SimonDavies Keele UniversityUnited Kingdom

Simon Davies is Emeritus Professor of Nephrology and Dialysis Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Keele University, UK and practised as a consultant nephrologist at the University Hospital of North Midlands until 2023. His principal research interests are in peritoneal dialysis, the evaluation of fluid status in advanced kidney failure and the utilisation of Home Therapies. He has led or co-led a number of influential studies including the European Automated Peritoneal Dialysis Outcome Study (EAPOS), the GLOBAL Fluid Study, PD-CRAFT and the International Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS). Other international collaborations have included trials evaluating the effects of polyglucose and low sodium solutions on fluid status in PD patients, and the use of bioimpedance to guide fluid management (UK-Shanghai Trial and the BISTRO trial). His research has been supported by Kidney Research UK, National Institute of Health Research (UK), and the National Institutes for Health Research in the US. He was recently president of Euro-PD and president of the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis 2010-12. He has co-led the International Society of Nephrology’s Kidney Failure Strategy and recently led the development of a toolkit, in collaboration with the WHO, to support the development of dialysis services in low resource settings. He is a Kidney Research UK trustee, chairing their Research Strategy Committee.