MarcelloTonelli Senior Associate Dean (Clinical Research), CummingCanada

Dr. Tonelli is a nephrologist, professor, and clinician-scientist at the University of Calgary. His research focuses on improving the care of people with chronic kidney disease and other non-communicable diseases. He is chair emeritus of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, past President of the Canadian Society of Nephrology, and President-Elect of the International Society of Nephrology. He is a past member of the Governing Council for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and a past chair of the CIHR’s Standing Committee on Ethics. He received the 2013 United States National Kidney Foundation Medal for Distinguished Service and the Kidney Foundation of Canada’s 2013 Medal for Research Excellence. He is the Director of the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Centre for the Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease. Dr. Tonelli was elected a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2012 and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2023. He has been named a “Highly Cited” researcher each year since 2015 by Thomson-Reuters.