Dr Kristin Veighey
Consultant Nephrologist and NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice, Southampton General Hospital.
Kristin trained in Belfast
and graduated in 2004, prior to moving to Southampton to be a junior house
officer. After a 4-year period as a junior doctor in Wessex, she started renal
speciality training in London and completed a PhD. During her research time,
she supported a multinational clinical trial (REPAIR) and developed a passion
for clinical research to improve patient care. She transferred to Portsmouth
where she completed her training, and then worked as a Consultant Nephrologist
for 5 years, before making the decision to retrain as a clinical academic GP.
She was excited by the role of primary care in supporting improvements in
population health and driving evidence-based treatments into clinical practice.
She is privileged to have an NIHR funded Academic Clinical Fellowship at the
University of Southampton.
She is currently leading
on National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded research to understand
how we can better identify and manage people with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
in primary care. She sits on the UK Kidney Association CKD Special Interest Group
(SIG), leads the Society for Academic Primary Care SIG, and works closely with
the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Integrated Care System and industry partners
to support improvement projects for people living with CKD.
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