Pathophysiology of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

BIOGRAPHY

Professor Mark Cooper is the Deputy Director (Research) of the Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute as well as the Director of the JDRF Centre for Diabetes Complications at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute. He is currently supported by the National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia at its highest level, as an Australian Fellow. He holds honorary appointments as a Professor of Medicine at both Monash University and University of Melbourne. He is a trained endocrinologist who continues, albeit part time to look after patients with diabetes and endocrine disorders. His research encompasses basic, preclinical and clinical research with the major aim to reduce the major burden of diabetes, its renal and vascular complications. He has received multiple prizes including the Susman Prize from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) Kellion award and the JDRF Scholars award. His recent research has focussed on the role of epigenetics in diabetic vascular complications, and in particular in elucidating the molecular mechanisms responsible for the sustained efforts of prior hyperglycemia on diabetic vascular complications. He is regularly invited to international meetings and has over 400 peer reviewed publications.