Here at the AKTN, we want to make sure that clinical trials are designed and run in a way that is meaningful to patients and caregivers and focuses on outcomes that are important to them. The AKTN Consumer Advisory Board helps ensure that trial designs and documents provided to the kidney community are clear and useful, including when the trial results are shared with the kidney care community.
Current members
Janet Bailey
Alex Billett
Allan Blackley (Co-Chair, NZ)
Natalie Brown
Janelle Colquhoun
Helen Coolican
Trudi Fuge
Phil Greenhalgh
Amy Luchterhand
Irene Mewburn (Co-Chair, AUS)
Kymberly Radivojevic
Mardi Thompson
Amber Williamson
Past members
Garry Brazell
Phil Carswell OAM
Vanessa Cullen (inaugural Co-Chair, AUS)
Darren Nolan
Rick Rapana
Nicki Scholes-Robertson
Janelle Watson
If you’d like to join us as a member of the Board, please either click here to download a fillable PDF form, or continue to fill in the web form and submit online.
The videos on our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page feature some of our consumers, researchers and physicians addressing some of the most FAQs about how consumers can be involved in research.
Consumer Advisory Board 2025 activities
Below is a wrap-up of the ways in which the Board was involved in, and influenced, our work last year. We look forward to seeing what the year ahead brings!
