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 Sciences 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.[1][2]

Professor Wendy Hoy FRACP
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
Royal Australasian College of Physicians (PhD)

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".[3] 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.[4]

Career

Hoy's work has focused on chronic conditions, including chronic kidney disease in the Indigenous population in Australia, and related diseases.[5] Hoy said "kidney disease was a huge and growing issue in the indigenous community and across the wider population".[6][7]

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".[8] Across her career, Hoy's work has substantially reduced the suffering and improved health outcomes of Indigenous Australians with kidney disease.[9][10] In addition to working with indigenous Australian communities, Hoy also has consulted with Sri Lanka and Central American on Chronic Kidney Disease.[11]

Selected publications

As at August 2019, Hoy had over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts, an H number of 56 and over 13,000 citations.[12]

  • M Hughson, AB Farris III, R Douglas-Denton, WE Hoy, JF Bertram (2003) Glomerular number and size in autopsy kidneys: the relationship to birth weight Kidney international 63 (6), 2113-2122[13]
  • DC Cattran, GB Appel, LA Hebert, LG Hunsicker, MA Pohl, WE Hoy, ...(2001) Cyclosporine in patients with steroid-resistant membranous nephropathy: a randomized trial Kidney international 59 (4), 1484-1490[14]

Awards, honours and recognition
  • 2008 – United States National Kidney Foundation Distinguished Medal.[15]
  • 2010 – appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2010,[16][17]
  • 2014 – Hoy won a $2.5 million Centre of Research Excellence for Chronic Kidney Disease from the NHMRC.[18][19]
  • She was elected to the International Society of Nephrology iNET-CKD core group.[20]
  • 2018 – Hoy was the keynote speaker at the Renal Clinical Network Forum.[21]

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.[22] 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.[23]

Media
  • Norman Swan of the ABC interviewed Hoy on kidney failure in indigenous communities.[24]
  • Hoy's work on indigenous kidney disease, and links between kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure was described by the ABC.[25]
  • The Conversation wrote about Hoy's work on kidney disease.[26]
  • Methods of providing clean drinking water for indigenous communities, and Hoy's work was covered in The Conversation.[27]
  • Hoy's work on the how Australia is failing to close health gaps in Indigenous data gap the Australian Health Survey was also described in the media.[28]

References
  1. "Professor Wendy Elizabeth Hoy | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. "Professor Wendy Hoy". cre-ckd.centre.uq.edu.au. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  3. "Professor Wendy Elizabeth Hoy | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  4. "Wendy Hoy". The Conversation. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. "News - About". Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  6. Queensl, The University of; Lucia, Australia Brisbane St; Gatton, QLD 4072 +61 7 3365 1111 Other Campuses: UQ; Maps, UQ Herston; Queensl, Directions 2019 The University of. "UQ awarded $52m in health and medical research funding". UQ News. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  7. "Renal Society of Australasia". www.renalsociety.org. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  8. "Sleep and movement: key to preventing chronic disease - RMIT University". www.rmit.edu.au. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  9. "Professor targets Indigenous kidney disease". ABC News. 11 April 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  10. "Academy launches vision for reconciliation | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  11. "Wendy Hoy - profile2019-08-21".
  12. "Wendy E Hoy - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  13. Hughson, Michael; Farris, Alton B.; Douglas-Denton, Rebecca; Hoy, Wendy E.; Bertram, John F. (1 June 2003). "Glomerular number and size in autopsy kidneys: The relationship to birth weight". Kidney International. 63 (6): 2113–2122. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00018.x. ISSN 0085-2538. PMID 12753298.
  14. Cattran, Daniel C.; Appel, Gerald B.; Hebert, Lee A.; Hunsicker, Lawrence G.; Pohl, Marc A.; Hoy, Wendy E.; Maxwell, Douglas R.; Kunis, Cheryl L.; for the North American Nephrotic Syndrome (1 April 2001). "Cyclosporine in patients with steroid-resistant membranous nephropathy: A randomized trial". Kidney International. 59 (4): 1484–1490. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041484.x. ISSN 0085-2538. PMID 11260412.
  15. "Professor targets Indigenous kidney disease". ABC News. 11 April 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  16. "Researchers at UQ".
  17. "Professor Wendy Elizabeth Hoy". Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  18. "News - About". Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  19. Queensl, The University of; Lucia, Australia Brisbane St; Gatton, QLD 4072 +61 7 3365 1111 Other Campuses: UQ; Maps, UQ Herston; Queensl, Directions 2019 The University of. "UQ awarded $52m in health and medical research funding". UQ News. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  20. "Wendy Hoy". The Conversation. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  21. "Renal Clinical Network Forum".
  22. "Telopea Park Yearbook" (PDF).
  23. "Professor Wendy Hoy - UQ Researchers". researchers.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  24. "ABC interview with Norman Swan". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  25. "Professor targets Indigenous kidney disease". ABC News. 11 April 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  26. "Wendy Hoy". The Conversation. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  27. Hall, Nina Lansbury; Mott, Susan; Hoy, Wendy. "Getting clean drinking water into remote Indigenous communities means overcoming city thinking". The Conversation. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  28. Hoy, Wendy. "Failing to close the Indigenous data gap with the Australian Health Survey". The Conversation. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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