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Professor Katharine Wallis
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Katharine Wallis

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Overview

Background

Katharine is Mayne Professor and Head of the Mayne Academy of General Practice and Head of the General Practice Clinical Unit at the University of Queensland Medical School. Katharine is a clinically active general practitioner and Fellow of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.

As a GP and researcher, Katharine is committed to translating evidence into practice and developing the evidence base for high-quality primary health care. Katharine’s main research interest is in safer prescribing in general practice to improve outcomes for patients. She co-leads the RELEASE (Redressing long-term antidepressant use) program of research.

Katharine’s career began with a degree in Medicine followed by a Master’s in Bioethics and Health Law, and then, bringing the skillsets together, a PhD focussed on patient safety in primary care.

Availability

Professor Katharine Wallis is:
Available for supervision

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

  • Safer prescribing in general practice

  • Redressing long-term use of antidepressants to improve patient outcomes

  • Older driver medical assessment in general practice

Works

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103 works between 2007 and 2025

41 - 60 of 103 works

2020

Journal Article

Bad gene hunting-sudden unexplained death and familial long QT syndrome

Wallis, Katharine A (2020). Bad gene hunting-sudden unexplained death and familial long QT syndrome. JAMA Cardiology, 5 (4), 375-376. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0039

Bad gene hunting-sudden unexplained death and familial long QT syndrome

2020

Journal Article

Welcome to The Lucky Country: the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners deters overseas-trained academic general practitioners

Wallis, Katharine A. (2020). Welcome to The Lucky Country: the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners deters overseas-trained academic general practitioners. Australian Health Review, 44 (5), 782-783. doi: 10.1071/ah19276

Welcome to The Lucky Country: the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners deters overseas-trained academic general practitioners

2020

Conference Publication

Writing for publication

Wallis, Katharine (2020). Writing for publication. Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC) Annual Research Conference, Online, 14–15 August 2020. Clayton, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/PYv26n4abs

Writing for publication

2020

Conference Publication

General practitioner registrar management of herpes zoster: secondary analysis of ReCEnT data

Wallis, Katharine, van Driel, Mieke, Magin, Parker, Tapley, Amanda, Fielding, Alison, Tranter, Isaac and Davey, Andrew (2020). General practitioner registrar management of herpes zoster: secondary analysis of ReCEnT data. Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC) Annual Research Conference, Online, 14–15 August 2020. Clayton, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/PYv26n4abs

General practitioner registrar management of herpes zoster: secondary analysis of ReCEnT data

2019

Journal Article

Gonorrhoea: the pain and shame of notification

Wallis, Katharine A. and Saxton, Peter J. (2019). Gonorrhoea: the pain and shame of notification. Journal of Primary Health Care, 11 (3), 195-206. doi: 10.1071/hc19038

Gonorrhoea: the pain and shame of notification

2019

Journal Article

Patient Characteristics and General Practitioners’ Advice to Stop Statins in Oldest-Old Patients: a Survey Study Across 30 Countries

van der Ploeg, Milly A., Streit, Sven, Achterberg, Wilco P., Beers, Erna, Bohnen, Arthur M., Burman, Robert A., Collins, Claire, Franco, Fabio G., Gerasimovska-Kitanovska, Biljana, Gintere, Sandra, Gomez Bravo, Raquel, Hoffmann, Kathryn, Iftode, Claudia, Peštić, Sanda Kreitmayer, Koskela, Tuomas H., Kurpas, Donata, Maisonneuve, Hubert, Mallen, Christan D., Merlo, Christoph, Mueller, Yolanda, Muth, Christiane, Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando, Rodondi, Nicolas, Rosemann, Thomas, Sattler, Martin, Schermer, Tjard, Šter, Marija Petek, Švadlenková, Zuzana, Tatsioni, Athina ... Poortvliet, Rosalinde K. E. (2019). Patient Characteristics and General Practitioners’ Advice to Stop Statins in Oldest-Old Patients: a Survey Study Across 30 Countries. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 34 (9), 1751-1757. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4795-x

Patient Characteristics and General Practitioners’ Advice to Stop Statins in Oldest-Old Patients: a Survey Study Across 30 Countries

2019

Journal Article

Implications of New Zealand’s primary health care policies for management and leadership

Ayeleke, Reuben Olugbenga, North, Nicola, Wallis, Katharine Ann and Dunham, Annette (2019). Implications of New Zealand’s primary health care policies for management and leadership. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health Management, 14 (2) i255, 40-48. doi: 10.24083/apjhm.v14i2.255

Implications of New Zealand’s primary health care policies for management and leadership

2019

Journal Article

Impact of training and professional development on health management and leadership competence: a mixed methods systematic review

Ayeleke, Reuben Olugbenga, North, Nicola Henri, Dunham, Annette and Wallis, Katharine Ann (2019). Impact of training and professional development on health management and leadership competence: a mixed methods systematic review. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 33 (4), 354-379. doi: 10.1108/JHOM-11-2018-0338

Impact of training and professional development on health management and leadership competence: a mixed methods systematic review

2019

Journal Article

Response

Wallis, Katharine and Ragupathy, Rajan (2019). Response. Journal of Primary Health Care, 11 (1), 14-15. doi: 10.1071/HC19010

Response

2019

Journal Article

Doctors, drugs of dependence and discipline: a retrospective review of disciplinary decisions in New Zealand, 1997-2016

Wallis, Katharine A. and Middleton, Susie (2019). Doctors, drugs of dependence and discipline: a retrospective review of disciplinary decisions in New Zealand, 1997-2016. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132 (1488), 49-54.

