Adeera Levin MD, FRCPC is a Professor of Medicine, and is head of the Division of Nephrology at University of British Columbia.[1]
Prof Adeera Levin | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Education | University of Toronto |
Alma mater | McMaster University Medical School |
Known for | Nephrology |
Awards | The Order of Canada |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nephrology |
Institutions | University of British Columbia |
Levin earned a BSc degree at University of Toronto (1977–81) and an MD at McMaster University Medical School (1981–84). She stayed on as an Internal Medicine Resident, before moving to Henderson General Hospital (now Juravinski Hospital) to become Chief Medical Resident in 1986. She was a Clinical Fellow in Nephrology at Toronto Western Hospital & St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto). She was then a Clinical Research Fellow in Nephrology starting in 1988.[2]
Her primary area of interest is looking at risk factors in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.[1]
She is also the Principal investigator of the CAN SOLVE CKD grant award.[3]