Aminu Bello, MBBS, MMedSc, PhD, FRCP, FACP, FASN, FISN, FCAHS, FAAS
Aminu Bello is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Alberta, and Consultant Nephrologist at the University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A fellow of several scientific bodies and professional organizations including the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, International Society of Nephrology, American Society of Nephrology, Royal College of Physicians and American College of Physicians. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, the official journal of the Canadian Society of Nephrology.
Dr Bello qualified as a medical doctor in Nigeria at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto and underwent specialist clinical training in internal medicine, nephrology, and epidemiology in Ibadan, Nigeria; Sheffield, UK; and Edmonton, Canada. He holds multiple research grants from major provincial and national research organizations including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. He has published original research works in major general medical journals including the Lancet, JAMA and the BMJ. He reviews regularly for the major general medical and nephrology journals including The Lancet, JAMA, BMJ and Kidney International. He has more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific publications (articles, book chapters and monographs) with over 75000 citations, and H-Index of 65. Dr Bello is involved heavily in education and mentoring activities. He supervises undergraduate and graduate (MSci and PhD) students, residents, and fellows in research projects. He serves as a course tutor for a renal epidemiology course for nephrology fellows at the University of Alberta. He also trains residents and medical students rotating on nephrology in-patient clinical services. He regularly speaks at national and international conferences:
Dr Bello is keenly interested in global health initiatives to improve nephrology practice and education in low income countries. He is currently a Co-Chair for the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Global Kidney Health Atlas (GKHA) Project; an initiative for the development and implementation of strategies to enhance global equity in kidney care across all regions and countries of the world. A groundbreaking work that is transforming our global understanding of kidney disease, leading the development of innovative international and national policy and practice frameworks and models of care, and building the partnerships and technologies needed to make kidney care accessible, affordable and equitable at home and abroad. He is internationally recognized for the implementation of the International Society of Nephrology’s Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA; https://www.theisn.org/initiatives/global-kidney-health-atlas/), and bringing together the world’s nephrology societies, the governments and health systems of over 200 nations to identify, assess and solve gaps in kidney care. The largest health survey of its kind, the ISN-GKHA’s public global data sets and reports (2016, 2019, 2023) have led to over 50 major publications in the world’s top kidney and medicine journals, and has made critical contributions to policies and frameworks as well as programs to support countries develop initiatives targeted to improving care and outcomes of people living with kidney disease.
