The Raine Award is a prestigious annual award made to a junior investigator who has not reached consultant grade, or senior lecturer for non-clinical scientists, and who has made a significant contribution to renal research.
1996 Steven Harper - Immunopathogenesis of IgA nephropathy
1997 Nigel Brunskill - Pathogenic implications of proteinuria
1998 Albert Ong - Polycystic kidney disease
1999 David Kluth - Inflammatory mechanisms of glomerular injury
2000 Alice Allen - Pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy
2001 Coralie Bingham - Definition of the Renal Cysts and Diabetes Syndrome
2002 Sally Feather - Genetic basis of foetal malformations of the kidney and urinary tract
2003 Helen Lachman - Amyloidosis
2004 Jeremy Duffield - The role of macrophages in renal inflammation
2005 Anna Richards - Atypical HUS
2006 Menna Clatworthy - Immune inhibition
2007 John Sayer - Molecular genetics of nephronophthisis
2008 Bryan Conway - Finding genes for diabetic kidney disease
2009 David Kavanagh - The pathogenesis of haemolytic uraemic syndrome
2010 Andy Salmon - Regulation of glomerular permeability
2011 Daniel Gale - Gene hunting in the Renal Unit
2012 Amy Jayne McKnight - Unravelling heritable complexities for CKD
2013 Andrew Hall - Power cuts in the proximal tubule: mitochondria, antiretrovirals & the renal Fanconi syndrome
2014 Thomas Hiemstra - Waste not. The business of urine exosomes
2015 James Fotheringham - Long breaks and disappearing PD catheters: lessons from linking UK Renal Registry data
2016 Eoin Mckinney - Better off sick and tired: T cell exhaustion and outcome in autoimmune disease
2017 Edwin Wong - Complement-mediated renal disease
2018 Pippa Bailey - Understanding socioeconomic inequity in living-donor kidney transplantation
2019 Alex Hamilton - The psychosocial health of young adults on renal replacement therapy
2020 Matthew Graham-Brown (rolled over to UKKW 2021 due to the pandemic)
2021
2022 Jennifer Lees - CKD, cardiovascular disease and cancer: the scenic route
2023 Melanie Chan - Genomic insights into urinary tract malformations: moving beyond monogenic inheritance
Representatives from the UKKA will consider the applications and the winner will be announced annually.
To apply please provide:
- a concise letter of support from a Nephrology Consultant or Unit Head
- a short letter explaining why the applicant considers that they should receive this award
- a mini-CV (no longer than two A4 sides) highlighting relevant publications, the date the applicant joined the Renal Association/UKKA and current state of membership
- a list of presentations made at UKKA meetings
Please provide the documents in PDF format and the UKKA Secretariat will acknowledge receipt of applications.
The award of £300 is only available to members of the UKKA.