Transplant Nephrologist
University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital

Germaine Wong is a transplant nephrologist, Director of Western Renal Service at Westmead Hospital, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, NHMRC. Leadership Fellow at the University of Sydney, and Co-Director of Clinical. Research at Centre for Kidney Research, Children’s Hospital at Westmead. She is the current Chair of the Women in Transplantation and Associate Editor of Kidney International (KI) and Transplantation. She has an internationally recognised track record in transplant epidemiology, cancer and transplantation, social ethics in organ allocation, decision analytical modelling, health economics, and quality of life studies in transplant recipients.

Department of Nephrology and Hypertension
Groote Schuur Hospital
University of Cape Town Western Cape, South Africa

Dr. Bianca Davidson did her undergraduate medical training at University of Cape Town, graduating with first class honours in 2005. She did her postgraduate specialist training at Groote Schuur Hospital/University of Cape Town. She graduated as a Fellow of College of Physician in 2013. She completed her sub-specialty training in nephrology in 2017.

Dr. Davidson is a passionate teacher and has been actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, including bedside tutorials, lectures and MMED supervision. She was a member of the course development team that defined the core curriculum for the 4th year students and enjoys teaching the future generation of doctors.

Consultant Adult Nephrology
Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town

Patient Partner, Physiotherapist, Research Fellow
The University of Sydney

Nicole (Nicki) Scholes-Robertson is a patient partner, a physiotherapist, and a Research Fellow at the School of Public Health at The University of Sydney. Ms Scholes-Robertson was awarded an NHMRC Postgraduate scholarship (APP1190850) and has been awarded her PhD in 2022 on improving access to kidney replacement therapy for patients with chronic kidney disease from rural communities. Nicki works collaboratively both nationally and internationally. She is a member of the global Standardised Outcomes in Nephrology-Glomerular disease (SONG-GD) Steering Committee and a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Australasian Kidney Trials Network (AKTN). Nicki is the inaugural Consumer Editor for Cochrane Kidney and Transplant. Nicki has been recognised as the Hunter New England Health Volunteer of the year 2019, and a finalist in NSW Health awards for Volunteer of the year-Individual, 2021 Armidale Citizen of the Year, and a Finalist in NSW Woman of the Year 2021- Regional Woman. In her spare time, she loves to grow roses.

Division of Renal Medicine
Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia