01/06/2026
Leeds Renal Research Day
Dental Lecture Theatre 6.142, Level 6, Worseley Building University of Leeds
16 June 2026
9.00-9.10am – Welcome Andy Lewington, Consultant Renal Physician/Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
9.10-9.30am Inclusive Research - interdisciplinary work to address inequity in kidney health. Sunil Daga, Associate Professor, University of Leeds
9.30-9.50am Kidney disease in ciliopathies: insights from gene discovery and functional genomics. Colin A. Johnson, Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics, University of Leeds
9.50-10.10 am Peer support for people with kidney failure: how, when and where is it most effectively implemented? Dr Anna Winterbottom, Senior Health Services Researcher, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
10.10-10.30am Investigation of Complex Dynamics of Donor-Specific Antibodies in High-Risk Kidney Transplantation Ghofran Hijazi, Warwick University
10.30- 10.50am BK virus in kidney transplantation. Matthew Welberry Smith, Consultant Renal Transplant Physician, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
10.50- 11.10am Repurposing of drugs for BK virus driven kidney disease. Andrew Macdonald, Professor of Tumour Virology. University of Leeds
11.10-11.30am Coffee/Tea
11.30-11.50pm Tarot framework Dr Adrienne Seitz Consultant Transplant Physician/H&I Consultant, LTHT
11.50-12.05pm My KRUK MRes Application' Heather Roberts Kidney Transplant Specialist Nurse, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
12.05-12.25pm Big Lessons from Big Data in the Advanced Kidney Care Clinic. Andrew Mooney, Consultant Nephrologist/Honorary Associate Clinical Professor, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
12.25-12.45pm Navigating Transplant Options: Multifaceted Decisional Needs in Disadvantaged Patient Populations. Dr Ahmed Ahmed, Renal Department Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
12.45-1.05pm Developing a Departmental Clinical Research Programme. Andy Lewington, Consultant Renal Physician/Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
1.05-1.20pm Lunch
1.20-1.40pm The Fortrea Clinical Research Unit. Jim Bush Vice President and Global Head, Clinical Pharmacology Physicians, Fortrea. Honorary Fellow St George’s, University of London
1.40-2.00pm Lower urinary tract consequences of BK virus reactivations in kidney transplant recipients and beyond. Simon Baker, Kidney Research UK Intermediate Fellow Department of Biology & York Biomedical Research Institute
University of York
2.00-2.20pm Platelet Microparticles (PMP) as marker of Diabetes Kidney Disease progression James Salt, Beckett University, Leeds
2.20-2.40pm Diagnostics for infection; lessons learnt from COVID? Kerrie Davies MBE Consultant Clinical Scientist /Honorary Associate Professor of Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
2.40-3.00pm Continuous Early Prediction of Acute Kidney Injury from Longitudinal EHR Data. Polina Banushkina, Research Fellow, University of Leeds
3.00-3.20pm Masters project on pharmacogenomics. Dane Howard. Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Solid Organ Transplant, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
3.20-3.40pm Uraemic Cardiomyopathy: Past, Present, and Future – Insights from Cardiorenal Research in Leeds. Shanmugakumar Chinnappa, Consultant Renal Physician, Doncaster and Bassettlaw Teaching Hospital
3.40-4.00pm Bioimpedance-guided fluid management: Audit of clinical decision-making and outcomes. Jessica Corcoran Jessica Concannon l Clinical Scientist l Clinical Engineering & Medical Physics, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
4.00-4.10pm Final Comments. Andy Lewington, Consultant Renal Physician/Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
