Posts Tagged ‘trustee’
New vice chair Ben humbled by appointment
New vice chair Ben humbled by appointment 23 September 2021 Growing up with kidney disease, our newly appointed vice chair of trustees is in a good position to know how it feels to live with compromised health. Ben Digby, 36, was diagnosed with minimal change nephrotic syndrome at 20 months old, an auto immune condition which attacks the kidneys. After a childhood spent in and out of hospital, Ben was discharged with a…
Read MoreQ&A with trustee Angela Watt
Q&A with trustee Angela Watt 05 November 2019 Our trustee Angela Watt is a registered renal nurse and has worked in renal care for 20 years. Angela, whose family has been affected by kidney disease for over five generations, tells us what sparked her interest in becoming a trustee for the charity and about her…
Read MoreQ&A with trustee Dr Adnan Sharif
Q&A with trustee Dr Adnan Sharif 05 November 2019 Our trustee Dr Adnan Sharif is a consultant transplant nephrologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. In a Q&A he explains what he enjoys most about being a trustee as well as his role in renal medicine, transplantation and research. Adnan Sharif, pictured centre, at the…
Read MoreImpact of Kidney Research UK: a patient writes
Impact of Kidney Research UK: a patient writes by David Prosser – Kidney Research UK trustee 25 October 2018 David is a transplant patient and a trustee at Kidney Research UK. A Chartered Accountant by training, in 2013 David left the City after a career of 32 years at PwC, where he was a Senior…
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