NeveenSoliman Center of Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation, Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo UniversityEgypt

Neveen A. Soliman is Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology and cofounder of the Center of Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation (CPNT), Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. She is the founder and director of the Egyptian Group for Orphan Renal Diseases (EGORD). Prof. Soliman is currently the Chair of the Egypt Genome Scientific Committee, member of the Medical Research Council at the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Rare Diseases. Prof. Soliman's main research interest is understanding and unraveling the genetic basis of chronic kidney diseases. Her research work is primarily focused on clinical and molecular characterization of monogenic kidney diseases. She has extensive experience in the assessment of patients with rare and inherited kidney diseases and the application of genetic and genomic analysis. She is regularly involved in rare and genetic kidney disease education and training. Prof. Soliman is a member of several nephrology and genetics scientific societies and serves on the advisory council of some rare disease foundations. She has authored and co-authored numerous publications in high-ranking journals.