Dr. Adeera Levin (Nephrology) receives the International Society of Nephrology’s (ISN) 2024 Jean Hamburger Award

Adeera Levin, is a professor of Medicine, head of the Division of Nephrology at the University of British Columbia, and consultant nephrologist at Providence Health Care/St Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She comments, “I am humbled and honored to be selected for this award. Thank you to my colleagues and the ISN for this privilege.“  

Professor Levin is the Executive Director of the BC Renal Agency, which oversees the care, planning, and budgets for kidney services in British Columbia. She is active in international activities across the spectrum of kidney care and has served in leadership roles at the ISN as president (2015-17), chair of the ISN Research Working Group (2019-2021), and is currently the deputy chair of ISN-ACT (Advancing Clinical Trials Network). She was one of the founding members of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group (DICG) and served as one of the first co-chairs of the Group. Professor Levin has advocated for patient rights for equitable access to care andpreventing exploitation of vulnerable populations within the ISN and the DICG.     

Professor Levin’s primary research interests include non-traditional risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the progression of CKD variability, as well as models of care. She has over 600 peer-reviewed publications and numerous book chapters. She is the principal investigator on a large national SPOR network grant, CAN-SOLVE CKD, focusing on patient-oriented research. She collaborates with investigators across Canada and internationally.    

She has received numerous teaching and research awards from the Canadian Society of Nephrology, the Kidney Foundation of Canada, and the British Columbia Health Research Institute. She was inducted as a fellow into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She was awarded the highest civilian honor, “The Order of Canada,” in 2015 for her contribution to the lives of Canadians.