GloriaAshuntantang CameroonUniversity of Bamenda, Cameroon

Professor Gloria Enow Ashuntantang is a consultant nephrologist at the Yaounde General Hospital and Professor of Medicine at the University of Yaounde I in Cameroon. She is holder of the MB; BS degree (University of Ibadan, Nigeria), Certificate of specialisation in internal medicine (University of YaoundeI), a Diplôme de Médecin Spécialiste en néphrologie and an MD (University of Geneva, Switzerland). Her main areas of research are End Stage Kidney Disease care in sub-Saharan Africa and currently working on ethical challenges of providing care for patients with chronic kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africa. She has co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers and two textbook chapters. She is the founding president of the Cameroon Nephrology Society, First female and Past President of the African Association of Nephrology(AFRAN), Past Deputy-Chair of the ISN Africa Regional Board, immediate past Chair of the ISN Africa Regional Board, past member of the ISN Executive committee, and immediate past Vice President of the Cameroon Medical Council. She is a distinguished fellow of the European Renal Association and Knight of the Cameroon Order of Valour, and Officer of the Order of Valour. She is currently a member of the KDIGO Executive Committee and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Bamenda in Cameroon.