Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program (KDSAP) at the University of Virginia

Club Description

KDSAP at UVA is the local UVA chapter of the Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program. Originally founded in 2008 at Harvard College by Li-Li Hsiao, MD, PhD. KDSAP has two key objectives: student career development and community outreach. KDSAP is a student-run organization targeting college students and aims to provide opportunities for community outreach to raise public awareness and promote early detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In addition, KDSAP offers many innovative programs to benefit its student members, including speaker series each semester that expose students to scientific and medical professions while facilitating the development of mentor-mentee relationships. Members may also participate in community outreach and develop leadership skills by organizing, managing, and running monthly kidney health screenings in medically underserved communities in the Charlottesville-Albemarle area.