The Kidney Research Institute has named Ian de Boer, MD, MS, as its new director following the 14-year run of its founding director, Jonathan Himmelfarb, MD.
“This transition to a new Kidney Research Institute (KRI) director provides an opportunity to continue to enrich the KRI’s bonds with key stakeholders, refocus KRI goals and embark on new directions to enhance kidney research and the lives of people living with kidney disease,” de Boer, told Healio. “We’ll take time to reassess priorities as a team. Certainly, there will be a continued focus on innovation and