Prof Shilpanjali Jesudason (MBBS PhD FRACP FISN) is an academic nephrologist and Head of Department at the Royal Adelaide Hospital’s Central Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplant Service, South Australia. She is the founder and Program Lead for Pregnancy and Kidney Research Australia, co-leads the ISN Train the Trainer Program for Pregnancy and Kidney Disease, and is the inaugural chair of the Australian and Zealand Dialysis and Transplantation Registry (ANZDATA) Parenthood working group. She is a founding co-chair of the ANZ Society of Nephrology Pacific Working Group. She was formerly Medical Director of Kidney Health Australia, the peak body for patients with kidney disease. In 2025, she recieved International Society of Nephrology Roscoe R. Robinson Award for achievements in the field of education in nephrology and medicine.