Overview
Availability
- Dr Robert Ellis is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours) of Health Sciences, The University of Queensland
- Doctoral Diploma of Medicine, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework) of Medicine, University of Sydney
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Head-to-head comparison of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in renal cell carcinoma using patient-derived cell culture
Urquhart, Aaron J., Glass, Christian H., Humphries, Tyrone L. R., Kassianos, Andrew J., Vesey, David A., Wood, Simon T., Gobe, Glenda C. and Ellis, Robert J. (2025). Head-to-head comparison of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in renal cell carcinoma using patient-derived cell culture. Personalized Medicine, 22 (2), 83-91. doi: 10.1080/17410541.2025.2473303
2025
Journal Article
Kidney Failure due to Diabetic Kidney Disease Among Australians Aged ≤ 45 Years, 2000-2022: A Population-Based Geospatial Analysis
Ellis, Robert J., Davies, Christopher E., Keuskamp, Dominic, Lazarus, Benjamin and McDonald, Stephen P. (2025). Kidney Failure due to Diabetic Kidney Disease Among Australians Aged ≤ 45 Years, 2000-2022: A Population-Based Geospatial Analysis. Nephrology, 30 (3) e70019, 1-12. doi: 10.1111/nep.70019
2024
Journal Article
Identifying biochemical changes in the kidney using proton nuclear magnetic resonance in an adenine diet chronic kidney disease mouse model
Humphries, Tyrone L. R., Gobe, Glenda C., Urquhart, Aaron J., Ellis, Robert J., Galloway, Graham J., Vesey, David A. and Francis, Ross S. (2024). Identifying biochemical changes in the kidney using proton nuclear magnetic resonance in an adenine diet chronic kidney disease mouse model. NMR in Biomedicine, 37 (12) e5257, e5257. doi: 10.1002/nbm.5257
2024
Conference Publication
Rare case of parvovirus infection causing pure red cell aplasia in a kidney-pancreas transplant recipient
Perry, Oscar, Ellis, Robert, Dang, Sanjana, John, George, Hendry, Stephanie and Ng, Monica Suet Ying (2024). Rare case of parvovirus infection causing pure red cell aplasia in a kidney-pancreas transplant recipient. 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Adelaide, SA, Australia, 31 August - 4 September 2024. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1111/nep.14362
2024
Conference Publication
Changes in kidney biopsy practice and diagnoses over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic
Brennan, Rachel, Strimaitis, Benjamin, Tian, Yilin, Adams, Benjamin, Ellis, Robert, Chandler, Shaun, Ranganathan, Dwarakanathan, Hepburn, Kirsten, O'Sullivan, Eoin, John, George, Doucet, Brian, Mon, Saw Yu, Healy, Helen Grania, Kassianos, Andrew and Ng, Monica Suet Ying (2024). Changes in kidney biopsy practice and diagnoses over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Adelaide, SA, Australia, 31 August - 4 September 2024. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
2024
Conference Publication
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in chronic kidney disease: the discern-CKD study
Humphries, Tyrone, Dong, Xin, Watson, Julia, Mountford, Carolyn, Ellis, Robert, Vesey, David, Galloway, Graham, Gobe, Glenda and Francis, Ross (2024). Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in chronic kidney disease: the discern-CKD study. 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Adelaide, SA, Australia, 31 August–4 September 2024. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
2024
Journal Article
Analysis of risk factors for late arteriovenous fistula failure and patency rates after angioplasty in hemodialysis patients: a retrospective cohort study
Long, Jie, Chen, Huan, Huang, Qi, Chen, Xiaojing, Ellis, Robert J., Zanoli, Luca, Mussap, Michele and Zhu, Changliang (2024). Analysis of risk factors for late arteriovenous fistula failure and patency rates after angioplasty in hemodialysis patients: a retrospective cohort study. Translational Andrology and Urology, 13 (2), 209-217. doi: 10.21037/tau-23-431
2023
Journal Article
