Prof. Dr. Björn Meijers is a Professor of Medicine at KU Leuven University Hospital. He received his M.D. at KU Leuven in 2002. His clinical training included stays in Belgium, Scotland, and the Netherlands. His research interests include biomarker research, the pathophysiology of advanced chronic kidney disease as well as the management of end-stage kidney disease by renal replacement therapy. He has experience with both investigator-driven and company-driven clinical research, both early phase (phase I and phase II) as well as phase III and phase IV research. He also coordinates a translational research team focused on the role of the gut in the pathophysiology of chronic kidney disease. He has been awarded funding as a fundamental-clinical researcher by FWO-Flanders and participates in H2020 innovative training networks. He serves as a board member of the nephrology educational portal of the European Renal Association.
Prof. Dr. Jerome Lowenstein is a licensed medical doctor with a specialty in nephrology, a medical specialty related to kidneys, in New York, New York. He received his M.D., also known as Doctor of Medicine, from New York University in 1957. He continued to work at New York University as a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, as Firm Chief at the NYU School of Medicine, and as a clinician in several clinical practices in New York. He is also the founder and director of the Program for Humanistic Aspects of Medical Education at New York University, established in 1979. His research fields are kidney, essential hypertension, and aldosterone secretion.
