Dr Bhavna Pandya FRCP

Consultant nephrologist and physician, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Bhavna Pandya has been a consultant nephrologist and physician in Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2005 and is an honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Liverpool. She began as regional chronic kidney disease lead in 2006, following the UK government's initiative regarding chronic kidney disease, and was trust lead for long term conditions. Bhavna is a founding trustee of three charities, including Liverpool Kidney Patients’ Charity. She chaired the Equal Opportunity in Nephrology Committee of Renal Association 2016–19 and was an elected medical and dental staff governor for two terms, as well as being elected as deputy lead governor. Currently, Bhavna leads the Ethnic Minority Staff Network for the trust. She is a trustee of UK Kidney Association and has remained as an education and teaching lead in the department.

Dr Sacha Moore

WCAT specialty registrar in nephrology, University Hospital of Wales

Dr Sacha Moore is a specialty registrar in nephrology and general internal medicine on the Wales clinical academic training scheme in Cardiff. His clinical interests include chronic kidney disease (CKD) management, particularly CKD mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD), and cardiorenal disease. He also has an interest in acute kidney injury (AKI) management, having been lead author of the All-Wales AKI Guideline. Sacha's research focuses on vascular calcification as a driver of cardiovascular disease in people living with CKD, and he is currently out-of-programme undertaking a Wellcome Trust-funded GW4CAT-HP doctoral fellowship investigating mechanisms driving osteogenic transdifferentation of vascular smooth muscle cells in chronic kidney disease. Sacha is keen to promote and support clinical academic careers, which drives his work as a resident doctor committee representative on the RCP Research and Academic Medicine Committee. He is also passionate about ensuring access to research opportunities for resident doctors across the country through chairing NEPHwork, the UK Kidney Association-supported trainee-led research collaborative.

Professor Smeeta Sinha FRCP

Consultant nephrologist, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Smeeta Sinha is a consultant nephrologist and honorary professor at the University of Manchester and a visiting professor at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is a Northern Care Alliance research and innovation deputy director and her research interests include CKD epidemiology, rare renal disease, vascular calcification disorders and multi-morbidity. In addition to Smeeta’s research roles, she is the NHS England national clinical director for renal medicine.

Dr Rupert Major

Associate professor, University of Leicester

Dr Rupert Major is a clinical associate professor and consultant nephrologist specialising in chronic kidney disease, risk prediction and integrated care. He trained at the University of Leicester, qualifying in medicine in 2009, and completed specialist renal training in the East Midlands. Rupert holds a PhD in cardiovascular risk prediction in people with kidney disease and has played a key role in the development and validation of the kidney failure risk equation (KFRE), recommended by NICE and used internationally. He leads national KFRE implementation, is UK Kidney Association national co-lead for integrated CKD care and directs LUCID, an internationally recognised integrated care programme focused on equity, early intervention, medicines optimisation, and improved outcomes.

Dr Kristin Veighey FRCP

NIHR academic clinical fellow in general practice, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Kristin Veighey trained in Belfast and graduated in 2004, prior to moving to Southampton to be a junior house officer. After a 4-year period as a junior doctor in Wessex, she started renal (kidney) speciality training in London and completed a PhD. During her research time, Kirstin supported a multi-national clinical trial (REPAIR) and developed a passion for clinical research to improve patient care. She worked as an NHS consultant nephrologist for 5 years, before making the decision to retrain as a clinical academic GP. Kirstin is currently leading on National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded research to understand how we can better identify and manage people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary care. She is the UK Kidney Association Integrated CKD clinical co-lead, sits on the UK Kidney Association CKD Special Interest Group (SIG), leads the Society for Academic Primary Care SIG, and is the clinical lead for a Hampshire & Isle of Wight Integrated Care System industry funded service improvement project, SPOT-CKD. Kirstin led the development of a framework for extended roles for GPs in kidney health with the Royal College of General Practitioners. Additionally, she works as co-director of the Southampton Academy of Research, and leads the Research Leaders Programme.

Mr Owain Brooks

Consultant pharmacist and clinical and operational lead, South West Wales Renal Medicines Service

Owain Brooks is lead pharmacist for kidney services across south-west Wales and provides strategic leadership for the region’s renal medicines service, ensuring high standards of care. He champions patient-centred and innovative approaches to healthcare and, as an independent prescriber delivers specialist, tailored treatment for people living with kidney disease. Owain maintains a broad portfolio spanning service improvement, research and pharmacy-led innovation. In recent years, he has overseen the development of multimedia education resources designed to help people living with kidney disease to better understand their condition and treatment options. Owain is a fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and is currently undertaking a Doctorate in Business Administration to deepen his understanding of organisational structures and complex adaptive systems, such as the NHS, to improve patient care.

