Projects per year
Personal profile
Interests
Clinical and genetic epidemiology of chronic renal disease
Undergraduate medical education and assessment
Renal Services development
Teaching
Undergraduate Medical School
Physiology lectures (2nd yr)
Renal Medicine (3rd yr)
Preparation for Practice (Fluid and Electrolytes) (5th yr)
Assessment: Development of MCQ, MEQ, OSCE and examining (2nd, 3rd and 5th yr)
Postgraduate
Clinical training
Training Programme Director for Renal Medicine (NIMDTA) 2000 - 2016
Generic skills course (Acute Kidney Injury, Fluid, Electrolytes and Acid-Base Disorders) for Foundation Year trainees (FY2s) 2010 -
QUB Director of Clinical Academic Training Programme 2015-2021
Co-Director Irish Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) Programme www.icatprogramme.org
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R4766NUR: Establishing a clinical phenotype for cachexia in chronic kidney disease
Reid, J. (PI), Maxwell, P. (CoI) & Noble, H. (CoI)
16/08/2016 → …
Project: Research
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R4485CPH: US Ireland Research & Development Partnership - Diabetes
Maxwell, P. (PI), McKnight, A. J. (CoI), Patterson, C. (CoI) & Savage, D. (CoI)
01/08/2008 → …
Project: Research
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R4744CPH: Integrative genomic, epigenetic and functional studies in diabetic kidney disease
Maxwell, P. (PI), McKay, G. (CoI) & McKnight, A. J. (CoI)
27/01/2016 → 31/03/2023
Project: Research
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R2216CPH: Postdoctoral Fellowship - 2015 Extending genetic and epigenic studies for CKD
McKnight, A. J. (PI), Maxwell, P. (CoI) & McKay, G. (CoI)
19/08/2015 → 21/12/2018
Project: Research
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An international study of variation in attitudes to kidney biopsy practice
Toal, M. P., Hill, C. J., Quinn, M. P., McQuarrie, E. P., O'Neill, C. E. & Maxwell, A. P., Mar 2025, In: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 20, 3, p. 377-386Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Duke activity status index is not predictive of outcomes after kidney transplantation: a retrospective observational study
Fergie, R., Maxwell, A. P., Courtney, A. E., Corr, M., O'Neill, S. & Cunningham, E. L., 04 Jul 2025, In: BMC Nephrology. 26, 9 p., 349.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genome-wide association study of quantitative kidney function in 52,531 individuals with diabetes identifies five diabetes-specific loci
Cole, J. B., Dahlström, E. H., Fermin, D., Gupta, Y., Hill, C., Smyth, L. J., Liu, H., Kreienkamp, R. J., Pezzolesi, M. G., Cao, J. J., Valo, E., Chen, W.-M., Onengut-Gumuscu, S., Rich, S. S., Brennan, E. P., Andrews, D., Kennedy, C., Gu, H. F., Stechemesser, L. & Weitgasser, R. & 31 others, , 05 May 2025, (Early online date) In: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Non-adherence to immunosuppressive medications in kidney transplant recipients- a systematic scoping review
Corr, M., Walker, A., Maxwell, A. P. & McKay, G. J., Jan 2025, In: Transplantation Reviews . 39, 1, 13 p., 100900.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Polygenic risk scores for eGFR are associated with age at kidney failure
Collins, K. E., Gilbert, E., Mauduit, V., Gaheer, P., Benson, K., Elhassan, E. A. E., Mohama, S., Hill, C., McKnight, A. J., Maxwell, A. P., van der Most, P. J., de Borst, M. H., Guan, W., Jacobson, P. A., Israni, A. K., Keating, B. J., Lord, G. M., Markkinen, S., Helanterä, I. & Hyvärinen, K. & 11 others, , 03 Mar 2025, (Early online date) In: Journal of Nephrology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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GEnetics of Nephropathy - an International Effort (GENIE) GWAS of Diabetic Nephropathy in the UK GoKinD and All-Ireland Cohorts
Maxwell, A. (Creator) & McKnight, A. (Creator), The National Center for Biotechnology Information, Nov 2011
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/gap/cgi-bin/study.cgi?study_id=phs000389.v1.p1
Dataset
Prizes
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QUB Staff Excellence Awards: shortlisted for Team of the Year 2019 (awarded 2020)
McKnight, A. J. (Recipient), Maxwell, P. (Recipient), Kee, F. (Recipient), Smyth, L. (Recipient), McMullan, J. (Recipient), Cañadas Garre, M. (Recipient), McAneney, H. (Recipient), Kilner, J. (Recipient), Wooster, C. (Recipient), Kerr, K. (Recipient), Crowe, A. (Recipient), Bailie, C. (Recipient), Anderson, K. (Recipient), Cappa, R. (Recipient) & Skelly, R. (Recipient), 07 Feb 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Exploring accelerated biological ageing in diabetic kidney disease: Epigenetic clocks in the Northern Ireland COhort for the Longitudinal study of Ageing (NICOLA).
Hill, C. (Presenter), Smyth, L. (Contributor), Kilner, J. (Contributor), Scott, A. (Contributor), Young, I. (Contributor), Kee, F. (Contributor), McGuinness, B. (Contributor), Maxwell, P. (Contributor), McKay, G. (Contributor) & McKnight, A. J. (Contributor)
16 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Exploring sex-specificities of the lymphoma genomic landscape in the UK Biobank
Hill, C. (Presenter), Muckian, M. (Contributor), Cañadas Garre, M. (Contributor), Greenfield, G. (Contributor), McShane, C. (Contributor), Maxwell, P. (Contributor), Anderson, L. (Contributor) & McKnight, A. J. (Contributor)
16 Sept 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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The Future of Kidney Research is STEAM Powered - Public Engagement Event
Hill, C. (Organiser), Kerr, K. (Organiser), Smyth, L. (Organiser), Wilson, A. (Organiser), McKnight, A. J. (Organiser), Noble, H. (Organiser), Carswell, C. (Speaker) & Maxwell, P. (Speaker)
20 Feb 2022Activity: Other activity types › Other