Ann Raes
Tags: Clinical Research, Steering Committee
Ghent University, Faculty of medicine and health sciences
Research focus
Prof. Dr. Ann Raes is a pediatrician specialized in pediatric nephrology, head of the Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology and of the ERKNet Reference Center at Ghent at Ghent University Hospital. She is also a Full Professor of Pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Ghent University. In addition to her clinical and academic leadership roles, she serves on several steering committees within the Department of Pediatrics and chairs the department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Ghent University.
Her clinical and research expertise focuses on chronic kidney disease across childhood and adolescence, including congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), chronic and rare kidney diseases, pediatric hypertension, kidney transplantation, and both acute and chronic renal replacement therapies. She is strongly engaged in pediatric drug research and pediatric clinical trials, aiming to advance evidence-based therapies and improve long-term outcomes for children with kidney disease. Her work bridges clinical care and translational research with a focus on optimizing treatment strategies throughout the pediatric age spectrum.
She is President of the Belgian Society of Pediatric Nephrology, board member of the Belgian Academy of Pediatrics and an active member of various international and national professional organizations, including ESPN, IPNA, IPTA, and the Belgian Society of Nephrology. She is member of the steering committee of the Belgian Pediatric Clinical Research Network (BPCRN).
“Children are not small adults — yet paediatric treatments still rely on extrapolated adult data, leavind children without the evidence-based dosing they deserve. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, a Centre of Excellence can turn assumptions into evidence, and uncertainty into safe, effective care."
Ann Raes, pediatric nephrologist, BPCRN