Associate Professor Carmel Hawley
MBBS (Hons), M Med Sci, FRACP
Associate Professor Carmel Hawley is a Founding Member and current Chair of the Operations Secretariat for the Australasian Kidney Trials network (AKTN). She is a clinical nephrologist and biostatistician and is also involved in health services improvement in the areas of dialysis and chronic kidney disease. She has been a consultant nephrologist for 17 years and is a full-time employee of Queensland Health at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, in this capacity. Although trained in all aspects of nephrology, her early training was focused on renal hypertension. In latter years her primary interest has shifted to that of haemodialysis. She is currently the clinical manager of Haemodialysis at Princess Alexandra Hospital and was director of the Department from 1997 until 2002.
Associate Professor Hawley has had a 20 year involvement in clinical trials including international, national and locally conducted studies. This has included the management of the clinical trials portfolio of the PAH renal department for several years as well as the continuing supervision of research staff involved in trials on which she is a Principal or Associate Investigator. Dr. Hawley is regularly involved in teaching of epidemiology, biostatistics and clinical trial design at a national and state level.
Associate Professor Hawley has in the past, and continues to, contribute to relevant professional bodies. Past roles include that of Treasurer of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), regional examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Clinical Examination, member of the Dialysis Nephrology Transplant subcommittee of ANZSN, Board Member for Kidney Health Australia, involvement in two clinical guidelines groups associated with ANZSN (biochemical and haematological targets and bone disease) and Chair of the Specialist Advisory Committee (SAC) of the RACP (Nephrology). Current responsibilities include a membership of the CARI bone guideline group, Chair of the Home Dialysis Advisory Committee and Subject Editor for the Journal Nephrology for Evidence Based Medicine.