Professor Walker is currently a professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, and is a consultant Nephrologist for Te Whatu Ora – Health NZ Southern. He is the Director of the ‘Kidney in Health and Disease’ research network based at the University of Otago. He has over 300 peer-reviewed publications. He is an active clinician scientist with translational research projects investigating mechanisms of kidney injury fibrosis and repair. At a clinical level his research interests are cardiovascular risk factors in chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury and drug induced kidney injury.
Professor Walker is actively involved in the International Society of Nephrology serving on the ISN South-East Asia Oceania regional board representing the Oceania region; the recent chair of the ISN Clinical Research Programme committee and is the chair ISN Core Programmes committee which oversees all the activities of the ISN. He recently stepped down as the Honorary Secretary for the Asia Pacific Society of Nephrology Council but remains on the APSN Executive Committee as chair of the awards subcommittee and is actively involved in the APSN CME committee and its activities. Within the Australia & New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), he is the co-chair of the Research Advisory Committee and the co-chair of the ANZSN Pacific Working group as well as being on the Educational and Training Committee. He is also active within the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) serving on the advanced training committee for nephrology and the RACP grants advisory committees. Professor Walker was recently awarded Life Membership of the ANZSN and the RACP College Medal “hominum, servire, saluti” for in recognition of outstanding services to medicine and nephrology.
