Marcello Tonelli
Dr. Tonelli is an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Population Health Scholar. He spends 75% of his time conducting clinical and epidemiological research.His research is aimed at improving the care of people with chronic kidney disease and its major causes (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and atherosclerosis). Specific areas of focus within these clinical populations include: identification and management of novel risk factors; designing new strategies to improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery; and determinants of access to high quality care. A unique aspect of Dr. Tonelli's research program includes partnering with regional, provincial, and national decision-makers to ensure that the findings will be used to produce rational health policy. Dr. Tonelli is a founding member of the Alberta Kidney Disease Network (see www.akdn.info) Dr. Tonelli supervises post-graduate medical trainees, MSc students, PhD students and post-doctoral fellows in clinical research. Dr. Tonelli is a member of the Canadian Society of Nephrology Scientific Committee for the Kidney Foundation of Canada, and the President of the Canadian Society of Nephrology. He is also the Chair of the Canadian Task Force for Preventive Health Care, a panel of experts that makes recommendations on clinical preventive services for Canada's 36,000 family physicians. Internationally, Dr. Tonelli is a member of the council of the International Society of Nephrology and a member of the Board of Directors for Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). Dr. Tonelli is also an Associate Editor for American Journal of Kidney Disease, the Cochrane Renal Group, and the Journal of Nephrology, and is a member of the Editorial Board for JASN. Dr. Tonelli has a General Nephrology Out-patient practice and attends on the Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Units. |
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