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Adeera Levin, MD, FRCPC (Work Group Co-Chair), is Professor of Medicine, Division Head of Nephrology at the University of British Columbia, and Consultant Nephrologist at Providence Health Care/St Paul’s Hospital, in Vancouver Canada. Dr Levin is the Executive Director of the BC Renal Agency, which oversees the care, planning, and budgets for kidney services in the province of British Columbia. In this capacity, she has leveraged her epidemiological training, clinical knowledge, and health outcomes research to develop an evidence-based transparent system which enhances the care of patients across the continuum of care (from identification of CKD to dialysis, transplant, and death). She is active in international activities across the spectrum of kidney activities including her appointment as Secretary General of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), founding executive committee member of KDIGO, and as coChair of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian group (DICG). Dr Levin has a long-standing clinical and research interest in CKD and CVD, and is Founding Director of the Kidney Function Clinic at St Paul’s Hospital. As an active researcher and mentor, she is involved in a national curriculum development for clinician scientists interested in kidney disease (KRESCENT), and mentors students, residents, and nephrology fellows in Vancouver as well. She has over 210 peer-reviewed publications, numerous book chapters, and is co-editor of a textbook Chronic Kidney Disease: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Management. Her major research areas of interest include non-traditional risk factors for CVD in CKD patients, with particular focus on anemia, phosphate and vitamin D, and progression of CKD variability.