RENAL CARE & DATA LINKAGE OF TASMANIAN KIDNEY DISEASE CASES
With
Professor Matthew Jose, Kidney Specialist
Head of Unit, Nephrology, Royal Hobart Hospital &
Professor of Medicine, University of Tasmania
Tasmania, Australia
RESEARCHER PROFILE
Filmed in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | March 2026
Professor Matthew Jose is a Renal Physician & Head of the Renal Unit at the Royal Hobart Hospital, and Professor of Medicine for the University of Tasmania.
Winner of the 2021 Rural Science Award from the Australia and New Zealand Society of Nephrology, he has worked in regional, rural and remote Australian locations for nearly 20 years as a Renal Physician, including the Northern Territory.
He is currently Chairperson of the Tasmanian Statewide Kidney Clinical Network and a member of national clinical guideline groups including Therapeutic Guidelines and CARI guidelines kidney stone working group, as well as a member of the KidGEN (Kidney Genetics) national steering committee.
He has established the first regional young adult transplant clinic for young Tasmanians with a kidney transplant transferring from paediatric to adult care.
Professor Jose’s research has been funded by Australia’s NHMRC and MRFF, as well as Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation in Tasmania.
Source: Supplied and adapted
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9589-0071
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