Professor Claire Shovlin FRCP

Professor of practice, clinical and molecular medicine, Imperial College London

Dr Oliver Robinson

Associate professor in molecular epidemiology, Imperial College School of Public Health

Dr Oliver Robinson is associate professor in molecular epidemiology at the MRC Centre for Environment and Health and the Ageing Epidemiology (AGE) Research Unit at the School of Public Health, Imperial College London. His research interests lie in the field of molecular and environmental epidemiology, biological ageing and health inequalities. As a Future Leaders Fellow, funded by UK Research and Innovation, he is developing novel biomarkers of ageing across multiple populations, using omics technologies. The work may shed light on common pathological mechanisms underlying multiple non-communicable diseases. As co-investigator on the Gates Ventures-funded Chariot Pro Longitudinal Study, he is investigating risk factors and prognostic markers of cognitive ageing and dementia risk. Oliver is co-investigator for the Horizon project ENDOMIX (https://endomix.eu/), which investigates immune-mediated effects of environmental chemicals, and principal investigator for the MRC-funded MACAW project, which studies the role of air pollution in cognitive ageing and dementia risk.

Professor David Weinkove

Professor, Department of Biosciences, Durham University

David Weinkove is a professor at the Department of Biosciences at Durham University. He is also chair of the British Society for Research on Ageing and co-founder of the company Magnitude Biosciences. David has studied ageing for over 25 years and his research is primarily on how bacteria can accelerate ageing. He works with the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, a tiny nematode worm. He found that the inhibiting bacterial folate synthesis in the E. coli that worms feed on makes the worms live and stay healthier for longer. David is collaborating with clinicians to explore whether something similar happens in human and how it is affected by folic acid supplementation. He promotes the use of the basic biology of ageing to help prevent disease and maintain human health.

Regius Rose Ann Kenny FRCP

Professor of medical gerontology, Trinity College Dublin

Rose Anne Kenny is Regius Professor of Physic (Medicine) and holds the chair of medical gerontology at Trinity College Dublin. Rose is the founding principal investigator of The Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (TILDA) and director of the Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) at St James’s Hospital, where she is also director of a large national falls and syncope and autonomic function laboratory. She is director of the new WHO Collaborating Centre for Longitudinal Studies on Ageing and the Life Course. She is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, London and Ireland, a fellow of Trinity College Dublin, a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, honorary fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine Ireland, and was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She has received a number of international awards and has published widely, authoring over 700 publications, including her recently published book Age proof – the new science of living a longer and healthier life, which was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2022. In 2020, she was elected president of the Irish Gerontological Society. In 2022 she was nominated 24th Regius Professor of Physic at TCD (1637) – the first female nominee.

Dr Rick Seah FRCP

Consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Dr Rick Seah is a consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) NHS Trust in North London. He is an honorary associate professor at the Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science, University College London (UCL). 

 He obtained his medical degree from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Medical School, King’s College London and completed a master's degree with distinction in sport and exercise medicine (SEM) at UCL.

 Rick is clinical lead for the departments of rheumatology, metabolic bone disease and SEM at RNOH and a consultant appraiser. He is deputy chair of the RNOH medical staff committee. He is current chair of the RCP SEM Committee and an RCP Medical Specialties Board member. He is a Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM[UK]) council member and previous chair of the FSEM(UK) communications committee. Rick is interested in medical education and lectures or examines for UCL, University of Bath and FSEM(UK).

Dr Alice Cole

Clinical education fellow, Royal College of Physicians

Dr Alice Cole is a rheumatology and general internal medicine resident doctor based in Northeast London. She is currently completing a year-long clinical education fellowship at the Royal College of Physicians alongside a postgraduate certificate in medical education. Alice has organised sport and exercise medicine regional resident doctor teaching and hosted an RCP Medicine podcast discussing the use of motivational interviewing within the specialty.

Dr Carys Webster

Specialty registrar in sport and exercise medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Carys Webster is a specialty registrar in sport and exercise medicine in Oxford. She graduated from the University of Leicester in 2014 and worked in hospitals across London, initially specialising in anaesthetics and intensive care. Her passion for preventative medicine and interest in female athlete health led her to complete a Masters degree in Sport and Exercise Medicine at QMUL in 2022, and she moved to Oxford in 2023 to take up a role in this specialty. As part of Carys’ NHS role, she is involved in developing the Moving Medicine website and the Physical Activity Clinical Champion Programme.

Dr Jean Wong

Consultant in sports and exercise medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Jean Wong is a consultant in sports and exercise medicine and a GP in the East Midlands, as well as a trustee of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine. She is passionate about promoting physical activity in healthcare and is the project lead for the Moving Medicine Coachbot, an AI-enabled motivational interviewing chatbot designed to support increased physical activity in people with long-term conditions. Jean served as a physical activity clinical champion in the Midlands for 10 years and has long advocated for integrating physical activity into routine clinical care. As a GP partner, she led her practice to become a Royal College of General Practitioners Parkrun Practice in 2015. She also contributes to education and training in physical activity medicine, including teaching on the BASEM exercise medicine course.

Dr Vincent Ninh

Specialty registrar in sport and exercise medicine and general practitioner, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Raj Amarnani

Consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Raj Amarnani is a consultant in sport and exercise medicine at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and fellow of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine. He is the current president of the Royal Society of Medicine’s Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Section and is also a medical adviser and trustee for the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society. He is an honorary clinical lecturer at Queen Mary University of London and a member of two European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology taskforces, currently developing international guidelines on physical activity and fatigue in rheumatic diseases. He is the chair of the physical activity specialist interest group at the British Society for Rheumatology and winner of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine’s association prize.