Dr Shilpa Jesudason, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, is a Staff Specialist Nephrologist and Chair of the Clinical Research Group at the Royal Adelaide Hospital’s Central Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplant Service (CNARTS). Her clinical and research interests include Parenthood in Patients with Kidney Disease. She runs a Renal Pregnancy Clinic for preconception counselling, antenatal and postnatal care, and her research program employs a broad array of methodologies (population data linkage, registry, cohort studies, qualitative, systematic reviews, basic science) to investigate parenthood outcomes for women and men with renal disease. She is also the Clinical Director of Kidney Health Australia