Overview
Background
Dr Anna Francis is a paediatric nephrologist and clinician researcher at Queensland Children’s Hospital, Australia. She completed her PhD in 2019 at the University of Sydney on “Long-Term Outcomes of Chronic Kidney Disease in Childhood and Adolescence”. She has a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology. In 2017, Dr Francis was awarded a Churchill Fellowship, travelling to Germany, England and Harvard to explore transition programs to adult care for young kidney transplant recipients. In 2019, she was appointed as an Editorial Fellow to Kidney International. In 2020, Dr Francis was accepted into the inaugural International Society of Nephrology “Emerging Leaders” programme. Dr Francis became an associate editor for Kidney International Reports in 2021.
Her key research interests are the life course impact of childhood CKD and optimising outcomes in paediatric kidney transplantation.
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Works
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2021
Journal Article
Urinary tract infection: management in children
Didsbury, Madeleine, Mctaggart, Steven and Francis, Anna (2021). Urinary tract infection: management in children. Medicine Today, 22 (3), 14-20.
2020
Journal Article
Health-related quality of life in people across the spectrum of CKD
Krishnan, Anoushka, Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, Lim, Wai H., Howard, Kirsten, Chapman, Jeremy R., Castells, Antoni, Roger, Simon D., Bourke, Michael J., Macaskill, Petra, Williams, Gabrielle, Lok, Charmaine E., Diekmann, Fritz, Cross, Nicholas, Sen, Shaundeep, Allen, Richard D. M., Chadban, Steven J., Pollock, Carol A., Turner, Robin, Tong, Allison, Yang, Jean Y. H., Williams, Narelle, Au, Eric, Kieu, Anh, James, Laura, Francis, Anna, Wong, Germaine and Craig, Jonathan C. (2020). Health-related quality of life in people across the spectrum of CKD. Kidney International Reports, 5 (12), 2264-2274. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.09.028
2020
Conference Publication
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
Khalid, R., Van Zwieten, A., Didsbury, M., Chen, K., James, L., Francis, A., Kim, S., Mctaggart, S., Walker, A., Mackie, F., Kara, T., Prestidge, C., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Barton, B., Lorenzo, J., Lah, S., Howard, K., Nassar, N., Au, E., Tong, A., Blazek, K., Craig, J. and Wong, G. (2020). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
2020
Conference Publication
STRATIFYING RISK OF POST TRANSPLANT RECURRENCE AND TRANSPLANT FAILURE IN CHILDREN WITH STEROID RESISTANT NEPHROTIC SYNDROME: A STUDY FROM THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND PAEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY ASSOCIATION
Francis, A., Prestidge, C., Kausman, J., Le Page, A., Larkins, N. and Mccarthy, H. (2020). STRATIFYING RISK OF POST TRANSPLANT RECURRENCE AND TRANSPLANT FAILURE IN CHILDREN WITH STEROID RESISTANT NEPHROTIC SYNDROME: A STUDY FROM THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND PAEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY ASSOCIATION. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
2020
Conference Publication
Burden of illness for adolescents and young adults with kidney transplants
Francis, A., Halloran, J., Burke, M., Francis, R., Corias, C., Mcgahan, G. and Denny, S. (2020). Burden of illness for adolescents and young adults with kidney transplants. 55th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Virtual, Online, 28 November- 2 December 2020. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
2020
Conference Publication
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ALLOGRAFT LOSS IN AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND PAEDIATRIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PATIENTS
Lalji, R., Francis, A., Johnson, D. and Wong, G. (2020). FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ALLOGRAFT LOSS IN AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND PAEDIATRIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PATIENTS. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
2020
Conference Publication
Disparities in Kidney Failure Care for Children: A Global Survey : PO2356
Lalji, Rowena, Francis, Anna, Wong, Germaine, Johnson, David W. and on behalf of the Pediatric GKHA working group (2020). Disparities in Kidney Failure Care for Children: A Global Survey : PO2356. Kidney Week, Online, 19-25 October 2020. Washington, DC United States: American Society of Nephrology. doi: 10.1681/asn.20203110s1716c
2020
Journal Article
Post-transplant cancer: an epidemiological evaluation
Francis, Anna, Au, Eric, Lim, Wai H. and Wong, Germaine (2020). Post-transplant cancer: an epidemiological evaluation. Journal of Onco-Nephrology, 4 (3), 145-152. doi: 10.1177/2399369320953869
2020
Journal Article
Disparities in end-stage kidney disease care for children: a global survey
Lalji, Rowena, Francis, Anna, Wong, Germaine, Viecelli, Andrea K., Tong, Allison, Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, McCulloch, Mignon, Bello, Aminu K., Levin, Adeera, Lunney, Meaghan, Osman, Mohamed A., Ye, Feng, Jha, Vivekanand, Feehally, John, Harris, David C. and Johnson, David W. (2020). Disparities in end-stage kidney disease care for children: a global survey. Kidney International, 98 (3), 527-532. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.04.058
2020
Journal Article
Different sized slices of cake: macroeconomic impacts on access to transplantation and graft survival for children
