Kidney MAPS (Mentoring and Assessment Program for
Students) was established by the American Society of Nephrology
(ASN) to promote interest in nephrology careers through student-organized
community screening programs that identify people at risk for diabetes and
hypertension in medically under-served communities. Each chapter is supported by
practicing nephrologists who volunteer their time and mentor medical students.
The goal of Kidney MAPS is to recruit and mentor the next generation of
nephrologists early in their careers by showing students the risk factors for chronic
kidney disease, the effects of kidney disease on public health and the
increasing need for medical professionals to help combat it.
Currently, ASN supports student chapters at Emory
University, Indiana University and the University of Louisville.
In addition, as a part of Kidney MAPS, the ASN and
chapters headquartered in the Kidney Week host city partners with the American
Kidney Fund to host a Kidney Action Day screening event to kick-off Kidney Week
each year. In 2013, the Emory University Kidney MAPS Chapter partnered with AKF
to screen nearly 250 patients.
For more information about the Kidney MAPS program and
learn how to establish chapter at your institution, please contact Lisa Bryan
at lbryan@asn-online.org.
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