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Dr Samira Bell was appointed as Consultant Nephrologist at Ninewells Hospital in 2009 after completing her renal training in the West of Scotland. She obtained her medical degree (MBChB) in 1999 and MD in 2007 from the University of Glasgow.
She was a full time NHS consultant until 2019 when she was appointed as a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Dundee. She is currently a Clinical Reader within the Division of Population Health and Genomics and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist at Ninewells Hospital, NHS Tayside. She is Associate Director of the BHF Data Science Centre Kidney Catalyst at HDR UK, NHS Research Scotland Renal Research Network Lead, Co-chair of the UK Renal Health Data Network and Associate Postgraduate Dean for Academic Training at NHS Education for Scotland.
Her research interests include the use of healthcare data to improve the care of people with kidney disease.
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Areas of expertise
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Clinical Nephrology
- Renal Epidemiology
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