Dr. Nina Diana

Nina Diana is a South African nephrologist and academic affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand and Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. Her work centers on kidney disease in the context of HIV, transplantation, and infectious diseases, with a strong focus on challenges faced in sub-Saharan Africa. She contributes to national clinical guidance through involvement in professional nephrology societies.

Her research explores the evolving spectrum of HIV-associated kidney disease in the era of antiretroviral therapy, including HIV-associated nephropathy, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, and ART-related nephrotoxicity. She has advanced understanding of clinicopathological correlations, genetic risk in African populations, and the prognostic value of kidney biopsy, shaping contemporary management strategies for people living with HIV.

Additional contributions address kidney and liver transplantation, living kidney donation in resource-limited settings, post-transplant malignancy, and vaccination and infection outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease. Her scholarship integrates clinical insight with public health relevance, strengthening transplant practice, donor safety, and multidisciplinary care in high-risk populations.