Dr. sc. med.

Valerie

Luyckx

2019: PhD Biomedical Ethics and Law, University of Zürich, Switzerland
2013: MSc Public Health in Developing Countries, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, England
2003: American Board of Internal Medicine (Nephrology, re-certification 2013), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
1996: American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine, re-certification 2010), University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
1990: MB BCh (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Seit 2023: Oberärztin, Pediatric Nephrology, Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz
Seit 2023: Consultant, Global Health Governance and Ethics Unit and NCD Management Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Schweiz (part-time)
Seit 2022: Scientific Officer, Department of Public and Global Health, University of Zürich, Zürich (part time)
2021-2022: Oberärztin, Pediatric Nephrology, Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz
2021: Fellow Pediatric Nephrology, Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz
2019-2021: Oberärztin, Nephrology, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Schweiz
2018-2019: Consultant, Global Health Ethics Team, World Health Organization, Geneva, Schweiz
2017-2018: Professor (Assoc Canada), Nephrology, University Hospital Zürich, Schweiz
2015-2016: Oberärztin, Internal Medicine, Kantonspital Graubünden, Chur, Schweiz
2014-2015: Locum Tenens, Internal Medicine, ICU and Nephrology, Stanton Territorial Hospital, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
2014-2015: Consultant Specialist, Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Queens Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
2011-2013: Associate Professor with Tenure, Medicine and Nephrology, University of Alberta Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 
2005-2011: Assistant Professor, Medicine and Nephrology, University of Alberta Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2002-2005: Associate Physician, Instructor in Medicine (Nephrology), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
2000-2002: Specialist Physician, Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa

1993: Senior House Officer - paediatrics, Johannesburg General Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
1992: Externship – medicine and nephrology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
1992: Senior House Officer - gynaecology, Hillbrow Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
1991: Internship – orthopaedics, general surgery, general medicine, oncology, Hillbrow Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

1996-2000: Fellowship, Nephrology, Joint programme Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
1993-1996: Residency, Internal Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

• 2024, 2025: “Reviewer of the Year” Kidney360 Journal (1 von 5)
• 2020: “Reviewer of the Year” Kidney360 Journal (1 von 5)
• 2010: Leonard Tows Humanism in Medicine Award, University of Alberta and Arthur P. Gold Foundation
• 2005: Dean’s commendation for excellence as Preceptor in Introduction to Clinical Medicine, 2nd year medical students Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• 2004: Dean’s commendation for excellence as Preceptor in Introduction to Clinical Medicine, 2nd year medical students Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• 2000: Nominee, “Resident and Fellow Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching” by Harvard Medical Students
• 1996: Prize for clinical distinction, Internal Medicine, University of Miami, FL

• Seit 2025: President, European Kidney Health Alliance
• Seit 2023: Chair, Ethics Committee, European Renal Association
• Seit 2022: Member Renal Disaster Working Group, European Renal Association
• Seit 2022: Board member, International Society for Priorities in Health
• 2021-2025: Deputy Chair/Chair, Advocacy Working group, International Society of Nephology
• 2020-2021: Core group, Ethics in radiation protection Working group, World Health Organization
• Seit 2020: Zentralethikkommission (ZEK), SAMW, Schweiz
• 2020-2022: Wissenschaftliche Sekretariat, Swiss Medical Board
• 2020-2025: Member of Board, EUDIAL Working Group, European Renal Association
• 2019-2024: Member Renal Disaster Preparedness Working Group, International Society of Nephrology
   

• International Society of Nephrology
• American Society of Nephrology
• European Renal Association
• African Renal Association
• International Society for Priorities in Health
• Life member of Gold Humanism Honor Society

• Gerechtigkeit und Gerechtigkeit in Bezug auf den Zugang zu medizinischer Versorgung in ressourcenarmen Umgebungen – konzentrieren sich hauptsächlich auf nichtübertragbare Krankheiten, aber starke Überschneidungen mit der öffentlichen Gesundheit, Prioritätensetzung, soziale und strukturelle Gesundheitsdeterminanten, Ethik der Forschung in ressourcenarmen/gefährdeten Umgebungen
• „Moral distress» im Gesundheitswesen, die in ressourcenarmen Umgebungen getragen werden
• Implementierungs-(Forschungs-)Ethik in Umgebungen mit geringen Ressourcen
• Entwicklungsprogrammierung und ihr Einfluss auf die Entwicklung chronischer Krankheiten im Laufe des Lebens
• Traditionelle Heilmittel und die Niere
   

• 2020: Lead PI. Swiss Kidney Foundation Grant (2 years): Access to expensive therapies in nephrology in Switzerland
• 2020: Co-investigator. Assessing ethical conflicts and moral distress among veterinarians in Uganda (Makere University). PI Dr Samuel Okech
• 2019: Co-lead, Brocher Foundation funding for international workshop “African Perspectives on the (human) Right to (health) care”, held in January 2020 (co-applicant Dr Thierry Ngosso, Cameroon/U St Gallen/Harvard)

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