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05/09/2025

🌟 The ANZDATA session at the ANZSN 60th Congress brought together clinicians to reflect on the Past, Present, and Future of the registry.

🔹 Prof Stephen McDonald shared ANZDATA’s proud history as the world’s longest-running dialysis registry.
🔹 A/Prof Shradha Kotwal gave a first look at the 2024 Survey summary.
🔹 Dr Dana Forcey launched the 2024 Special Report, focusing on workforce and dialysis capacity.
🔹 Dr Kate Brotherton reflected on the Advanced Trainees Research Project Program.
🔹 Dr Georgina Irish highlighted future innovations, including interactive reporting.

📊 2024 Survey Summary Released!
Check out the latest insights and infographics for Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: https://www.anzdata.org.au/report/anzdata-48th-annual-report-2025-data-survey-2024/

02/09/2025

New Job Alert-Biostatistician

We are seeking a Biostatistician to join SAHMRI, supporting the Australia & New Zealand Organ Replacement Therapies Registry Group (ANZORRG) as part of the reporting and analytics team. The role will collaborate with the team on internal projects, including analyses for reports, support a variety of quality improvement and research projects and assist the registry team to respond to requests for analysis of data.

The position will offer an excellent opportunity to develop your career while working with other Biostatisticians and Registry staff both medical and scientific and build strong networks with contributors to the ANZORRG registries across Australia and New Zealand.

Apply here:

Join the ANZORRG Team at SAHMRI, exciting role offering collaboration and growth opportunities with health research

02/09/2025

📢 Want to learn more about ANZDATA?
Join us at the ANZDATA Symposium at the Australian New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN) Congress 2025 today at 3:30pm (AWST)

Location: Meeting Room 8
15:35- PAST: HISTORY & IMPACT OF ANZDATA- Stephen McDonald AM
15:50- PRESENT: CAPACITY & DIVERSE USE- A/Prof Sradha Kotwal, Dana Forcey
16:15-FUTURE: INNOVATION & VISION-Georgina Irish

💬 Can’t make the session? No worries!
Our friendly team is ready to chat at the ANZDATA/NIKTT booth, stop by anytime during the Congress.

01/09/2025

🌟 The ANZDATA & NIKTT Booth is Officially OPEN at ANZSN 2025! 🌟

👥 Come have a chat with the ANZDATA team about:
The latest Special Report
The Advanced Trainee Project and how you can get involved
Any questions you may have

🖥️ Explore the NIKTT Dashboard:
See it in action
Experience the interactive features firsthand

Whether you're a clinician, researcher, or just curious, we’d love to connect and hear your thoughts.

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28/08/2025

The impact of limited dialysis capacity is a growing concern in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Together with ANZSN, we at ANZDATA are working to shine a light on this important issue.

Thanks to 𝑀𝘢𝑟𝘥𝑖 𝐶𝘩𝑎𝘱𝑚𝘢𝑛 and 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑙𝘪𝑚𝘣𝑖𝘤 for helping raise awareness of our work.

📅 Come along to our session at the ANZSN Congress on Tuesday 2 September → https://anzsnevents.com/

📖 Read the full Report here → https://www.anzdata.org.au/report/anzdata-anzsn-special-report-unit-survey-2024/

This Special Report is a collaboration between the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN).

26/08/2025

📢 We are proud to share the ANZSN/ANZDATA Special Report: Unit Survey 2024 – a binational survey of kidney unit leaders across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

This important report sheds light on the real-world challenges facing dialysis services:
✅ Kidney specialists are caring for an average of 84 patients each.
✅ Many units cannot provide dialysis at the patient’s preferred location due to infrastructure and funding barriers.
✅ Over half of units are introducing restrictive measures such as reduced hours or delayed initiation.

The findings highlight the urgent need for investment, planning, and support to ensure kidney patients can access the care they need.

📍 The report will be launched during the ANZDATA Session at the ANZSN Congress, Perth – 2 September 2025 at 3:30pm.

📖 Read the report, commentary, and view the infographic here:
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26/08/2025

Don’t miss tomorrow night’s Kidney Bites session ‘What do you know about registries?’ with Dr. Phil Clayton, a kidney specialist from the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Director of the ANZDATA Registry.

Date: Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM (AEST)
Where: Online via Zoom

Registries play a vital role in kidney health research and patient care. Come and learn how data drives improvements in treatment and outcomes.

Join the session: https://lnkd.in/gwpX-HHb
New to Kidney Bites? Register here: https://lnkd.in/gDnvrREe

19/08/2025

17/08/2025

📢 New Publication Alert!

