Help Dr. Chris raise money

Christopher Kennedy is a Senior Scientist within the Chronic Disease Program and Kidney Research Centre at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine / Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Kennedy serves as a Chair of the CIHR Hematology Digestive Diseases and Kidney open operating grant peer review committee, and is an Advisory Board member of the CIHR’s Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes. “As a researcher who studies kidney disease – constantly looking into intricate details of how the kidney functions and how it is injured, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that patients living without functioning kidneys carry a heavy burden (literally, as they gain weight between dialysis sessions). I thought it would be a fitting experience to walk (or in this case run) a mile in their shoes. I think it will give me new motivation for my work.”