Lectures
The Osman Lecture
The Osman Lecture was endowed by Mrs Ruth Osman, widow of Arnold Osman, who was the first President and founding member of the Renal Association who died in 1972.
The Osman Lecture has usually been given at the Autumn meeting of the Renal Association but has not been incorporated in the Annual Conference. It is delivered by a distinguished series of UK and international nephrologists and renal scientists.
| 1975 | David Baldwin (USA) – Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis and the end stage kidney |
| 1977 | David Kerr (UK) – Renal bone disease: the effects of dialysis and transplantation |
| 1979 | Jonas Bergstrom (Sweden) – Uraemic toxicity |
| 1981 | Hugh de Wardener (UK) – Naturiuretic hormone |
| 1984 | Robert Schrier (USA) – The cell biology of ichaemia |
| 1985 | Netar Mallick (UK) – Sapient glomerulopathies, or how far since Ellis? |
| 1987 | Philip Hoedemaeker (Netherlands) – New developments in experimental glomerulonephritis |
| 1990 | Andrew Rees (UK) – Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis: from pathogenesis to treatment |
| 1991-4 | No lecturers appointed |
| 1995 | Gerry Coles (UK) – CAPD – a critique |
| 1997 | Robert Lechler (UK) – Overcoming the obstacle to successful long-term transplantation |
| 1999 | Nick Hastie (UK) – Wilm’s tumour – a case of abnormal nephrogenesis: multiple roles for the Wilm’s tumour suppressor WT1 |
| 2001 | Norbert Lamiere (Belgium) – Disaster nephrology |
| 2003 | Jeffrey Platt (USA) – New insights into autoimmunity |
| 2005 | No lecturers appointed |
| 2006 | Peter Mathieson (UK) - Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis |
| 2007 | No lecturers appointed |
| 2008 | Juergen Floege (Germany) - From cage to bedside: new approaches to the treatment of CKD patients |
| 2009 | Andy Rees (Austria) - Small vessel vasculitis - from humans to experimental models and back again |
| 2010 | David Salant (USA) - The antigenic target in membranous nephropathy |
| 2011 | Myles Wolf (USA) - Role of FGF23 in Adverse Clinical Outcomes in CKD |
| 2012 | Fiona Karet (UK) - Chasing Tails: Clinic to C-terminus |
| 2013 | John Feehally (UK) - Global Nephrology |
The Chandos Lecture
The Chandos Lecture of the Renal Association was established in 1976 with the support of the National Kidney Research Fund [NKRF]. The Chandos family have given great support to the renal community in this country over many years. The Honourable Anthony Lyttleton, the second Viscount Chandos, developed renal failure in the 1960s, and was treated by dialysis and subsequently received a renal transplant at Charing Cross Hospital under Professor Hugh de Wardener. Lord Chandos hosted the launch of NKRF in Westminster in 1966, and until his death continued to use his considerable influence to promote the issues of renal disease and renal care in high places. His son, Lord Tom Chandos, is similarly extremely active and is the current President of NKRF.
The Chandos Lecture has usually been given at the Autumn meeting of the Renal Association and has been delivered by a distinguished series of UK and international nephrologists and renal scientists.
| 1976 | Larry Earley (USA) – The development of the concept of control of sodium reabsorption by physical factors |
| 1978 | Charles Cochrane (USA) – Mediation of glomerular injury |
| 1980 | Barry Brenner (USA) – The physiological basis of glomerular filtration |
| 1982 | Michael Mauer (USA) – The glomerular mesangium in diabetic nephropathy |
| 1986 | Saulo Klahr (USA) – The effects of urinary obstruction |
| 1988 | Ramzi Cotran (USA) – Endothelial activation in vascular injury |
| 1991 | Herman Waldmann (UK) – Prospects for transplantation tolerance |
| 1992-5 | No lecturers appointed |
| 1996 | Marc de Broe (Belgium) – Recovery from injury to the kidney |
| 1998 | Stuart Shankland (USA) – The role of cell cycle proteins in glomerular disease |
| 2000 | Mark Pepys (UK) – Prognostic and pathogenetic significance of C-reactive protein |
| 2002 | Peter Ratcliffe (UK) – Oxygen sensing |
| 2004 | Ram Gokal (UK) - Peritoneal dialysis |
| 2006 | No lecturers appointed |
| 2007 | Steve Harper (UK) - How the glomerulus works in health and disease - or so you thought |
| 2008 | No lecturers appointed |
| 2009 | Dontscho Kerjaschki (Austria) - Podoplanin - from podocytes and beyond |
| 2010 | Rob Horne (UK) - Supporting behaviour changes in patients with chronic kidney disease |
| 2011 | Fred Finkelstein (USA) - Quality of life on dialysis: The Patients’ Perspective |
| 2012 | Gerry Appel (USA) - What have we learned about the treatment of Lupus Nephritis |
| 2013 | No lecturers appointed |
The de Wardener Lecture
The de Wardener lecture was established in 2004 in honour of Hugh de Wardener, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Charing Cross Hospital, and one of our most distinguished nephrologists and clinical scientists. He is a former President of both the Renal Association [1974-77] and the International Society of Nephrology [1969-72].
The first lecture was given by Professor de Wardener himself . From 2006 it has become a regular feature of Renal Association meetings, and chosen lecturers will have a distinguished record in clinical research related to renal disease.
| 2004 | Hugh de Wardener (UK) - Plasma sodium and hypertension |
| 2005 | Graham MacGregor (UK) - Salt - Neptune's gift? |
| 2006 | Bryan Williams (UK) - The hypertensive heart |
| 2007 | Pierre Ronco (France) - New insights into the pathophysiology of membranous nephropathy: a bench-to-bedside story |
| 2008 | Richard J Johnson (USA) - Uric acid, the metabolic syndrome and kidney disease |
| 2009 | Tim Goodship (UK) - Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome |
| 2010 | Barry Freedman (USA) - New genetic insights in end-stage renal disease |
| 2011 | Hugh Gallagher (UK) - O66 UK prevalence of chronic kidney disease and associated cardiovascular co-morbidities: analysis of the baseline data from the QI-CKD study |
| 2012 | Peter Mathieson (UK) - Towards rational therapy for proteinuria |
| 2013 | Terry Cook (UK) - Conventional and molecular microscopy in renal transplant pathology |