Professor Vlado Perkovic is the Provost and Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and was previously the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Health at UNSW. He is a Nephrologist and a leading clinical trialist in Nephrology. His research focuses on preventing the progression of kidney disease, and its complications. He has led the Steering Committees of a large number of ground-breaking international clinical trials including FLOW, APPLAUSE, DUPLEX, PROTECT, CREDENCE, TESTING, ASCEND, CARMELINA and other, and leads several that are ongoing. He has received several international awards and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. He serves on the Editorial Board of the New England Journal of Medicine, and is a Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate, top 0.1% of cited authors).