The University Renal Research and Education Association is a not-for-profit organization established for the purpose of collecting information and conducting worldwide epidemiologic, clinical, and economic studies of kidney diseases and organ transplantation.

URREA coordinates two major studies in patient outcome research. The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns study (DOPPS),www.dopps.org studies dialysis treatment outcomes of chronic End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients in 12 countries.

The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) analyzes transplantation trends and OPO performance among major solid organ transplantation categories in the US.

New! DOPPS Report available now

A focus on practices and outcomes in compliance with treatment, nutritional status, quality of life and vascular access, this year's report includes a section on the impact of DOPPS in policy making. Click here.

URREA to evaluate effectiveness of ESRD disease management models

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded URREA the contract to evaluate the impact of enrolling patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in disease management systems. Read more . . .

Getting Ready for ASN 2003

At the upcoming congress of the American Society of Nephrology (San Diego, California, USA, November 12-17, 2003), the DOPPS will be giving a one-hour symposium presenting many current international results from the study. We will also be presenting a number of new abstracts and posters. The DOPPS booth will be located in the exhibition hall with publications and interactive displays featuring additional DOPPS research. We hope to see you in San Diego for this important congress. Watch this site for additional details about DOPPS presentations at the ASN.

New SRTR-based research in NEJM

Research demonstrates correlation between heart, lung, liver, and intestine transplants and increased risk of kidney failure...

Research published in the September issue of the New England Journal of Medicine shows that 16.5% of all non-kidney transplant recipients develop chronic kidney failure, and many of those then develop ESRD.

The abstract of Dr. Ojo's article may be found at http://content.nejm.org/.

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson recently launched an initiative built on the best practices of high performing donation service areas to increase the number of organ donations in the U.S. Read more ...

Research Opportunity at The DOPPS

Research opportunities are available for visiting professors/scholars.