David Johnson PSM, FAHMS

David Johnson is full-time Director of the Metro South and Ipswich Nephrology and Transplant Service (MINTS) and Medical Director of the Queensland Kidney Transplant Service at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, Professor of Medicine and Professor of Population Health at the University of Queensland, and Director of the Centre for Kidney Disease Research, Brisbane, Australia. He has a number of international leadership responsibilities, including President of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, Councillor of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), Co-Chair of the ISN Global Kidney Health Atlas, Co-Chair of the Global PDOPPS Steering Committee, and Chair of SONG-PD.

He is currently a chair or member of 10 national and 6 international guideline groups and has influenced policy and practice through his leadership as Deputy Chair of the Australian NHMRC Better Evidence And Translation in Chronic Kidney Disease (BEAT-CKD) program, Deputy Chair of the Australasian Kidney Trials Network (AKTN), Chair of the Primary Healthcare Education Advisory Committee to Kidney Health Australia (PEAK), Co-Chair of the Australasian Creatinine and eGFR Consensus Working Party, Co-Chair of the Australasian Proteinuria Consensus Working Party, Member and Past-Chair of the ANZDATA Registry Peritoneal Dialysis Working Group, and Past-Chair of the Queensland Statewide Renal Clinical Network. Having published over 920 original manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and presented over 500 abstracts at national and international scientific meetings, he brings critical expertise in designing and conducting multi-center, multi-national randomized controlled trials (RCTs), developing national and international registries, and using innovative research methodologies (such as registry-based randomized controlled trials).