Doctors, drugs of dependence and discipline: a retrospective review of disciplinary decisions in New Zealand, 1997-2016

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.

Optimal HbA1c target for older people with diabetes

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.

Safer Prescribing And Care for the Elderly (SPACE): a cluster randomised controlled trial in general practice

2019

Book Chapter

How to create an effective poster

Wallis, Katharine A. (2019). How to create an effective poster. How to Do Primary Care Research. (pp. 267-269) edited by Felicity Goodyear-Smith and Robert Mash. Boca Raton, Fl, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781351014519-28

How to create an effective poster

2019

Book Chapter

How to write and how to publish

Goodyear-Smith, Felicity and Wallis, Katharine A. (2019). How to write and how to publish. How to Do Primary Care Research. (pp. 257-265) edited by Felicity Goodyear-Smith and Robert Mash. Boca Raton, Fl, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781351014519-27

How to write and how to publish

2019

Conference Publication

In older people, the association between diabetes medication group and hypoglycaemia, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: prospective primary care-based cohort study 2010-2016

Wallis, K. A., Wells, S., Poppe, K. and Selak, V. (2019). In older people, the association between diabetes medication group and hypoglycaemia, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: prospective primary care-based cohort study 2010-2016. In: Preventing Overdiagnosis, Sydney, Australia, (). 5-7 December 2019.

In older people, the association between diabetes medication group and hypoglycaemia, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: prospective primary care-based cohort study 2010-2016

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.

Living with long-QT syndrome

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

Ham for the holidays: the challenge of choosing wisely

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.

An international case-vignette study to assess general practitioners willingness to deprescribe

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

Safer Prescribing and Care for the Elderly (SPACE): a pilot study in general practice

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

A future in primary care research: a view from the middle

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2027
    A Culturally Informed Chronic Disease Prevention Model Using Technology and Indigenous Virtual Experience: The THRIVE Project
    NHMRC MRFF Survivorship Care and Collaborative Research Prioritisation (Stream 2)
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2026
    RELEASE antidepressant drug dose tapering protocols in practice: A mixed methods study with general practitioners (RACGP Academic Post for Dr Chloe Tyson)
    Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2026
    Finding the genetic variants influencing antidepressant withdrawal symptoms
    NHMRC IDEAS Grants
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2029
    National Multidisciplinary Primary Care Research, Policy and Advocacy Consortium (a 2023 MRFF MMPC Stream 1 grant led by University of New South Wales)
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2026
    Older driver medical assessment: Validating a screening toolkit for use in general practice
    Motor Accident Insurance Commission
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2028
    RELEASE+: REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE in general practice
    NHMRC Partnership Projects
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Digital Health Transformation of Rural Primary Health Care Through an Innovative Digital Indigenous Primary Health Care Delivery Model: ID-INSPIRED
    NHMRC MRFF PHCR - Primary Health Care Digital Innovations
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    Research Activity Title (Project): Wearables Integrated Technology to support healthy behaviours in people with Type 2 Diabetes (Wear- IT) (Externally administered by Bond University)
    Bond University
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    The PARTNER network
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Preparing Australia for use of genomics in prevention of heart-disease: Focus on South Asian Australians
    NHMRC MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    RELEASE: REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE in general practice
    NHMRC MRFF Clinician Researchers Applied Research in Health
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    OUTcomes POST COVID - Australian Platform Trial (OUTPOST-APT) (an MRFF EPCDRI project externally led by University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    Informing stronger integration across all sectors of the GP education and training pipeline
    RACGP Education Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    The 3-Domains screening toolkit for driving medical assessment in older drivers: Validation study in specialist driving assessment clinic
    MAIC/RACGP Foundation Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 2022
    Becoming a general practitioner/rural generalist supervisor: registrars' and new fellows' perceptions of the incentives, enablers and barriers (RACGP Education Research Grant administered by GPTQ)
    General Practice Training Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2022
    Registrar onboarding in general practice: exploring the views and experiences of GP registrars, GP Supervisors and practice managers (RACGP Education Research Grant administered by GPTQ)
    General Practice Training Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Mind the gaps: preparedness of new general practitioner fellows for independent practice (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners grant administered by General Practice Training Qld)
    General Practice Training Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    The 3-Domains toolkit for assessing older drivers: pilot study in general practices and validation study in driving assessment clinic
    MAIC/RACGP Foundation Research Grant
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Professor Katharine Wallis is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring the complex relationships between pre-existing conditions and cancer diagnosis in an ageing population

    Associate Advisor

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