchell, Education Manager, lorraine.burchell@gambro.com.au

Birgit Munro Memorial Scholarship Fund:
The Birgit Munro Memorial Scholarship fund was created following the sudden death of Birgit Munro, a highly respected leader in the field of Peritoneal Dialysis. The trust fund is designed promote and encourage the betterment and education of nurses specialising in or employed in renal care by offering financial support.

There are quarterly opportunities to apply for funding via the Birgit Munro Memorial Scholarship fund. Further information and application forms can be found at www.renalsociety.org via the "Funding" link.