Adeera Levin MD, FRCPC is a Professor of Medicine, and is head of the Division of Nephrology at University of British Columbia.
Education and early career
Levin earned a BSc degree at University of Toronto (1977–81) and an MD at McMaster University Medical School (1981–84). She stayed on as an Internal Medicine Resident, before moving to Henderson General Hospital (now Juravinski Hospital) to become Chief Medical Resident in 1986. She was a Clinical Fellow in Nephrology at Toronto Western Hospital & St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto). She was then a Clinical Research Fellow in Nephrology starting in 1988.
Research
Her primary area of interest is looking at risk factors in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.
She is also the Principal investigator of the CAN SOLVE CKD grant award.
Other positions
President of International Society of Nephrology (2015–2017) Former editor-in-Chief of Canadian Journal of Kidney Health & Disease Consultant nephrologist at Providence Health Care/St. Paul's Hospital Executive Director of the BC Provincial Renal Agency
Awards
2013 – Canadian Society of Nephrology Outstanding Contributions to Canadian Nephrology 2014 – Kidney Foundation of Canada Research medal of Excellence 2014 – Fellowship of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences 2015 – National Kidney Foundation’s International Distinguished Medal 2015 – Aubrey J Tingle Research Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research 2015 – The Order of Canada
Selected publications
Co-author of textbook: “Chronic Kidney Disease: a practical guide to understanding and management”,
References
External links
PubMed
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian women physicians 21st-century Canadian women scientists University of Toronto alumni McMaster University alumni Academic staff of the University of British Columbia Canadian nephrologists Members of the Order of Canada Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences