Professor Katharine Wallis
Professor

Katharine Wallis

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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

Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Health Sciences

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

Search Professor Katharine Wallis’s works on UQ eSpace

110 works between 2007 and 2025
All (110) Journal Article (78) Conference Publication (29) Book Chapter (3)

101 - 110 of 110 works

2012

Journal Article

'Woe is me!': New Zealand's non-punitive regulatory environment

Wallis, Katharine (2012). 'Woe is me!': New Zealand's non-punitive regulatory environment. Journal of Primary Health Care, 4 (1), 73-76. doi: 10.1071/HC12073

'Woe is me!': New Zealand's non-punitive regulatory environment

2011

Journal Article

Incident reporting in primary care: epidemiology or culture change?

Dovey, Susan M. and Wallis, Katharine A. (2011). Incident reporting in primary care: epidemiology or culture change?. BMJ Quality and Safety, 20 (12), 1001-1003. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000465

Incident reporting in primary care: epidemiology or culture change?

2011

Journal Article

No-fault compensation for treatment injury in New Zealand: identifying threats to patient safety in primary care

Wallis, Katharine and Dovey, Susan (2011). No-fault compensation for treatment injury in New Zealand: identifying threats to patient safety in primary care. BMJ Quality and Safety, 20 (7), 587-591. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.047696

No-fault compensation for treatment injury in New Zealand: identifying threats to patient safety in primary care

2011

Journal Article

Assessing patient safety culture in New Zealand primary care: a pilot study using a modified Manchester Patient Safety Framework in Dunedin general practices

Wallis, Katharine and Dovey, Susan (2011). Assessing patient safety culture in New Zealand primary care: a pilot study using a modified Manchester Patient Safety Framework in Dunedin general practices. Journal of Primary Health Care, 3 (1), 35-40. doi: 10.1071/HC11035

Assessing patient safety culture in New Zealand primary care: a pilot study using a modified Manchester Patient Safety Framework in Dunedin general practices

2009

Journal Article

Ethics: Uncertainty, fear and whistling happy tunes

Wallis, Katharine (2009). Ethics: Uncertainty, fear and whistling happy tunes. Journal of Primary Health Care, 1 (1), 71-73. doi: 10.1071/hc09071

Ethics: Uncertainty, fear and whistling happy tunes

2008

Journal Article

Severe vitamin D deficiency presenting as hypocalcaemic seizures in a black infant at 45.5 degrees south: A case report

Wallis, Katharine (2008). Severe vitamin D deficiency presenting as hypocalcaemic seizures in a black infant at 45.5 degrees south: A case report. Cases Journal, 1 (1) 12. doi: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-12

Severe vitamin D deficiency presenting as hypocalcaemic seizures in a black infant at 45.5 degrees south: A case report

2008

Journal Article

Response [4]

Wallis, Katharine (2008). Response [4]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121 (1268).

Response [4]

2008

Journal Article

Health information privacy: the patient perspective

Wallis, Katharine (2008). Health information privacy: the patient perspective. New Zealand Family Physician, 35 (3), 171-174.

Health information privacy: the patient perspective

2007

Journal Article

Cervical screening legislation is unethical and has the potential to be counter-productive

Wallis, Katharine (2007). Cervical screening legislation is unethical and has the potential to be counter-productive. New Zealand Medical Journal, 120 (1266), 69-74.

Cervical screening legislation is unethical and has the potential to be counter-productive

2007

Journal Article

Do you know your legal obligations with regard to the National Cervical Screening Programme?

Wallis, Katharine (2007). Do you know your legal obligations with regard to the National Cervical Screening Programme?. New Zealand Family Physician, 34 (4), 285-288.

Do you know your legal obligations with regard to the National Cervical Screening Programme?

Current funding

  • 2026 - 2027
    Practice-Based Research in Rural Australia: A qualitative study exploring the experiences and perspectives or rural GPs and practice manager
    Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
    Open grant
  • 2026 - 2027
    GP Registrars and Antidepressant Deprescribing: A Qualitative Study
    Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
    Open grant
  • 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
    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 - 2026
    RELEASE: REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE in general practice
    NHMRC MRFF Clinician Researchers Applied Research in Health
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 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
  • 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 - 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
    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

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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