Prof. Dr. James Scholey is a Professor of Medicine and Physiology and a Physician Scientist in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is also a Senior Scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute and a staff physician in the Division of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine at the University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital. He has over 169 peer-reviewed publications and five teaching awards, all thanks to the continuous peer-reviewed funding support he deservedly earned since the start of his independent research career. He is recognized for his research on the mechanism(s) responsible for the progression of chronic kidney disease with a special interest in diabetic nephropathy and the renin-angiotensin system. His work improved the current understanding of kidney fibrosis and his initial contributions to the sex-specific differences in the renin-angiotensin system have paved the way for future transformative studies.
Prof. Dr. York Pei is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Toronto; a Senior Scientist at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network; and the Director of the Centre for Innovative Management of Polycystic Kidney Disease, University Health Network. His research has mainly focused on identifying the genetic factors involved in the initiation or progression of genetic kidney diseases as a target for developing novel diagnostic tests and therapies. His research program focuses on genetic, genomic, and translational research of hereditary kidney diseases with a major focus on autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles, has collaborated widely with researchers nationally and internationally, and has trained numerous clinical and research fellows in hereditary kidney disease. He founded the Centre for Innovative Management for Polycystic Kidney Disease in 2015 which provides advanced diagnostic and novel therapeutics for ADPKD. He was the co-recipient of the Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize (link is external) for polycystic kidney disease in 2019 and the recipient of the Medal for Research Excellence by the Kidney Foundation of Canada in 2020.
