Professor of Medicine, Head, Division of Nephrology at the University of British Columbia, and Consultant nephrologist at Providence Health Care/ St Paul’s Hospital, in Vancouver Canada, and the Executive Director of BC Renal, overseeing Kidney services in British Columbia

Major research interests include non- traditional risk factors for CVD in CKD patients, progression of CKD variability, health systems research and optimal models of care. She has over 1000 peer reviewed publication. She mentors medical students, residents fellows, and  junior staff from multiple disciplines.

 She has received numerous teaching and research awards, from Canadian Society of Nephrology, Kidney Foundation of Canada, Michael Smith Health Research; and is Fellows of Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She received the ISN Jean Hamburger Award for contributions to research in 2024,  The Order of Canada in 2015, and in 2025 she was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal.