Prof. Karen Dwyer is the Director and Professor of Nephrology and Kidney Care Services at RMH and The University of Melbourne. She is a member of the PEAK Committee and immediate past Clinical Director of Kidney Health Australia. Her previous positions include Deputy Head, and Acting Dean, School of Medicine Deakin University. Her clinical work encompasses the spectrum of kidney disease including dialysis and transplantation with an interest in improving metabolic health.
Dr. Kylie Parry, FACRRM with specialisation in rural and remote health, is a proud Dungatti woman with Biripai connections. Raised, mostly, in the beautiful Northern Tablelands of NSW, she has a passion for rural and remote and Indigenous health. Her experience spans over 20 years, first as a Registered Nurse throughout rural NSW (and briefly as an Aboriginal Health Worker with Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative in Mooroopna, Vic), Thursday Island in the Torres Straits, then in Darwin in the NT and has continued through her medical training in Darwin. She has continued this with her ACRRM fellowship training, working in rural and remote communities in the Northern Territory, including Minjilang, Milikapatti, Daly River and Katherine and rurally, in Glen Innes NSW. She continues to work in Aboriginal Health in Katherine.