UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Renal Society of Australasia, Christchurch, 17-19 June, 2026: Attend our GREX exercise in CKD workshop at the upcoming RSA Conference titled “Strategies to get people with kidney disease moving more” Program and workshop details here.
ICRNM 2026 Congress, Berlin, September 16-19, 2026: The International Congress on Renal Nutrition and Metabolism (ICRNM), is the bi-annual conference of the International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism (ISRNM) that includes a GREX Workshop. Preliminary program on website here. Register for the congress here.
XXXIII Congresso Brasileiro de Nefrologia, Belo Horizonte, 16-19 September, 2026: Join GREX Leaders including Heitor Ribeiro and Marvery Duarte at the Annual Brasillian Nephrology Congress. Register for the congress here.
ASN Kidney Week, Denver, October 21-25, 2026: Join GREX Leaders including Clara Bohm and Joao Viana at ASN Kidney Week presenting their latest research. More details to follow. Abstract submission closes 13 May.
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GREX RECENT CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
GREX-JSRR Kidney Exercise Symposium, Sendai, March 2026: A successful combined Japanese Society of Renal Rehabilitation (JSRR) and GREX 2 day symposium was held at the Sendai International Center with Nicole Scholes Robertson, Stephanie Thompson, Sharlene Greenwood, Ria Arnold, Joao Viana, Paul Bennett, Masahiro Kozhuki and Kunihiro Yamagata amongst the speakers. Link to Abstracts Booklet here. JSRR/GREX Symposium below.
World Congress of Nephrology, Yokohama, March 2026: Clara Bohm, Ken Wilund, Ria Arnold, Nicole Scholes Robertson, Sharlene Greenwood, Joao Viana were among GREX presenters at WCN. Below is Clara Bohm presenting results of the international TICKERS_HD Study in the main conference hall. Clara Bohm interview link here.
UK Kidney Week, Harrogate, March 2026: GREX and PAWR leaders led a successful Prescribing Exercise in CKD workshop chaired by Tom Wilkinson with speakers Siobhan Freeman (pictured) and Rosey Billany.
POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENT EXERCISE GUIDE: GREX have been requested to develop an exercise guide for people with poycystic kidney disease. A first ‘ideas’ half page draft of this short guide can be found here. Please send any comments or feedback to Kristen Parker (Kinesiologist, Calgary, Canada) by the 30th April 2026.
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WELCOME NEW GREX MEMBERS: Lorna Latimer, University of Leicester/ Sejal Patel, Mayo Clinic/ Brian Nkhoma, St Francis' Hospital, Zambia/ Rajitha Alva, M Ramaiah University, India/ Anoop Sheshadri, Mayo Clinic at Rochester Şefika Tuğba Yangöz, Pamukkale University, Türkiye/ Hatice Ceylan, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Türkiye/ Guillermina Barril, Universitario de la Princesa, Spain/ Misa Miura, Tsykuba University of Technology, Japan/ Kei Fukami, Kurume University, Japan/ Chikako Naganuma, Vantive, Japan/ Yugo Shibagaki, St Marianna University, Japan/ Jun Takagi, Vantive , Japan/ Akira Mitamura, Tohoku University Hospital, Japan/ Janet Diaz Martinez, Florida International University/ Komal Safdar, Cleveland Clinic (Ohio)/ Andrew Meehan, Maynooth University, Ireland/ Isabella Sanders, Northern Adelaide Local Health Network/ Brendan Smyth, St George Hospital, Australia/ Jason Kostrna, Florida International University/ Bruna Rosa de Souza, UFSCAR, Brazil.
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RECENT GREX PUBLICATIONS
Caccia, F., Baciga, F., Baschirotto, C., Lamberti, N., Cappellari, T., Storari, A., ... & Battaglia, Y. (2026). Physical Activity and Exercise in Patients with Coexisting Chronic Kidney Disease and Peripheral Artery Disease: Time to Bridge the Gap?. Journal of Renal Nutrition. Link
Wołyniec, W., Bennett, P. N., Chojak-Fijałka, K., Ratkowski, W., Tarca, B., & Viana, J. L. (2026). Promoting exercise in kidney care—Global Renal Exercise initiatives and opportunities for Poland. In Renal Disease and Transplantation Forum (Vol. 19). Link
Kistler, B. M., Kirkman, D. L., Kusni, D., Martin Alemañy, G., Ribeiro, H. S., Tarca, B., ... & Wilund, K. R. (2026). Physical activity and exercise for cardiometabolic health and fitness in CKD: an overview by exercise type. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 21(1), 144-153. Link
Duarte, M. P., Nóbrega, O. T., Grangeiro, A. C., Moreira, D. C., Roure, J. G., Vieira, F. A., ... & Vogt, B. P. (2026). Severity of Cognitive Dysfunction Associates with Sarcopenia in Patients on Hemodialysis: Findings from the XXX Study. Journal of Renal Nutrition. Link
Gould, D. W., Baker, L. A., Wilkinson, T. J., Eastley, N., Ashford, R. U., Denniff, M., ... & Watson, E. L. (2026). Anabolic and catabolic responses to different modes of exercise in patients with chronic kidney disease. BMC nephrology. Link
Kojima, S., Usui, N., Nishiyama, Y., Shinozaki, N., Shirai, N., Okamura, D., ... & Saitoh, M. (2026). Association between sarcopenic obesity and worsening physical performance in patients undergoing hemodialysis: The REPnet-HD study. Journal of Renal Nutrition. Link
Sonoda RS, Uchiyama K, Inaba Y, Kasahara C, Sato T, Kaihara A, Yamada S, Urate S, Yanagi M, Kinugasa S, Tanaka K, Kunoki J, Ishibashi Y. Efficacy of Nordic Walking in Improving Walking Ability in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ther Apher Dial. 2026 Apr 5. doi: 10.1002/1744-9987.70141. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41936406. Link
Safdar, K., Vaidya, P., Johnston, K., Wadlinger, R., Bytomski, J., Chaudhury, P. R., & Sparks, M. A. (2025). Sports Nephrology: From Bench to Bedside. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 10-2215. Link
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