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Using Twitter to discuss and debate kidney disease research findings
May 19, 2014
Dr.
Swapnil Hiremath
has moved the discussion of nephrology into the social media sphere by co-founding a new Twitter-based
Journal Club
focused on kidneys and kidney disease. Dr. Hiremath and co-creator Dr.
Joel Topf
of the St. John Providence Health System in Detroit, Michigan are using Twitter to engage other researchers, clinicians and patients in discussions around areas of interest related to kidneys. The first Twitter Journal Club session was held in late April and involved a discussion of the latest findings from the
National Kidney Foundation's KEEP study
– a community-based screening and education program for kidney disease. The journal club's hashtag is #NephJC and their website is
www.nephjc.com
About the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) is the research arm of The Ottawa Hospital and is an affiliated institute of the University of Ottawa, closely associated with the university’s Faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences. OHRI includes more than 1,700 scientists, clinical investigators, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and staff conducting research to improve the understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease.
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