Dr Matthew R Weir is Director of the Division of Nephrology and attending physician at University of Maryland, Maryland, US.

He received his medical degree from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville and has written more than 600 manuscripts and book chapters.

Dr Weir is on the editorial board of 22 journals and is Section Editor of Current Hypertension Reports and Current Opinion in Hypertension and Nephrology, and Associate Editor of Clinical Nephrology and the American Journal of Nephrology.

Professor Andrew Coats was born in Melbourne, Australia. He studied at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, where he earned a B.A. in Physiological Sciences with First-Class Honours, and then completed his medical degree (M.B. B.Chir.) at Clare College, Cambridge. He later obtained higher doctorates (D.M. and D.Sc.) in recognition of his substantial contributions to cardiovascular medicine, and he also completed an MBA at the London Business School. Professor Coats serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Cardiac Failure Review journal.

Career Overview

Andrew Coats is an internationally renowned academic cardiologist, inventor, and university leader with a career spanning more than three decades. He is currently the Scientific Director and CEO of the Heart Research Institute in Sydney, Australia. He also serves as Dean of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Affiliate Professor at Deakin University, and Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Monash University.

Dr Shelley Zieroth is Professor at the College of Medicine, Max Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, as well as Director of the Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Clinics at St Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Canada. She is also Head of the Medical Heart Failure Program for Cardiac Sciences Manitoba.

She is involved in several heart failure clinical trials as a PI, National Lead or Executive Committee member. She is the Past President of the Canadian Heart Failure Society and Co-Chair of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Guidelines. She is co-chair of Canada’s largest annual heart failure meeting, HF Update, and Past President of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada.

Dr Shelley Zieroth is an Editorial Board member of Cardiac Failure Review.

Dr Kieran McCafferty is a Consultant Nephrologist at Barts Health NHS Trust and a Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London. His clinical work is focused on the care of patients with complex kidney disease, with particular expertise in diabetic kidney disease and haemodialysis. Alongside his clinical responsibilities, Dr McCafferty has developed a strong academic and leadership profile within nephrology and clinical research, with a clear emphasis on improving patient-centred outcomes through high-quality clinical trials.

Academic History

Dr McCafferty holds an academic appointment as Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, reflecting his combined clinical and research roles. His academic interests bridge basic science and clinical medicine, with a particular focus on uraemic cardiovascular disease and mechanisms of cardiovascular protection in patients with chronic kidney disease.

While his foundational research interests lie…