Speakers
Jager, Kitty
- Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kitty Jager is a Professor of Medical Informatics & Kidney Epidemiology and Principal Investigator at the Amsterdam University Medical Centers, The Netherlands.
After obtaining a PhD on dialysis adequacy, she has led the department’s kidney epidemiology research group and has been the ERA Registry Director for 22 years.
Prof. Jager has played a crucial role in the development and management of large-scale registries that track outcomes in kidney disease patients across Europe.
Her research has concentrated on the prevalence and progression of CKD and the frequency of Kidney Replacement Therapy with focus on international differences and sex differences, and on the relationship of public health aspects and nephrology practice patterns with patient outcomes. She has published more than 450 scientific articles and a high number of book chapters and reports
Kitty Jager serves on the Editorial Boards of Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, KI Reports and the African Journal of Nephrology.
Finally, she has organized and lectured in more than 40 international CME courses in epidemiology for nephrologists and hosted 37 visiting nephrology researchers from 20 countries