Prof Liz Lightstone is Professor of Renal Medicine for the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London, UK and Honorary Consultant Physician at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Renal and Transplant Centre in Hammersmith Hospital. Her research is focused on improving outcomes for patients with lupus nephritis as well for pregnancy in women with kidney disease.
Widely known for her expertise in glomerulonephritis, especially lupus and lupus nephritis but also nephrotic syndrome and all forms of glomerular disease as well as the prevention and treatment of chronic kidney disease, with a particular focus on health inequalities. She is an active member of numerous committees and advisory boards, including sitting on the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Executive Committee and elected Deputy Chair, soon to be Chair, of the ISN Western Europe Regional Board and the Council of Women in Nephrology. Co-chair of the International Advisory Panel, GSK Global GUIDE Program, founding national coordinator and active member of the Renal Disease and Pregnancy Rare Disease Group. She has contributed to guidelines on lupus and lupus nephritis, pregnancy and kidney disease, advised NICE in these areas and is on the Advisory Board of Nature Rev Nephrology and global co-chair of the SONG-GD (glomerular disease) steering committee.
