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Roy Zhang

United Kingdom

2024 KI-ISN Early Career Researcher: Clinical Science

KI-ISN Early Career Researcher Awards recognize outstanding research in basic and clinical science published in Kidney International®(KI) in the year leading up to WCN.

Dr. Roy Zhang is working in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, England, currently undertaking his internal medicine training with a view to specialise in nephrology. He graduated from the University of Cambridge, ranking first in his clinical exams. He undertakes research under Professor Menna Clatworthy in the MRC Lab of Molecular Biology in the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, alongside his clinical training. He received the Medawar Medal from the British Transplantation Society. He hopes to pursue a PhD in the near future.

Paper: Assessment of biological organ age using molecular pathology in pre-transplant kidney biopsies, published in August 2024

The KI-ISN Early Career Researcher Award winners will be recognized at the World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) in The ISN-KI/KIR Editorial Fellows Session: The Best of 2024/25 Articles, on Saturday, February 8, 2025, from 9:45-11:15 a.m.