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