VivekKumar ChandigarhIndia

Dr Vivek Kumar is working as Associate Professor of Nephrology at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research at Chandigarh in India. His research interests include epidemiology and outcomes in CKD and AKI. He is an India Alliance Clinical and Public Health Intermediate Fellow (Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and Wellcome Trust, UK). He has experience in setting up multi-centric cohort studies and clinical trials in India.

28 March 2026

Time	Session

10:30 12:00	Tools to Strengthen Global Kidney Trials: Design, Innovative Endpoints, and Communication Across Regions 2 Global Trials Perspectives KatherineTuttle Moderator United States MegumiOshima Moderator Japan VivekKumar Moderator India Japanese Perspective MegumiOshima Speaker Japan African Perspective RobertKalyesubula Speaker Uganda Insights on Consent Challenges in Low and Middle-income Countries ShuchiAnand Speaker sanand3@health.ucdavis.eduUnited States Closing the Loop: Returning Results to Participants: Why and How AdeeraLevin Speaker alevin@providencehealth.bc.caCanada BillWang Speaker Hong Kong, China Q&A Session 303
15:45 16:45	CKD-MBD in Practice: Challenges, Controversies, and Consensus PSK HirotakaKomaba Moderator Japan MarieEvans Moderator Sweden VivekKumar Moderator India The Evolving Biology of CKD-MBD: Implications for Clinical Care MarcVervloet Speaker Netherlands Key Outcomes From the KDIGO CKD-MBD Controversies Conference HirotakaKomaba Speaker Japan Growing Up With Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder: Pediatric Challenges RukshanaShroff Speaker United Kingdom Q&A Session 503