Meet our panel of medical specialists

Research Review New Zealand works with over 70 local medical specialists to select and advise on the most important research from around the world. They advise on what really matters, what impact it has on local healthcare and what we need to do in our daily practice to accomodate new skills and knowledge. Select a category below to see more about each of our expert advisors.

Professor Rob Walker

Professor Rob Walker

Professor Walker is currently a professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, and is a consultant Nephrologist for Te Whatu Ora. He is the Director of the ‘Kidney in Health and Disease’ research network based at the University of Otago. He has over 285 peer-reviewed publications. He was recently on the ISN South-East Asia regional board representing the OSEA region, is the incoming chair of the ISN Clinical Research Programme Committee, and a member of the ISN CME Committee and ISN Core Programmes Committee. He recently stepped down as the Honorary Secretary for the Asia Pacific Society of Nephrology Council but remains on the APSN Executive Committee as chair of the awards subcommittee and is actively involved in the APSN CME Committee and its activities. Within the Australia & New Zealand Society of Nephrology, he serves on the Research Advisory Committee and Policy and Quality Committee. .. read more »