Dr Rona Smith is an associate professor of nephrology at the University of Cambridge and an honorary consultant in nephrology and vasculitis at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.  Her research interests include optimising the management of ANCA associated vasculitis and the immunotoxicity associated with use of immunosuppressive therapies.  Additionally, she works on the design of efficient clinical trials using routinely collected data and platform approaches.  She is chief investigator on four national studies (SIMPLIFIED and PHOSPHATE – dialysis studies) and PROTECT-V and ACQUIVAS (studies addressing infection prevention strategies in immunocompromised individuals) which have recruited over 5000 participants to date.

Disclosures:

Research grants from Union Therapeutics and GSK; speaker fees and honoraria from Vifor.