Francis, Anna and Wong, Germaine (2020). Different sized slices of cake: macroeconomic impacts on access to transplantation and graft survival for children. Kidney International, 98 (2), 283-285. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.04.043
2020
Journal Article
Prediction modeling—part 1: regression modeling
Au, Eric H., Francis, Anna, Bernier-Jean, Amelie and Teixeira-Pinto, Armando (2020). Prediction modeling—part 1: regression modeling. Kidney International, 97 (5), 877-884. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.02.007
2020
Journal Article
Health disparities in access to kidney replacement therapy amongst children and adolescents with end-stage kidney disease in low- and lower-middle-income countries
Lalji, Rowena, Francis, Anna, Johnson, David W. and McCulloch, Mignon (2020). Health disparities in access to kidney replacement therapy amongst children and adolescents with end-stage kidney disease in low- and lower-middle-income countries. Kidney International, 97 (3), 463-465. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2019.11.030
2020
Journal Article
Toward transparency in nephrology research
Francis, Anna and Mallett, Andrew (2020). Toward transparency in nephrology research. Kidney International Reports, 5 (2), 118-120. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2019.11.019
2020
Journal Article
Establishing core outcome domains in pediatric kidney disease: report of the Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology—Children and Adolescents (SONG-KIDS) consensus workshops
Hanson, Camilla S., Craig, Jonathan C., Logeman, Charlotte, Sinha, Aditi, Dart, Allison, Eddy, Allison A., Guha, Chandana, Gipson, Debbie S., Bockenhauer, Detlef, Yap, Hui-Kim, Groothoff, Jaap, Zappitelli, Michael, Webb, Nicholas J.A., Alexander, Stephen I., Furth, Susan L., Samuel, Susan, Neu, Alicia, Viecelli, Andrea K., Ju, Angela, Sharma, Ankit, Au, Eric H., Desmond, Hailey, Shen, Jenny I., Manera, Karine E., Azukaitis, Karolis, Dunn, Louese, Carter, Simon A., Gutman, Talia, Cho, Yeoungjee ... Salih, Zeynab (2020). Establishing core outcome domains in pediatric kidney disease: report of the Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology—Children and Adolescents (SONG-KIDS) consensus workshops. Kidney International, 98 (3), 553-565. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.05.054
2019
Journal Article
Allograft outcome following repeat transplantation of patients with non-adherence-related first kidney allograft failure: a population cohort study
Manickavasagar, Revathy, Wong, Germaine, Alexander, Stephen, Francis, Anna, Prestidge, Chanel, Larkins, Nicholas G., Le Page, Amelia and Lim, Wai H. (2019). Allograft outcome following repeat transplantation of patients with non-adherence-related first kidney allograft failure: a population cohort study. Transplant International, 32 (12), 1247-1258. doi: 10.1111/tri.13492
2019
Journal Article
The association between socioeconomic disadvantage and parent-rated health in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease-the Kids with CKD (KCAD) study
Didsbury, Madeleine, van Zwieten, Anita, Chen, Kerry, James, Laura J., Francis, Anna, Kim, Siah, McTaggart, Steven, Walker, Amanda, Mackie, Fiona, Kara, Tonya, Prestidge, Chanel, Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, Barton, Belinda, Lorenzo, Jennifer, Lah, Suncica, Howard, Kirsten, Nassar, Natasha, Au, Eric, Tong, Allison, Craig, Jonathan C. and Wong, Germaine (2019). The association between socioeconomic disadvantage and parent-rated health in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease-the Kids with CKD (KCAD) study. Pediatric Nephrology, 34 (7), 1237-1245. doi: 10.1007/s00467-019-04209-7
2019
Journal Article
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor as a therapeutic target in multiple sclerosis
Aram, Jehan, Francis, Anna, Tanasescu, Radu and Constantinescu, Cris S. (2019). Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor as a therapeutic target in multiple sclerosis. Neurology and Therapy, 8 (1), 45-57. doi: 10.1007/s40120-018-0120-1
2018
Journal Article
Treatment of recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis post-kidney transplantation in Australian and New Zealand children: a retrospective cohort study
Francis, Anna, Didsbury, Madeleine, McCarthy, Hugh and Kara, Tonya (2018). Treatment of recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis post-kidney transplantation in Australian and New Zealand children: a retrospective cohort study. Pediatric Transplantation, 22 (5) e13185, e13185. doi: 10.1111/petr.13185
2018
Journal Article
The impact of donor/recipient age difference and HLA mismatch on graft outcome in pediatric kidney transplantation
Trnka, Peter, McTaggart, Steven J. and Francis, Anna (2018). The impact of donor/recipient age difference and HLA mismatch on graft outcome in pediatric kidney transplantation. Pediatric Transplantation, 22 (7) e13265, e13265. doi: 10.1111/petr.13265
2018
Conference Publication
The impact of donor/recipient age difference and HLA matching on graft outcome in pediatric kidney transplantation
Trnka, Peter, McTaggart, Steven and Francis, Anna (2018). The impact of donor/recipient age difference and HLA matching on graft outcome in pediatric kidney transplantation. 2018 TTS Congress, Madrid, Spain, 30 June - 5 July 2018. Philadelphia, PA United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000543249.46167.b6
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