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Advancing the scientific understanding of kidney disease to inform healthcare practice and policy is at the core of Arbor Research’s history. Founded in 1996 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by three leaders in chronic kidney disease care and research, we were originally named the University Renal Research and Education Association (URREA). Arbor Research’s first project was the international Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS), which has prospectively followed over 200,000 dialysis patients from more than 1,000 dialysis facilities across 24 countries worldwide during the past 28 years, resulting in over 325 publications. These DOPPS studies have informed the development, validation, and refining of clinical practice guidelines for millions of persons living with chronic kidney disease.
Arbor Research quickly expanded to include federally funded projects with a broad focus to improve patient health and health care delivery. This portfolio includes an enduring strength in tackling the issues of chronic kidney disease, including:
- A mix of federal contracts and grants to operate registries of chronic kidney disease and registries of organ transplant recipients, and assist living organ donors;
- A series of federal contracts to develop, maintain, implement, monitor, and evaluate Medicare quality measures and Medicare’s End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program (the first Medicare value-based purchasing program to be implemented nationwide); and
- Federal grants to improve the scientific understanding of chronic kidney disease, including glomerulonephropathy and nephrotic syndrome, and better understand the current state and evolution of health care disparities.
Improving the lives of people with chronic kidney disease remains an important part of our mission. Arbor Research continues to contribute scientific discovery and the modernization of health care delivery, with recent innovations to slowing the progression of chronic kidney disease and increase patient-centered treatment options including home dialysis and increasing kidney transplantation.
Arbor Research is proud to celebrate World Kidney Day and join many in the collection goal of advancing equitable access to care and optimal medication practice.
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health is excited to announce a partnership with CSL Vifor to launch a multinational registry designed to capture real-world outcomes of difelikefalin (Kapruvia®), a newly-approved treatment for chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus (CKD-aP) in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Known as PARADIGM (PAn european Registry Addressing pruritus in DIalysis with a focus on Goal […]
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has selected Arbor Research Collaborative for Health (Arbor Research) as one of 14 organizations who will lead the modernization of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). Arbor Research received one of the five initial efforts, focusing on improving patient safety and policy compliance systems and processes overseen […]
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health (Arbor Research) is proud to announce that its wholly-owned, small-business subsidiary, Arbor Research LLC, received its first competitive prime contract award. The award expands the organization’s 25-year history doing mission-impactful work in chronic disease and beyond. Arbor Research was awarded the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Global Health (CGH) […]
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, a Michigan-based 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, is proud to announce the award of the General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule contract to its subsidiary, Arbor Research LLC under SINs 541611 and 541715. Arbor Research LLC qualifies as a small business under the associated NAICS codes and will seek additional SINs […]