A recent collaborative study published in Nephrology that explores how dialysis practices evolved across Australia and New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
🩺 Title: Changes in Dialysis Practice Patterns in Australia and New Zealand During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period
📚 Published in: Nephrology (Wiley)
🔗 Read the full article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nep.70077

This multi-centre retrospective study, using data from the ANZDATA Registry, examined how the pandemic influenced dialysis incidence, modality choice, treatment location, and vascular access. Key findings include:
✅ No significant change in dialysis incidence rates during 2020–2022
🏠 Increased uptake of home-based therapies and peritoneal dialysis in 2020
🩸 Reduced use of arteriovenous fistulas/grafts during lockdown periods

These insights are vital for understanding how healthcare systems adapted under pressure and can inform future resilience planning for essential services like dialysis.

Aim The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread global disruptions to healthcare systems. There has been no assessment of this on dialysis practice at a binational level. Methods A multi-centre retros...

05/08/2025

Week 5-ANZSN/ANZDATA Advanced Trainee Research Project Program

This program targets trainees in their first and second years of training who wish to undertake a project using an ANZDATA dataset, with priority enrolment for trainees from centres without established statistical support. The trainees are supported by the ANZSN/ANZDATA Epidemiology Fellow (2025 - Dr Dana Forcey). Every week for the next five weeks, we will feature a new trainee and their project: This week is John Lau:

My name is John Lau, I’m a second-year Renal advanced trainee, currently based at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and previously trained at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. My project supervisor is Dr. Eoin O’Sullivan, and we are investigating extreme weather events and impact on dialysis care. My overall interest in the ATRP program is due to my interest in epidemiology and working with larger data sets, to improve my skillset with managing these and to familiarise myself with the ANZDATA registry.

First and second-year Nephrology Advanced trainees interested in the program are encouraged to liaise with a local supervisor to formulate a project idea for submission. Expressions of Interest for the ATRP Program will open in early 2026. Trainees wishing to discussion applications or project ideas can reach contact the Epidemiology Fellow at: dana2@anzdata.org.au

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30/07/2025

Week 4-ANZSN/ANZDATA Advanced Trainee Research Project Program

This program targets trainees in their first and second years of training who wish to undertake a project using an ANZDATA dataset, with priority enrolment for trainees from centres without established statistical support. The trainees are supported by the ANZSN/ANZDATA Epidemiology Fellow (2025 - Dr Dana Forcey). Every week for the next five weeks, we will feature a new trainee and their project: This week is Mitch Carroll:

My name is Mitch Carroll, I am currently a second-year renal advanced trainee at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, having completed General Medicine and my first year of Nephrology training with Barwon Health in Geelong. As I progress through my training and approach Fellowship, I wanted to build my research and statistics skills, contribute to a more significant piece of research, and ensure that research becomes an engrained part of my future practice. I applied to the ATRP Program to fulfil these goals prior to the completion of my registrar training. My project is a retrospective review of dialysis adequacy (Kt/V or URR) and association with mortality. Supported by the ANZSN ATRP Program, the Epi Fellow and my supervisor A/Prof Nigel Toussaint, I have been setting up the project, reviewing the data, and stepping through more complex statistical analysis than I have previously undertaken.

First and second-year Nephrology Advanced trainees interested in the program are encouraged to liaise with a local supervisor to formulate a project idea for submission. Expressions of Interest for the ATRP Program will open in early 2026. Trainees wishing to discussion applications or project ideas can reach contact the Epidemiology Fellow at: dana2@anzdata.org.au

22/07/2025

Week 3-ANZSN/ANZDATA Advanced Trainee Research Project Program

This program targets trainees in their first and second years of training who wish to undertake a project using an ANZDATA dataset, with priority enrolment for trainees from centres without established statistical support. The trainees are supported by the ANZSN/ANZDATA Epidemiology Fellow (2025 - Dr Dana Forcey). Every week for the next five weeks, we will feature a new trainee and their project: This week is Rabab Al Lawati:

My name is Rabab Al Lawati and I am in my first year of training in Renal medicine at Waikato Hospital in New Zealand. I applied to the ATRP program in order to develop my statistical and research skills. My topic is looking at pregnancy outcomes in living kidney donors post nephrectomy, supervised by Dr Lai Wan Chan. There is a lack of data on this topic in New Zealand, which has a very unique and multicultural population, hence international data may not be applicable. Researching this topic is therefore vital for ensuring that our young female donors are well informed of the potential risks; findings may help increase our donor pool. This topic piqued my interest as it encompassed two of my big interests which are women's health and Transplant medicine.

First and second-year Nephrology Advanced trainees interested in the program are encouraged to liaise with a local supervisor to formulate a project idea for submission. Expressions of Interest for the ATRP Program will open in early 2026. Trainees wishing to discussion applications or project ideas can reach contact the Epidemiology Fellow at: dana2@anzdata.org.au

Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA)