Natasha Rogers

Professor

Centre Co-Director

MBBS (Hons)/ PhD/ FRACP/ FASN

natasha.rogers@health.nsw.gov.au

Centre for Transplant and Renal Research

Kidney Injury Group

Currently open to PHD and Honours students in the topic areas of:

Acute kidney injury

Chronic kidney disease

Cardiorenal syndrome

Islet transplantation

Normothermic machine perfusion

Natasha Rogers

Biography

Prof Rogers is currently a Senior Staff Specialist in Nephrology at Westmead Hospital where she has worked since mid-2016. She is Head of Transplantation and Director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program. Natasha is also conjoint Professor as the University of Sydney where she is a NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow. In the last 5 years CI Rogers has attracted >$10M for direct research support.

Research interests

Acute kidney injury, Chronic kidney disease, Cardiorenal syndrome, Islet biology, Islet transplantation, CD47

Adjunct roles

Head of Transplantation, Senior Staff Nephrologist, Director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program Westmead Hospital
Professor in Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine, NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellow University of Sydney

Current grants

MRFF Cardiovascular Mission 06/2022 – 05/2025 Renal Factors Modify HEART disease Study (REFORM HEARTS)
NHMRC Investigator Grant 2022 - 2026 Improving translational pathways in kidney injury: from discovery to clinical practice
NHMRC Ideas Grant 2021 - 2024 Improving kidney transplant outcomes
MRFF Genomics Mission 2024 - 2027 Donor and recipient polygenic risk scores predictive of late graft loss

Affiliations

Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney

Professional Associations and Organisations

2023 - current The Transplantation Society Co-chair, Scientific Committee
2023 - current Physiological Reports Associate Editor
2022 - current Pancreas Islet Transplant Advisory Committee Chair
2020 -2023 ANZ Society of Nephrology Honorary Secretary
2018 - 2021 Transplantation Society of ANZ Member
2018 - current Transplantation (journal) Associate Editor

Awards and recognition

ANZ Society of Nephrology Basic Science Award, 2016, 2020, 2023
Transplantation Society of ANZ, Josette Eris Award, 2023
American Transplant Congress, Young Investigator Award, 2017