NKC

The NKC was established in 2013 after a National Institutes of Health (NIH) multidisciplinary workshop on neonatal acute kidney injury (AKI) to address knowledge gaps highlighted at the workshop. The initial working group was composed of a neonatologists and pediatric nephrologist from 24 different international centers. The first mission of the NKC was to develop, organize and perform the AWAKEN (Assessment of Worldwide Acute Kidney Injury) study. Given the success of the AWAKEN study, early in 2019 the NKC re-organized, expanded and now has the below organizational plans... The NKC's mission is to improve the health of newborns with or at risk for kidney disease through multidisciplinary collaborative research, advocacy, and education.

Primary location: Birmingham United States