Overview
Background
Professor Katharine Wallis MBChB, PhD, MBHL, Dip Obst, FRNZCGP, FACRRM, GAICD is Mayne Professor and Head, Mayne Academy of General Practice and Head, General Practice Clinical Unit at the University of Queensland Medical School and lead of the RELEASE program of research. Professor Wallis is a clinically active general practitioner and Fellow of both the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners.
Professor Wallis’s research centres around safer use of medicines in general practice, in particular developing and evaluating interventions designed to support people to stop antidepressants safely. Current projects include the RELEASE (REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE) effectiveness-implementation trial in general practice funded by a Medical Research Future Fund 2020 Clinician Researchers: Applied Research in Health grant and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.
Professor Wallis also leads a project funded by the Motor Accident Insurance Commission and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Foundation in the Princess Alexandra Hospital Occupational Therapy Driving Assessment & Rehabilitation Service developing and testing the 3-Domains screening toolkit for older driver medical assessment in general practice.
Professor Wallis is the Queensland Academic Lead for the PARTNER network, a national network of rural and remote practices established to support rural participation in clinical trials funded by the Medical Research Future Fund as part of the Australian Teletrials program, and is Founding Director of the UQGP Research practice-based research network.
Professor Wallis is a member of the Oxford International Primary Care Research Leadership Programme, University of Oxford.
Availability
- Professor Katharine Wallis is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, University of Otago
- Postgraduate Diploma in Obstetrics, University of Otago
- Masters (Coursework) of Bioethics, University of Otago
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Otago
Research interests
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Safer prescribing in general practice
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Decreasing unnecessary and potentially harmful long-term use of antidepressants to improve patient outcomes
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Older driver medical assessment in general practice
Works
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2019
Conference Publication
Living with long-QT syndrome
Wallis, K. A. and Johns, O. P. W. (2019). Living with long-QT syndrome. In: Society for Academic Primary Care, Exeter, United Kingdom, (). 3-5 July 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
Optimal HbA1c target for older people with diabetes
Wallis, K. A., Wells, S., Poppe, K., Selak, V. and Kerse, N. (2019). Optimal HbA1c target for older people with diabetes. In: North American Primary Care Research Group, Chicago, United States, (). 9-13 November 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
Safer Prescribing And Care for the Elderly (SPACE): a cluster randomised controlled trial in general practice
Wallis, K. A., Elley, C. R., Moyes, S., Hikaka, J., Lee, A. and Kerse, N. (2019). Safer Prescribing And Care for the Elderly (SPACE): a cluster randomised controlled trial in general practice. In: Australasian Association of Academic Primary Care, Adelaide, SA, Australia, (). 12-13 July 2019.
2018
Journal Article
Ham for the holidays: the challenge of choosing wisely
Wallis, Katharine and Zwar, Nicholas (2018). Ham for the holidays: the challenge of choosing wisely. BMJ , 363 k5288, k5288. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k5288
2018
Conference Publication
An international case-vignette study to assess general practitioners willingness to deprescribe
Jungo, Katharina Tabea, Mantelli, Sophie, Rozsnyai, Zsofia, Missiou, Aristea, Kitanovska, Biljana Gerasimovska, Weltermann, Birgitta, Tuz, Canan, Mallen, Christian, Collins, Claire, Kurpas, Donata, Franco, Fabio Gazelato De Mello, Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando, Thulesius, Hans, Lingner, Heidrun, Johansen, Kasper Lorenz, Wallis, Katherine, Hoffman, Kathryn, Peremans, Lieve, Pilv, Liina, Ster, Marija Petek, Sattler, Martin, Van Der Ploeg, Milly, Torzsa, Peter, Kanska, Petra, Vinker, Shlomo, Assenova, Radost, Bravo, Raquel Gomez, Viegas, Rita, Tsopra, Rosy ... Streit, Sven (2018). An international case-vignette study to assess general practitioners willingness to deprescribe . EGPRN European General Practice Research Network, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 4 - 7 October 2018. European General Practice Research Network.
2018
Journal Article
Safer Prescribing and Care for the Elderly (SPACE): a pilot study in general practice
Wallis, Katharine A., Elley, C. Raina, Moyes, Simon and Kerse, Ngaire (2018). Safer Prescribing and Care for the Elderly (SPACE): a pilot study in general practice. BJGP Open, 2 (3), bjgpopen18X101594. doi: 10.3399/bjgpopen18X101594
2018
Journal Article
A future in primary care research: a view from the middle
Cheraghi-Sohi, Sudeh, Perry, Marieke, Wallace, Emma, Wallis, Katharine A., Geraghty, Adam W.A., Joling, Karlijn J., Hamilton, Fiona L., Moser, Albine, Pinto, Andrew D. and Burt, Jenni (2018). A future in primary care research: a view from the middle. British Journal of General Practice, 68 (674), 440-441. doi: 10.3399/bjgp18X698801
2018
Conference Publication
Research using electronic health records: balancing confidentiality and public good
Wallis, KA, Eggleton, K, Leitch, S and Dovey, S (2018). Research using electronic health records: balancing confidentiality and public good. Australasian Association of Academic Primary Care, Melbourne, 1-3 August 2018.
