Paddy Mark is Professor of Nephrology at the University of Glasgow and an Honorary Consultant Nephrologist at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow. He trained in the West of Scotland. He is fortunate enough to have supervised several brilliant MD and PhD students. His work is funded by the British Heart Foundation, NIHR, Chief Scientist Office Scotland and the MRC. He does a weekly long term kidney transplant clinic at Stobhill Hospital and has undertaken clinical trials and imaging projects in kidney transplantation funded by Kidney Research UK.