MBChB, DCH, MMed(Clin Epi), FRACP, PhD, FAHMS
Professor Craig is Vice-President and Executive Dean of the College of Medicine and Public Health and a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor. He is a practising paediatric nephrologist and clinical epidemiologist, and especially committed to improving the health of people with chronic kidney disease, the health of children, and the health and well-being of Indigenous people.
His awards include Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, International Distinguished Medal of the National (US) Kidney Foundation (2010), TJ Neale Award for Outstanding Contribution to Nephrological Science (2009), and Honorary Membership of the Italian Society of Nephrology (2004). He is the Coordinating Editor of the Cochrane Kidney and Transplant Group, past-President of the Australia-New Zealand Society of Nephrology, and Director of the Evidence-Review Team for many KDIGO guidelines.
He is a past Chair of the Steering Group of Cochrane, is a member of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee for the Australian Government, a member of the Medicare Services Advisory Committee, a member of the Life Savings Drug Program, and past member of the WHO expert review panel for global strategy and plan of action on public health, innovation and intellectual property.
He has published more than 900 papers in research methodology and across the spectrum of chronic kidney disease which have been cited more than 55,000 times (scopus h-index 99).