Catherine Clase completed degrees in pathology and in medicine at Christ’s College, Cambridge, UK, before moving to Canada for clinical training in internal medicine (Memorial University of Newfoundland), nephrology and health research methodology (McMaster University). Between 1997 and 2001 she was an assistant professor at Dalhousie University. She returned to McMaster University in 2001 as an associate professor in nephrology, and associate member of the department of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics. Research interests include the population epidemiology of chronic renal insufficiency, and the prevention of thrombotic and bleeding complications in chronic renal insufficiency and dialysis. She serves as deputy editor for the Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease – Journal Canadien de la santé et de la maladie rénale, the official journal of the Canadian Society of Nephrology.