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
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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Redressing 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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2019
Journal Article
Response
Wallis, Katharine and Ragupathy, Rajan (2019). Response. Journal of Primary Health Care, 11 (1), 14-15. doi: 10.1071/HC19010
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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Supervision history
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the complex relationships between pre-existing conditions and cancer diagnosis in an ageing population
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