Katherine Barraclough Royal Melbourne HospitalAustralia

Katherine Barraclough is a Consultant Nephrologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. She completed her basic medical training in Melbourne then undertook advanced training in Nephrology in Vancouver, Canada, New Delhi, India and Brisbane, Australia. She subsequently completed a PhD through the University of Queensland undertaking clinical research examining pharmacogenetic, pharmaocokinetic and pharmaocdynamic monitoring of immunosuppressive therapy in adult kidney transplant recipients. Her research interests include individualization of immunosuppression in kidney transplantation and Indigenous Australian renal health and disease. She also has a strong interest in environmental sustainability within the health care system and the intersection between planetary and human health. She is current Chair of the Victorian Nephrology Environmental Sustainability Special Interest Group (ESSIG) and the Australia New Zealand Society of Nephrology Green Nephrology Action Team (GNAT). She also sits on the Victorian State and National Biodiversity committees for Doctors for the Environment, Australia.