Dr. Ku is a pediatric and adult nephrologist and a clinical epidemiologist. She is an Associate Professor at the University of California San Francisco in the Divisions of Nephrology and Pediatric Nephrology. She is also Director of the Nephrology Transition Clinic, which focuses on helping adolescents and young adults transition to adult care. Dr. Ku sees kidney transplant and chronic kidney disease patients in her clinic. The global context of her research program focuses on understanding differences in the epidemiology, clinical management, and outcomes of children versus adults with kidney disease and the conduct of clinical trials to test interventions that will improve survival of patients with kidney disease.