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Dr Nicholas Larkins

Senior Research Fellow

Staff Member Details
Email: n.larkins@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6914-4884

Nick Larkins is a Senior Research Fellow with the Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute.

Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist | Consultant Paediatrician – Metabolic Medicine | Perth Children’s Hospital

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (Hons.), University of Western Australia 2006

Clinical Fellowship in Paediatric Nephrology, University of British Columbia 2014

Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Paediatric Nephrologist) 2015

Master of Medicine (Clinical Epidemiology), University of Sydney 2017

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney 2019

Background

Nick is a clinical expert in childhood kidney diseases and hypertension, clinical epidemiologist and trialist.

He has clinical expertise caring for children with all form of kidney disease after working and training across Australia and in Vancouver, Canada. He has a specific interest in high blood pressure in children and adverse early life cardiometabolic risk trajectories, developed during his PhD studying hypertension and albuminuria among Australian children. In addition, Nick is a recognised expert in paediatric transplantation and glomerulonephritis. He holds specific research training by way of a MMed (Clin Epi) and works closely with the Centre for Kidney Research, Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Nick is passionate about practising evidence-based medicine, based on high-quality clinical research and translation through collaboration with consumers informed by robust evidence synthesis and guideline development.

Professional Associations

  • Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • Australia and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Nephrology
  • International Pediatric Nephrology Association
  • Chair, Clinical Advisory Panel, BPOzKids
  • Chair, Paediatric Transplant Advisory Commitee, Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand

Research Areas and Interests

  • clinical trials
  • kidney transplantation in children
  • glomerulonephritis including nephrotic syndrome
  • paediatric nephrology
  • paediatric hypertension
  • adverse early life cardiometabolic risk trajectories
  • evidence-based medicine

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Sydney, 2019.
  • Master of Medicine (Clinical Epidemiology, The University of Sydney, 2017.
  • Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery with Honours, The University of Western Australia, 2006.

Research Outputs

2026

Journal Articles

  • Gately, R., Dymock, M., Sabanayagam, D., Campbell, SB., Craig, JC., Dharnidharka, V., Francis, A., Gleadle, JM., Hajek, M., Hamilton, S., Howell, M., Isbel, N., Jaure, A., Johnson, DW., Kanellis, J., Keung, K., Kim, S., Kok, J., Kuypers, DR., Larkins, N., Lim, WH., Mainra, R., Marsh, JA., Mihala, G., Nankivell, BJ., Ng, S., Pilmore, H., Scholes-Roberton, N., Snelling, T., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Valks, A., Yong, K., Hawley, C., Wong, G., Gracey, D., Juneja, R., Karpe, K., Kiriwandeniya, C., Lin, L., Mulley, WR., Myint, TM., Rolandson, M., Ryan, J., Sheriff, D., Talaulikar, G., Vilayur, E. (2026). BEAT-BK: An Adaptive, Randomized Controlled Trial to Treat Polyomavirus Infections (BKPyV) in Kidney and Kidney-pancreas Transplantation Recipients (BEAT-BK) Study Protocol. Transplantation Direct, 12(4), pp. https://doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001924.
  • Rejuso, A., Asif, H., Howell, M., Guha, C., Kim, S., Jaure, A., Hughes, A., Nicholl, K., Mallit, K., Bouroumad, F., Craig, J., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Francis, A., Larkins, N., Van Zwieten, A., Wong, G. (2026). Patient-reported measures in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease and their validation: A scoping review. Pediatric Nephrology, 2026(article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-026-07266-x.
  • Flynn, J., Kruger, R., Brady, T., Chanchlani, R., Dionne, J., Iturzaeta, A., Jafar, T., Jones, E., Kaneko, H., Kollias, A., Larkins, N., Mynard, J., Park, P., Sinha, M., Stabouli, S., Tran, A., Vaccari, M., Stergiou, G. (2026). Practical approach to evaluate and manage hypertension in youth: an International Society of Hypertension position paper. Journal of Hypertension, 2026(Article in Press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000004238.
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