High risk clear cell renal cell carcinoma microenvironments contain protumour immunophenotypes lacking specific immune checkpoints
Raghubar, Arti M., Matigian, Nicholas A., Crawford, Joanna, Francis, Leo, Ellis, Robert, Healy, Helen G., Kassianos, Andrew J., Ng, Monica S. Y., Roberts, Matthew J., Wood, Simon and Mallett, Andrew J. (2023). High risk clear cell renal cell carcinoma microenvironments contain protumour immunophenotypes lacking specific immune checkpoints. npj Precision Oncology, 7 (1) 88, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41698-023-00441-5
2023
Conference Publication
Evaluating kidney fibrosis using in vivo 1h magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients with chronic kidney disease and live donors
Humphries, Tyrone, Dong, Xin, Watson, Julia, Mountford, Carolyn, Ellis, Robert, Vesey, David, Galloway, Graham, Gobe, Glenda and Francis, Ross (2023). Evaluating kidney fibrosis using in vivo 1h magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients with chronic kidney disease and live donors. 58th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Christchurch, New Zealand, 4–6 September 2023. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
2023
Journal Article
Isovalerylglycine and α-Ketobutyrate are novel biomarkers that discriminate clear cell renal cell carcinoma in biopsy specimens using two-dimensional magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Urquhart, Aaron J., Del Vecchio, Sharon J., Lukas, Darren, Ellis, Robert J., Humphries, Tyrone L.R., Ng, Keng Lim, Samaratunga, Hemamali, Galloway, Graham J., Gobe, Glenda C., Wood, Simon T. and Mountford, Carolyn E. (2023). Isovalerylglycine and α-Ketobutyrate are novel biomarkers that discriminate clear cell renal cell carcinoma in biopsy specimens using two-dimensional magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Advances in Biomarker Sciences and Technology, 5, 68-75. doi: 10.1016/j.abst.2023.08.001
2023
Conference Publication
Changes in energy metabolism in the kidney with tubulointerstitial fibrosis: an ex vivo whole tissue 2d-cosy approach
Humphries, Tyrone, Gobe, Glenda, Urquhart, Aaron, Vesey, David, Ellis, Robert, Galloway, Graham and Francis, Ross (2023). Changes in energy metabolism in the kidney with tubulointerstitial fibrosis: an ex vivo whole tissue 2d-cosy approach. 60th ERA Congress, Milan, Italy, 15-18 June 2023. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfad063c_4344
2023
Journal Article
Relationship between cortical and medullary thickness and glomerular filtration rate among living kidney donors
Kuhnel, Lukas, Vu, Thomas, Wood, Simon T., Francis, Ross S., Trnka, Peter and Ellis, Robert J. (2023). Relationship between cortical and medullary thickness and glomerular filtration rate among living kidney donors. Internal Medicine Journal, 53 (3), 431-435. doi: 10.1111/imj.16033
2022
Journal Article
Factors associated with hospitalisations and deaths of residential aged care residents with COVID ‐19 during the Omicron ( BA .1) wave in Queensland
Ellis, Robert J., Moffatt, Cameron R.M., Aaron, Luke T., Beaverson, Greta, Chaw, Khin, Curtis, Corinne, Freeman‐Lamb, Rhett, Judd, Deborah, Khatry, Khadija, Li, Yee Sum, Nash, Terry, Macfarlane, Bonnie, Slater, Karen, Soonarane, Yudish, Stickley, Mark and Anuradha, Satyamurthy (2022). Factors associated with hospitalisations and deaths of residential aged care residents with COVID ‐19 during the Omicron ( BA .1) wave in Queensland. Medical Journal of Australia, 218 (4), 1-6. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51813
2022
Journal Article
Two-dimensional correlated spectroscopy distinguishes clear cell renal cell carcinoma from other kidney neoplasms and non-cancer kidney
Del Vecchio, Sharon J., Urquhart, Aaron J., Dong, Xin, Ellis, Robert J., Ng, Keng Lim, Samaratunga, Hemamali, Gustafson, Sonja, Galloway, Graham J., Gobe, Glenda C., Wood, Simon and Mountford, Carolyn E. (2022). Two-dimensional correlated spectroscopy distinguishes clear cell renal cell carcinoma from other kidney neoplasms and non-cancer kidney. Translational Andrology and Urology, 11 (7), 929-942. doi: 10.21037/tau-21-1082
