Dr. Anne Lule-Kiwanuka pursued medicine because of her childhood.
She bounced in and out of hospitals because of her asthma and allergies to everything, from milk and shellfish, to pineapples, oranges and eggs.
As all mothers with children facing food allergies, her mom learned how to make cakes without eggs or milk for her daughter, one of her four children. Her father, who was an International Monetary Fund banking expert, was stationed in various countries. Dr Lule-Kiwanuka says she has lived in 10 different countries and visited many more. But no matter where they lived, her health was a challenge.
“It’s got to be better than this,” she told herself frequently.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers the work of hundreds of specialists in the field of nephrology and selects among them those who most exemplify the relentless efforts of NKF to enhance the lives of patients through action, education and accelerating change.
Their work is vital to the 37 million adults in the U.S. who are affected by kidney disease and the 1 in 3 people who are at risk.
Among those honored this year will be Paul K. Whelton, MB, MD, MSc, of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, who will receive NKF s 2021 David M. Hume Memorial Award. The award was created in memory of one of the NKF s most distinguished members. The Hume award is the highest honor given by the Foundation to a distinguished scientist-clinician in the field of kidney and urologic diseases. It is bestowed upon an individual who exemplifies the high ideals of scholar
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Ireland s top seven universities
Did you know that Ireland has some of the best-ranked universities in the world?
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One of Irelandâs nicknames is âThe land of Saints and Scholarsâ because of its numerous monasteries and colleges, dating all the way back to 500 A.D. It is no wonder then why some of their universities rank as some of the best in the world.
The top seven universities in Ireland are Trinity College, University College Dublin, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, National University of Ireland, Galway, University College Cork, Dublin City University, and Maynooth University.Â