The strengths and the limitations of research activities currently present in Europe are explored in order to outline how to proceed in the near future. Epidemiological and clinical research and public policy in Europe are generally considered to be comprehensive and successful, and the European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) is playing a key role in the field of nephrology research. The Nephrology and Public Policy Committee (NPPC) aims to improve the current situation and translation into public policy by planning eight research topics to be supported in the coming 5 years by ERA-EDTA.

1st Department of Internal Medicine 3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Abdominal Center Nephrology University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Helsinki Finland

CNR IFC Ospedali Riuniti Reggio Calabria Italy

Consultant Senior Lecturer Population Health Sciences University of Bristol UK

Departament of Medicine Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Barcelona Spain

Department of Internal Medicine 4 Nephrology and Hypertension Saarland University Medical Centre Homburg Germany

Department of Medical Translational Sciences University of Luigi Vanvitelli Naples and Biogem Ariano Irpino Italy

Department of Medicine Division of Nephrology University Hospital Wuerzburg Germany

Department of Nephrology Dialysis Nutrition Université de Lyon CARMEN Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud Pierre Bénite Cedex France

Department of Nephrology Internal Medicine Istanbul School of Medicine Istanbul University Millet Caddesi Istanbul Turkey

Department of Nephrology Medical Faculty University of Skopje Skopje Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Department of Nephrology University Hospital of Patras Patras Greece

Department of Nephrology University Medical Center Utrecht The Netherlands

Department of Nephrology Vall d'Hebron University Hospital Barcelona Spain

Department of Renal Medicine CLINTEC Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden

Division of Nephrology Ambroise Paré Hospital APHP Paris Ile de France West University Boulogne Billancourt Paris France

ERA EDTA Registry Department of Medical Informatics Academic Medical Center University of Amsterdam Amsterdam Public Health research institute Amsterdam The Netherlands

European Renal Best Practice London UK

Finnish Registry for Kidney Diseases Helsinki Finland

Glasgow Renal and Transplant Unit Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow UK

INSERM U1018 Team5 Paris Saclay University Villejuif France

Nephrology Section Department of Internal Medicine Ghent University Hospital Corneel Heymanslaan Ghent Belgium

Pediatric Nephrology Unit Pellegrin Enfants Hospital Bordeaux University Hospital and University of Bordeaux INSERM Team LEHA Bordeaux France

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European chronic kidney disease registries for children not on kidney replacement therapy: tools for improving health systems and patient-centred outcomes

A roadmap for optimizing chronic kidney disease patient care and patient-oriented research in the Eastern European nephrology community