Dr. David Hains earned his B.S. from Harvard University in 2000 and his M.D. from Indiana University (IU) in 2004. Upon graduation, he continued his clinical training at the Ohio State University College of Medicine where he completed a pediatric residency in 2007. He completed two fellowships – one in pediatric nephrology at Ohio State University in 2010 and one at the Harvard Business School Program for Leadership in 2015. He joined the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) as a professor in the Department of Pediatrics in 2017. He earned the additional, honorary title of Byron P. and Frances D. Hollett Professor of Pediatric Nephrology in 2020. Hains has been awarded multiple academic and service awards and professional honors throughout many phases of his career and has established himself as a leader in pediatric nephrology nationally, specifically in the field of innate immunity and urinary tract infections in children with vesicoureteral reflux. He was awarded the Lyman T. Meiks Research Award for Pediatrics as a medical student (Indiana), the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Trainee Research Award (first resident ever awarded), the Society for Pediatric Research House Officer Award, John E. Lewy Foundation Advocacy Scholars Program inaugural class (through ASPN), American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Leadership Development Program inaugural class, Harvard Business School Program for Leadership Development Fellowship Award, and the NIH Loan Repayment Award. He holds membership in numerous national professional societies and regularly reviews many of the top journals in his field. He has participated in numerous study sections for the National Institutes of Health including a review of R01 applications and U54 O’Brien Urology Cooperative Research Centers. He has served in leadership of the Research Committee for the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology and currently heads their John E. Lewy Advocacy Scholars Program.