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Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic approach taken, what was learned, and why it matters. We hope our readers will find this valuable in helping them keep up with the latest research in the field of nephrology. Highlights from the February 2026 issue: Health-Related Quality of Life After Living Kidney Donation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Stijn [...]

AJKD invites applications for its Editorial Internship Program, which will provide editorial experience to early career researchers interested in education, teaching, or medical editing/writing. AJKD Editorial Interns will have the opportunity to follow manuscripts from submission to publication, gaining experience in the peer review process by using original submissions to develop skills in assessing manuscripts’ novelty, validity, and clinical relevance. They will meet regularly [...]

NephMadness 2026 starts in just over a month!  Sixteen teams will battle it out for the title, and a new champion will be crowned.  But who actually chooses the winners and losers in each matchup? Behold, the NephMadness 2026 Blue Ribbon Panel:   Timothy Yau @Maximal_Change – @maximalchange.bsky.social Tim Yau is an associate professor of medicine in the division of nephrology at WashU in St. Louis, where he also serves as the co-director of clinical skills for their medical [...]

NephMadness 2026 is only weeks away, so it’s time to start introducing some of the key players. We begin with a group of familiar faces to those of you who have played NephMadness in the past, our Executive Team. These are the people that have been spending their last several months constructing this year’s fiendish bracket: Matthew Sparks, Anna Burgner, Anna Vinnikova, Jeffrey Kott, Ana Catalina Alvarez-Elías, Dia Waguespack, Samira Farouk, and Krithika Mohan. Matthew Sparks [...]

Happy New Year from AJKD! Turning the calendar gives us the opportunity to look back on the top ten AJKDBlog posts of 2025. Special thanks go out to the AJKDBlog Commentaries Editor, Pascale Khairallah, and Interviews Editor, Timothy Yau, and to all of our contributors!   1. Urea for the Treatment of Hyponatremia 2/2 SIADH: An Interview Subhash Chander, interviewed by Tim Yau 2. Renal Tubular Acidosis: An Interview Roger Rodby and William Whittier, interviewed by Tim Yau 3. Gout and CKD: [...]