International Summer School of Renal Pathology & Precision Medicine (ISSRPPM)

SCHOOL FRAMEWORK
The CME-accredited International Summer School of Renal Pathology & Precision Medicine (ISSRPPM) will be held at the University of Bari in August and September 2026 with state-of-the-art facilities. This educational endeavor is dedicated to advancing knowledge and improving management of kidney disease. The school builds on previous experience gained through the International Summer School of Renal Pathology (ISSRP) since 2011 and aims to train the next generation of renal pathologists to practice integrated nephropathology.

The school will be organized in 4 modules: 

• Precision Medicine – Basic Concepts from tissue procurement to data extraction and analysis
• Pathology of Native Kidney Diseases with clinico-patholologic and molecular correlation
• Digital Pathology and Image Analysis of Kidney Diseases
• Molecular Nephropathology & Data Integration

Each module will include:

• Formal educational lectures
  – Renal Pathology
  – Image analysis
  – Omics technologies
• Hands-on laboratory experience in small groups
  – Case review and case study in small groups with trainer
  – Image analysis
  – Relevant Omics technologies
• Data integration & phenotyping-endotyping – Case studies 

CURRICULUM: 
RENAL PATHOLOGY OF NATIVE KIDNEY DISEASES

• Podocytopathies
• Mitochondriopathies
• Collagenopathies
• Immune-complex-mediated glomerulonephritis
• Complement-mediated glomerulonephritis
• Crescentic glomerulonephritis
• Vascular diseases
• Monoclonal diseases of renal significance & organized renal deposits
• Diabetic kidney disease
• Chronic kidney disease
• Tubulointerstitial diseases
• Renal storage diseases

COMPUTATIONAL IMAGE ANALYSIS

• Principles of digital pathology
• Histo-tools
• Annotation-segmentation best practices
• Machine Learning classifiers
• Pathomic feature extraction
• Digital biomarkers
• Visualization tools
• Image analysis in clinical practice

MOLECULAR NEPHROPATHOLOGY

• Genetics of kidney diseases
• Technologies and analytical approaches in kidney tissue and biofluids
• Spatial omics analysis
• Multiscale data integration
• Principles of data mining strategies and interfaces
• Specific search engines
• Data integration

Link to Agenda:  https://issrppm.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ISSRPPM-PROGRAM.pdf  


SCHOOL DIRECTORS
Laura Barisoni, M.D.Duke University, Durham, NC (USA)

Loreto Gesualdo, M.D.University of Bari (Italy)

Andrew Janowczyk, PhD.Emory University, GA (USA)

Matthias Kretzler, M.D., PhD.University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (USA)

Surya V. Seshan, M.D.Cornell University, NY (USA)

Learn More: https://issrppm.org/