Centre for Kidney Research Team

Leadership of the Clinical Research Group

Associate Professor Allison Tong is a Principal Research Fellow at the Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, and holds a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship. She is a social scientist with experience in using applied qualitative research methods to the area of chronic disease to inform practice and policy for improved patient-centred outcomes; and has a particular interest and experience in stakeholder engagement (including patients and consumers) in the context of research priority setting and the development of core outcomes for research.

Associate Professor Germaine Wong is a NHMRC Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Ludwig Engel Research Fellow, and a nephrologist at Westmead Hospital with a special interest in transplantation. Her main area of research interests include: cancer epidemiology in the chronic kidney disease, social ethics in organ donation and allocation, decision analytical modelling, health economics, population health research, and quality of life studies in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Associate Professor Armando Teixeira-Pinto is Professor of Biostatistics at the Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney. His methodological research has focused on the development of multivariate statistical methods for the analysis of multiple outcomes. His other interests includes, risk models, longitudinal data and meta-analysis methods for diagnostic testing. Along with his methodological work, Dr. Teixeira-Pinto has an extensive record of collaborative research in projects of clinical, epidemiological and health services research.

Dr Martin Howell is a Health Economist and Research Fellow at the Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney. Hi prime area of interest is in patient preferences, values and priorities and how these should be captured in research and patient care. Areas of expertise include development of clinical practice guidelines and health economics, in particular the use of econometric methods to elicit preferences and priorities.