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Science Bites - Addressing sex and gender disparities in nephrology research
| Date | 23 April 2024, 12pm AEST |
| Location | Online |
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Title: Sex, gender and the kidneys: current understanding and future opportunities
Presented by: Dr Katrina Mirabito Colafella
Dr Katrina Mirabito Colafella is a Research Fellow and Laboratory Head in the Department of Physiology at the Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University. Katrina completed her PhD in Professor Kate Denton’s laboratory at Monash University. She was awarded a Monash Bridging Postdoctoral Fellowship and then obtained an overseas NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship to continue her postdoctoral studies in Prof Jan Danser’s laboratory at Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands. Thereafter, Katrina returned to Australia to establish her own research group at Monash University. Katrina’s research program focuses on the pathogenesis and therapy of hypertension and cardiovascular disease, with a special emphasis on the renin angiotensin system and sex-specific risk factors (complications of pregnancy, menopause).
Title: Gender equity in nephrology research (and researchers)
Presented by: Dr Melanie Wyld
Melanie Wyld (B.Econ(Hons) MBBS MBA MPH PhD FRACP) is a renal and transplant physician at Westmead Hospital and senior lecturer in clinical epidemiology at the School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney. She received her PhD ‘Health outcomes and cost-effectiveness in kidney disease’ in 2019 from the University of Sydney. She is a clinical researcher with research interests in gender and intersectional disparities in access to, and outcomes from, transplantation, and living donor kidney transplantation. She is the Chair of Equity Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology.
Presented by: Dr Katrina Mirabito Colafella
Dr Katrina Mirabito Colafella is a Research Fellow and Laboratory Head in the Department of Physiology at the Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University. Katrina completed her PhD in Professor Kate Denton’s laboratory at Monash University. She was awarded a Monash Bridging Postdoctoral Fellowship and then obtained an overseas NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship to continue her postdoctoral studies in Prof Jan Danser’s laboratory at Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands. Thereafter, Katrina returned to Australia to establish her own research group at Monash University. Katrina’s research program focuses on the pathogenesis and therapy of hypertension and cardiovascular disease, with a special emphasis on the renin angiotensin system and sex-specific risk factors (complications of pregnancy, menopause).
Title: Gender equity in nephrology research (and researchers)
Presented by: Dr Melanie Wyld
Melanie Wyld (B.Econ(Hons) MBBS MBA MPH PhD FRACP) is a renal and transplant physician at Westmead Hospital and senior lecturer in clinical epidemiology at the School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney. She received her PhD ‘Health outcomes and cost-effectiveness in kidney disease’ in 2019 from the University of Sydney. She is a clinical researcher with research interests in gender and intersectional disparities in access to, and outcomes from, transplantation, and living donor kidney transplantation. She is the Chair of Equity Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology.