--- title: Selected Work | Damashek & Co. description: A few of the nonprofit health programs Laurel Damashek has led or helped build, from clinical trial endpoint projects to global conferences and preceptorships. --- [Skip to content](https://damashek.co/work#main-content) ![Damashek & Co. kestrel logo](https://damashek.co/hs-fs/hubfs/DamashekAndCo-HorizontalLogo.png?width=3159&height=1255&name=DamashekAndCo-HorizontalLogo.png)Homepage - [Home](https://damashek.co?hsLang=co) - [About](https://damashek.co/about?hsLang=co) - [Selected Work](https://damashek.co/work) - [Contact](https://damashek.co/contact?hsLang=co) [Contact us](https://damashek.co/contact?hsLang=co) - [Home](https://damashek.co?hsLang=co) - [About](https://damashek.co/about?hsLang=co) - [Selected Work](https://damashek.co/work) - [Contact](https://damashek.co/contact?hsLang=co) [Contact us](https://damashek.co/contact?hsLang=co) # Selected Work A few of the programs I've built and led. ![Toronto preceptorship group at Sick Kids](https://damashek.co/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_2631.jpeg?width=4032&height=3024&name=IMG_2631.jpeg) ## A SNAPSHOT OF THE WORK Highlights from the programs and partnerships I've led or helped build over the past several years — a mix of clinical trial endpoint work, global conferences, workforce development, and multi-institution collaboration, most of it in the glomerular and rare kidney disease space. Clinical Trials ## PARASOL-FSGS Project Led the execution of a multi-institution project examining surrogate endpoints for clinical trials in FSGS, bringing together nephrologists, regulators, and patients around a shared measure of meaningful benefit. [Learn more →](https://www.is-gd.org/parasol-fsgs) Conferences ## 15th International Podocyte Conference Organized this flagship scientific meeting bringing together researchers and clinicians from around the world working on glomerular disease (Hamburg, 2025). We built momentum toward the 2027 edition, which I'm now helping to plan. [Learn more →](https://www.is-gd.org/international-podocyte-conference-2025) Workforce Development ## ISGD Preceptorships Built the ISGD Preceptorship program, which brings clinicians to intensive expert-exchange workshops at leading glomerular disease centers. We started with an inaugural cohort hosted at UKE Hamburg and have expanded to Toronto, Newcastle and London. [Learn more →](https://www.is-gd.org/en/news-from-isgd/inaugural-glomerular-disease-preceptorship-held-at-uke-hamburg) Podcast ## GN in Ten Produced [GN in Ten](https://is-gd.org/podcast), a podcast for clinicians breaking down glomerular disease topics and interviewing leading GD experts — now with more than 15,000 downloads. [Learn more →](https://www.is-gd.org/podcast) Board Service ## NephCure Board I continue to serve on the Board of Directors of NephCure Kidney International, supporting its mission of creating a better world for everyone affected by rare, protein-spilling kidney disease. [Learn more →](https://nephcure.org) ## Want to talk about a similar project? [CONTACT ME](https://damashek.co/contact?hsLang=co) [![DamashekAndCo-HorizontalLogo-Stone](https://damashek.co/hs-fs/hubfs/DamashekAndCo-HorizontalLogo-Stone.png?width=3159&height=1255&name=DamashekAndCo-HorizontalLogo-Stone.png "DamashekAndCo-HorizontalLogo-Stone")](https://damashek.co/?hsLang=co) - [Home](https://damashek.co?hsLang=co) - [About](https://damashek.co/about?hsLang=co) - [Privacy Policy](https://damashek.co/privacy-policy?hsLang=co) --- © Damashek and Co. LLC 2026. All rights reserved.