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
2024 Benjamin Stewart - Mapping immunity in the human kidney with single cell genomics
2025 Omid Sadeghi-Alavijeh - Decoding the Genetic Landscape of Inherited Kidney Diseases
Raine Award
Representatives from the UKKA will review applications, and the winner will be announced annually. The recipient will be invited to present their work at the next UK Kidney Week (UKKW) meeting and will receive a £300 prize.
Eligibility: The award is open to current UKKA members only.
How to Apply
Please submit the following documents in PDF format to the UKKA Secretariat:
- A short letter explaining how your contributions to renal research make you a strong candidate.
- A concise letter of support from your line manager or head of department.
- A mini-CV (maximum two A4 pages) highlighting:
- Key achievements and relevant publications
- Your current membership status
- A list of presentations made at UKKA meetings.
Key Dates
- Applications open: 1 September 2025
- Applications close: 31 October 2025
- Award presented: UKKW 2026