Professor Wendy Elizabeth Hoy AO is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA), the Director of the Centre for Chronic Disease at the University of Queensland, Australia, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2010 and elected as a member of the Australian Academy of Science in 2015.
Hoy's research has involved developing new types of kidney imaging and improving health and lives for indigenous populations, in Australia, Sri Lanka and the USA.
Colleagues have described her work as "transforming the Australian Indigenous Aboriginal health services, as well as decreasing the need for dialysis and developing early interventions across the planet".
[10] Across her career, Hoy's work has substantially reduced the suffering and improved health outcomes of Indigenous Australians with kidney disease.
[11][12] In addition to working with Indigenous Australian communities, Hoy also has consulted with Sri Lanka and Central American on Chronic Kidney Disease.