The GREX Organizing Committee is comprised of a rotating slate of researchers from across the globe interested in fostering research & innovation across multiple disciplines to develop strategies to increase physical activity and improve health outcomes in Kidney Disease. Bios for the current committee are listed below.
Paul Bennett, RN PhD
Deputy Head of School (Research) at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia
Brandon Kistler, PhD RD
Assistant Professor, Ball State University, United States of America International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism (ISRNM) Representative
Jennifer Macrae, MSC MD FRCPC
Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
Stefan Mustata, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Calgary, Canada
Heitor Ribeiro
Postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo
Full researcher at the Faculties of Medicine and of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia
Giorgos K. Sakkas, PhD
Associate Professor in Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of Thessaly, Greece Professor in Lifestyle Medicine Cardiff Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
João Viana, PhD
Vice-director of the Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development and the Director of CIDESD at the University Institute of Maia – ISMAI
Tom Wilkinson, BSC PhD AFHEA
Research Associate, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Kenneth Wilund, PhD
Professor and Director of the School of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Arizona, United States of America