Professor David Johnson is currently Director of the Metro South Integrated Nephrology and Transplant Service (MINTS) and Medical Director of the Queensland Kidney Transplant Service at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. He is President of ANZSN, Immediate Past-President of ISPD, a former ISN councillor, and Co-chair of the Global Kidney Health Atlas project. He has published over 1080 original manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and received numerous national and international awards for his contributions to nephrology.