· Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a greater risk of heart and vascular health issues as well.

· Medial arterial calcification (MAC) affects up to 80% of CKD patients and causes the arteries to stiffen which can lead to further cardiovascular and kidney health complications if left untreated.

· MAC is still poorly understood in CKD patients, especially the potential differences between men and women.

Both kidney disease and cardiovascular disease can have sex-specific differences in development and presentation, making it crucial to understand these differences to inform earlier diagnosis and develop better treatments.

Researchers at McGill University are looking to address this gap in our knowledge and need your help to do so. They are looking for persons with lived experience to collaborate on their research and provide an important patient perspective to ensure their research is relevant to the patient community.

As a patient partner, you will be asked to review current study materials and participate in a minimum of one 1-hour meeting with the research team (in person or virtual). Follow up with the research team will be done regularly after the project is funded.

As a patient partner, you will help:

· Inform research questions and priorities

· Strengthen grant applications

· Discuss results when available

· Help knowledge translation (including the opportunity to collaborate on published papers)