2022
Journal Article
Kidney failure, CKD progression and mortality after nephrectomy
Ellis, Robert J., Cameron, Anne, Gobe, Glenda C., Diwan, Vishal, Healy, Helen G., Lee, Jeremy, Tan, Ken-Soon, Venuthurupalli, Sree, Zhang, Jianzhen, Hoy, Wendy E. and the NHMRC CKD.CRE, the CKD.QLD Collaborative (2022). Kidney failure, CKD progression and mortality after nephrectomy. International Urology and Nephrology, 54 (9), 2239-2245. doi: 10.1007/s11255-022-03114-7
2021
Conference Publication
Trends in radical cystectomy at a Queensland urology tertiary referral centre over the past 10 years
Ehemann, Poppy, Kim, Jason and Ellis, Robert (2021). Trends in radical cystectomy at a Queensland urology tertiary referral centre over the past 10 years. 2021 ANZUP Annual Scientific Meeting, A Clearer Vision During Change, Online, 17–18 October 2021. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13700
2021
Journal Article
Allograft failure in kidney transplant recipients who developed kidney failure secondary to ANCA-associated vasculitis
Kuhnel, Lukas, Hawley, Carmel M., Johnson, David W., Gobe, Glenda C., Ellis, Robert J. and Francis, Ross S. (2021). Allograft failure in kidney transplant recipients who developed kidney failure secondary to ANCA-associated vasculitis. Clinical Transplantation, 35 (4) e14235, e14235. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14235
2021
Journal Article
Thrombotic microangiopathy associated with Pazopanib in a kidney transplant recipient
Kalla, Shabana, Ellis, Robert J., Campbell, Scott B., Doucet, Brian, Isbel, Nicole, Tie, Bibiana and Jegatheesan, Dev (2021). Thrombotic microangiopathy associated with Pazopanib in a kidney transplant recipient. Journal of Kidney Cancer and VHL, 8 (1), 25-31. doi: 10.15586/jkcvhl.v8i1.161
2020
Journal Article
Development of a biomarker panel to distinguish risk of progressive chronic kidney disease
Owens, Evan, Tan, Ken-Soon, Ellis, Robert, Del Vecchio, Sharon, Humphries, Tyrone, Lennan, Erica, Vesey, David, Healy, Helen, Hoy, Wendy and Gobe, Glenda (2020). Development of a biomarker panel to distinguish risk of progressive chronic kidney disease. Biomedicines, 8 (12) 606, 606-16. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8120606
2020
Conference Publication
Thrombotic microangiopathy associated with Pazopanib in a kidney transplant recipient
Kalla, S., Ellis, R., Doucet, B., Campbell, S., Isbel, N., Tie, B. and Jegatheesan, D. (2020). Thrombotic microangiopathy associated with Pazopanib in a kidney transplant recipient. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Online, 28 November - 2 December 2020. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell.
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Robert Ellis is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Biomarker Characterisation in Renal Cell Carcinoma
This project aims to characterise protein expression in renal cell carcinoma and identify novel targets with high sensitivity and specificity for various subtypes of kidney tumours. There are many translational applications of high sensitivity and specificity molecular targets, including therapeutic, radiological and histopathological.
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Primary Kidney Cancer Cell Culture Projects
This project involves cell culture of primary cancer cells, to develop in vivo models of disease. This may allow testing of therapeutic agents, with long term translational goals to guide personalised medicine.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring Magnetic Resonance for Differentiating between Progressive and Non-Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor David Vesey, Associate Professor Ross Francis
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring Magnetic Resonance for Differentiating between Progressive and Non-Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor David Vesey, Associate Professor Ross Francis
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