Alfonso M. Cueto-Manzano, Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Renales, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Gustavo Aroca-Martínez, Servicio de Nefrología, Universidad Simón Bolivar, Barranquilla, Depto. del Atlántico, Colombia
Ricardo Silvariño, Unidad Académica de Nefrología, Hospital de Clínicas, Montevideo, Depto. de Montevideo, Uruguay; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Depto. de Montevideo, Uruguay;
Jorge A. Coronado-Daza, Departamento Médico, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena, Depto. de Bolívar, Colombia; Comité de Investigación, Asociación Colombiana de Nefrología e Hipertensión Arterial, Cartagena, Depto. de Bolívar, Colombia
José M. Arreola-Guerra, Depto. de Investigación, Instituto para la Atención Integral de Enfermedades Renales del Estado de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México
Vanessa Villavicencio-Cerón, Departamento de Nefrología, Hospital IESS Portoviejo, Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador
Regina Sosa, Servicio de Nefrología y Transplante Renal, Hospital General de Enfermedades, Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, Guatemala, Depto. de Guatemala, Guatemala
Karen S. Guzmán-Martínez, Servicio de Terapias Extracorpóreas, Hospital El Salvador, San Salvador, Depto. de San Salvador, El Salvador
Washington X. Osorio, Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital de Especialidades Fuerzas Armadas No. 1, Quito, Prov. de Pichincha, Ecuador
Marta Avellán-Boza, Dirección Regional Servicios de Salud Chorotega, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
César Loza, Departamento de Medicina, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Depto. de Lima, Perú
Eduardo Lorca-Herrera, Departamento de Medicina Interna Oriente, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital del Salvador, SSMO, Santiago, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile
Carlos G. Musso, Departamento de Investigación, Universidad Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Thiago Reis, Division of Nephrology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; CPQuali Pesquisa Clínica, Clinical Research Center, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Latin America is one of the regions in the world with the lowest investment in Research and Development. Although the number of articles published in Nephrology and of formally trained research professionals have increased in recent years in our region, a much greater effort is still needed to place research in our specialty at a much higher level than it currently has, and which it deserves given that it is a region with one of the highest rates of incidence and prevalence, and with the highest mortality and burden of chronic kidney disease in the world. It is necessary to prioritize research in Nephrology with greater investment, reduction of bureaucracy and promotion of international collaboration. It is also necessary to reduce inequalities in infrastructure and access to research resources in the region, as well as to provide the necessary conditions to prevent the brain drain to other countries. Generating cutting-edge research in Nephrology would help us to solve, with our own solutions, the serious problem of kidney disease that afflicts our countries.
Keywords: Nephrology. Research. Latin America. Scientific production.
