Vivekanand Jha

About Professor Vivekanand Jha

Executive Director, The George Institute for Global Health, India

  • MD,
  • DM,
  • FRCP,
  • FAMS

Professor Jha is Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health, India, Chair of Global Kidney Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, and the past President of the International Society of Nephrology.

He has wide-ranging research interests, including understanding the health and societal impact of kidney diseases around the world and the development of affordable, scalable and sustainable primary and secondary prevention tools. 

He has worked with many organisations including the WHO to develop clinical practice guidelines and advocacy papers, has lectured extensively around the world, and is a prolific writer and editor.

Publications

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Digoxin in rheumatic heart disease: Rationale and design of a multicenter, placebo-controlled double-blind randomized controlled trial (Dig-RHD trial)

American Heart Journal Date published:

Apixaban in Primary Membranous Nephropathy - Report from the iTANGIBLE Registry

Indian Journal of Nephrology Date published:

Preventing chronic kidney disease and maintaining kidney health: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

Kidney International Date published:

Environmental exposure assessment in the international prospective study of Chronic Kidney Disease of UnceRtain Etiology (CKDu) in Agricultural Communities (CURE) research consortium: Design and protocol development

Science of The Total Environment Date published:

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