Wendy Hoy
Professor Wendy Elizabeth Hoy AO is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA), the Director of the Centre for Chronic Disease at the University of Queensland, Australia, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2010 and elected as a member of the Australian Academy of Science in 2015. Hoy's research has involved developing new types of kidney imaging and improving health and lives for indigenous populations, in Australia, Sri Lanka and the USA. Research interests. Hoy specialises in cross-disciplinary research in indigenous health services, as well as kidney and  related chronic diseases, and health system modelling. Colleagues have described her work as "transforming the Australian indigenous Aboriginal health services, as well as decreasing the need for dialysis and developing early interventions across the planet". Hoy's career has changed mortality and related issues within regional Aboriginal communities over the last five decades. Hoy's research also involves measuring how prematurity and low birth weight can influence adult health. Additionally, her research involves factors that lead to kidney disease within African-Americans and Aborigines. Career. Hoy's work has focused on chronic conditions, including chronic kidney disease in the Indigenous  population in Australia, and related diseases. Hoy said "kidney disease was a huge and growing issue in the indigenous community and across the wider population". Hoy studied three indigenous and remote communities of indigenous Australians, and reported that "as people aged the prevalence of chronic conditions including hypertension, renal failure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease also increases". Across her career, Hoy's work has substantially reduced the suffering and improved health outcomes of Indigenous Australians with kidney disease. In addition to working with indigenous Australian communities, Hoy also has consulted with Sri Lanka and Central American on Chronic Kidney Disease. Selected  publications. As at August 2019, Hoy had over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts, an H number of 56 and over 13,000 citations. Early life. Hoy attended Telopea Park High School, Canberra in Australia, and came first in the Australian Capital Territory, for two subjects, and second in the school. She was awarded first class honours in Immunology (BScMed) and in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Sydney. After twenty years working the US, Hoy subsequently returned to Australia.