She is graduate faculty and sits on the executive committee of the Clinical Epidemiology & Health Care Research Program, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (U of T). Dr. Lok is the medical director of both the chronic kidney diseases and hemodialysis vascular access programs at the Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada. She is a clinician scientist with a current research focus on hemodialysis vascular access and cardiovascular disease in ESRD. Dr. Lok has over 80 scientific publications. She was the recent Chair of the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting (USA) and is involved in a variety of local and international scientific and educational programs, including CIHR, KFOC, DOPPS, NKF, and ASN.