Collaborations

The KCRU participates in, and welcomes a variety of multi-disciplinary collaborations including the fields of:

• Epidemiology & Biostatistics
• Science
• Actuarial Sciences
• Ivey School of Business
• Health Sciences
• Social Sciences (Health Geography)
• Surgery
• Cardiology
• Clinical Pharmacology
• Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Internal Medicine
• Hematology
• Rheumatology

The KCRU also collaborates with research teams and physicians both nationally and internationally. Some of our partners include:

• Alberta Kidney Disease Network
• Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA)
• British Columbia Provincial Renal Agency (BCPRA)
• Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR)
• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
• Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (cNODES)
• Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)
• Kaiser Permanente
• Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR)
• United States Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• United States Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
• United States Organ Procurement Transplant Network (OPTN)
• United States Renal Data System (USRDS)
• United States Veterans Affairs
• Canadian Blood Services (CBS), Organ and Tissues
• Canadian Society of Nephrology
• Canadian Society of Transplantation
• Kidney Foundation of Canada
• US National Kidney Foundation
• Intelomed, Inc.
• Sequana Medical
• Mobius
• Leadiant Biosciences
• Baxter Healthcare