Dr. Owen M. Woodward is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, and the director of the Cell Culture and Engineering Core of the Maryland PKD Research and Clinical Core Center. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Virginia, and Ph.D. degree in Zoology from the University of Washington. He completed his post-doctoral training as a research fellow in Physiology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He has 41 publications with 2748 citations (Scopus, 11 March 2024). His work focuses on the complicated workings of the human kidney and understanding how genetic mutations lead to disease. His main research interests include ABCG2, hyperuricemia and gout, uric acid, kidneys, renal physiology, and polycystic kidney disease.