2018
Journal Article
Minimising iatrogenic nerve injury in primary care
Wallis, Katharine A., Hills, Thomas and Mirjalili, S. Ali (2018). Minimising iatrogenic nerve injury in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 68 (673), 392-393. doi: 10.3399/bjgp18x698273
2018
Conference Publication
Does practice size and location affect patient care: characteristics of a stratified random sample of New Zealand general practices
Leitch, Sharon, Dovey, Susan M., Samaranayaka, Ari, Reith, David M., Wallis, Katharine A., Eggleton, Kyle S., McMenamin, Andrew W., Cunningham, Wayne K., Williamson, Martyn I., Lillis, Steven and Tilyard, Murray W. (2018). Does practice size and location affect patient care: characteristics of a stratified random sample of New Zealand general practices. Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, Auckland, New Zealand, 27 - 29 July 2018.
2018
Journal Article
Safer Prescribing and Care for the Elderly (SPACE): protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial in primary care
Wallis, Katharine Ann, Elley, Carolyn Raina, Lee, Arier, Moyes, Simon and Kerse, Ngaire (2018). Safer Prescribing and Care for the Elderly (SPACE): protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial in primary care. JMIR Research Protocols, 7 (4) e109, e109. doi: 10.2196/resprot.9839
2018
Journal Article
Characteristics of a stratified random sample of New Zealand general practices
Leitch, Sharon, Dovey, Susan M., Samaranayaka, Ari, Reith, David M., Wallis, Katharine A., Eggleton, Kyle S., McMenamin, Andrew W., Cunningham, Wayne K., Williamson, Martyn I., Ullis, Steven and Tilyard, Murray W. (2018). Characteristics of a stratified random sample of New Zealand general practices. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10 (2), 114-124. doi: 10.1071/HC17089
2018
Conference Publication
International perspectives on eliciting and characterising patient safety incidents in general practice
Wallace, E., Wallis, K. A. and Cheraghi-Sohi, S. (2018). International perspectives on eliciting and characterising patient safety incidents in general practice. In: Society for Academic Primary Care, London, United Kingdom, (). 10-13 July 2018.
2018
Journal Article
Research using electronic health records: balancing confidentiality and public good
Wallis, Katharine A., Eggleton, Kyle S., Dovey, Susan M., Leitch, Sharon, Cunningham, Wayne K. and Williamson, Martyn I. (2018). Research using electronic health records: balancing confidentiality and public good. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10 (4), 288-291. doi: 10.1071/HC18040
2018
Conference Publication
Minimising iatrogenic nerve injury in primary care
Wallis, K. A., Hills, T. and Mirjalili, A. (2018). Minimising iatrogenic nerve injury in primary care. In: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, (). 11-13 October 2018.
2018
Book Chapter
The concept of leadership in the health care sector
Ayeleke, Reuben Olugbenga, Dunham, Annette, North, Nicola and Wallis, Katharine (2018). The concept of leadership in the health care sector. Leadership. (pp. 83-95) edited by Süleyman Davut Göker. London, United Kingdom: InTechOpen. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.76133
2017
Journal Article
The Beauty in Perfect Imperfection
Buetow, Stephen and Wallis, Katharine (2017). The Beauty in Perfect Imperfection. Journal of Medical Humanities, 40 (3), 389-394. doi: 10.1007/s10912-017-9500-2
2017
Conference Publication
Influence of patient characteristics on GPs advice on stopping statins in oldest-old: survey study across GPs from 30 countries
Altena-Van Der Ploeg, Milly Anna , Streit, Sven, Blankenstein, Nettie, Beers, Erna, Bohnen, Arthur, Bonfim, Daiana, Burger, Huib, Burman, Robert, Canan, Tuz, Collins, Claire, Franco, Fabio Gazelato de Mello, De Waal, Margot, Gerasimovska-Kitanovska, Biljana, Gintere, Sandra, Bravo, Raquel Gomez, Hoffmann, Kathryn, Iftode, Claudia, Johansen, Kasper, Koskela, Tuomas, Kurpas, Donata, Maisonneuve, Hubert, Mallen, Christan, Merlo, Christoph, Muller, Yolanda, Muth, Christiane, Sattler, Martin, Pestic, Sanda K., Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando, Rodondi, Nicolas ... Poortvliet, Rosalinde (2017). Influence of patient characteristics on GPs advice on stopping statins in oldest-old: survey study across GPs from 30 countries. European GP Research Network, Dublin, Ireland, 19 - 22 October 2017.
2017
Journal Article
The ethics of sharing: how do social workers decide what to record in shared health records?
Cairns, Isobel, Jonas, Monique and Wallis, Katharine (2017). The ethics of sharing: how do social workers decide what to record in shared health records?. Ethics and Social Welfare, 12 (4), 348-369. doi: 10.1080/17496535.2017.1384849
2017
Journal Article
Swimming Against the Tide: Primary Care Physicians’ Views on Deprescribing in Everyday Practice
Wallis, Katharine A., Andrews, Abby and Henderson, Michelle (2017). Swimming Against the Tide: Primary Care Physicians’ Views on Deprescribing in Everyday Practice. The Annals of Family Medicine, 15 (4), 341-346. doi: 10.1370/afm.2094
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