Overview
Background
Dr Anna Francis (MBBS, FRACP, MMed, PhD) is a paediatric nephrologist and clinician researcher at Queensland Children’s Hospital, Australia. Her PhD and post-doctoral work focus on the life course impact of childhood CKD and optimizing outcomes in paediatric kidney transplantation. Key findings from her PhD and early post-doctoral work have revealed cause-specific mortality for children with kidney failure and the impact of chronic kidney disease on quality of life for children. These findings have informed NHMRC funded clinical trials and cohort studies. Key knowledge gaps in the life-course impact of childhood CKD remain. Dr Francis is now building an extensive data resource through data linkage of federal and state datasets to the national dialysis and transplant registry ANZDATA, in order to map in granular detail the long term morbidity and mortality of children and young adults with kidney failure.
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Works
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2023
Conference Publication
Barriers To Accessing Essential Medicines In Nephrology And Related Non-communicable Diseases: A Scoping Review
Wong, M., Nakhoul, G., Calice-Silva, V., Tannor, E.K., Kumar, V., Abdul Hafidz, M.I., Chanchlani, R., Chen, T., Ekrikpo, U.E., Francis, A., Kalyesubula, R., Karam, S., Pereira-Kamath, N., Wijewickrama, E. and Jha, V. (2023). Barriers To Accessing Essential Medicines In Nephrology And Related Non-communicable Diseases: A Scoping Review. ISN World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) 2023, Bangkok, Thailand, 30 March-2 April 2023. New York, NY United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.02.539
2023
Journal Article
Scope and consistency of cancer outcomes reported in randomized trials in kidney transplant recipients
Au, Eric H., Wong, Germaine, Tong, Allison, Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, van Zwieten, Anita, Dobrijevic, Ellen, Ahn, Curie, Blosser, Christopher D., Davidson, Bianca, Francis, Anna, Jhaveri, Kenar D., Malyszko, Jolanta, Mena-Gutierrez, Alejandra, Newell, Kenneth A., Palmer, Sarah, Scholes-Robertson, Nicole, Silva Junior, Helio Tedesco and Craig, Jonathan C. (2023). Scope and consistency of cancer outcomes reported in randomized trials in kidney transplant recipients. Kidney International Reports, 8 (2), 274-281. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.10.032
2023
Journal Article
Baseline characteristics of participants in the NAVKIDS2 trial: a patient navigator program in children with chronic kidney disease
Guha, Chandana, Khalid, Rabia, van Zwieten, Anita, Francis, Anna, Hawley, Carmel M., Jauré, Allison, Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, Mallard, Alistair R., Bernier-Jean, Amelie, Johnson, David W., Hahn, Deirdre, Reidlinger, Donna, Pascoe, Elaine M., Ryan, Elizabeth G., Mackie, Fiona, McCarthy, Hugh J., Craig, Jonathan C., Varghese, Julie, Kiriwandeniya, Charani, Howard, Kirsten, Larkins, Nicholas G., Macauley, Luke, Walker, Amanda, Howell, Martin, Irving, Michelle, Caldwell, Patrina H. Y., Woodleigh, Reginald, Jesudason, Shilpanjali, Carter, Simon A. ... Wong, Germaine (2023). Baseline characteristics of participants in the NAVKIDS2 trial: a patient navigator program in children with chronic kidney disease. Pediatric Nephrology, 38 (5), 1577-1590. doi: 10.1007/s00467-022-05772-2
2022
Journal Article
Longitudinal assessment of the health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease
Guha, Chandana, van Zwieten, Anita, Khalid, Rabia, Kim, Siah, Walker, Amanda, Francis, Anna, Didsbury, Madeleine, Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, Barton, Belinda, Prestidge, Chanel, Lancsar, Emily, Mackie, Fiona, Kwon, Joseph, Howard, Kirsten, Mallitt, Kylie-Ann, Howell, Martin, Jaure, Allison, Hayes, Alison, Raghunandan, Rakhee, Petrou, Stavros, Lah, Suncica, McTaggart, Steven, Craig, Jonathan C. and Wong, Germaine (2022). Longitudinal assessment of the health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease. Kidney International, 103 (2), 357-364. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2022.09.026
2022
Conference Publication
Baseline characteristics of participants in the NAVKIDS 2trial: a patient navigator program in children with chronic kidney disease
Guha, Chandana, Khalid, Rabia, Van Zwieten, Anita, Francis, Anna, Hawley, Carmel M., Jaure, Allison, Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, Mallard, Alistair R., Bernier-Jean, Amelie, Johnson, David W., Hahn, Deirdre, Reidlinger, Donna, Pascoe, Elaine M., Ryan, Elizabeth G., Mackie, Fiona, Mccarthy, Hugh J., Craig, Jonathan C., Varghese, Julie, Kiriwandeniya, Charani, Howard, Kirsten, Larkins, Nicholas G., Macauley, Luke, Walker, Amanda, Howell, Martin, Irving, Michelle, Caldwell, Patrina H. Y., Woodleigh, Reginald, Jesudasan, Shilpanjali, Carter, Simon A. ... Wong, Germaine (2022). Baseline characteristics of participants in the NAVKIDS 2trial: a patient navigator program in children with chronic kidney disease. 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Sydney, NSW Australia, 7-19 October 2022. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
2022
Journal Article
NAVKIDS2 trial: a multi-centre, waitlisted randomised controlled trial of a patient navigator intervention in children with chronic kidney disease — statistical analysis plan and update to the protocol
van Zwieten, Anita, Ryan, Elizabeth G., Caldwell, Patrina, Howard, Kirsten, Tong, Allison, Craig, Jonathan C., Alexander, Stephen I., Howell, Martin, Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, Hawley, Carmel M., Jesudason, Shilpanjali, Walker, Amanda, Mackie, Fiona, Kennedy, Sean E., McTaggart, Steven, McCarthy, Hugh J., Carter, Simon A., Kim, Siah, Woodleigh, Reginald, Francis, Anna, Mallard, Alistair R., Bernier-Jean, Amélie, Johnson, David W., Hahn, Deirdre, Reidlinger, Donna, Pascoe, Elaine, Varghese, Julie, Kiriwandeniya, Charani, Vergara, Liza ... Wong, Germaine (2022). NAVKIDS2 trial: a multi-centre, waitlisted randomised controlled trial of a patient navigator intervention in children with chronic kidney disease — statistical analysis plan and update to the protocol. Trials, 23 (1) 824. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06783-y
2022
Journal Article
Age-dependent sex differences in graft loss after kidney transplantation
Vinson, Amanda J., Zhang, Xun, Dahhou, Mourad, Süsal, Caner, Döhler, Bernd, Sapir-Pichhadze, Ruth, Cardinal, Heloise, Melk, Anette, Wong, Germaine, Francis, Anna, Pilmore, Helen and Foster, Bethany J. (2022). Age-dependent sex differences in graft loss after kidney transplantation. Transplantation, 106 (7), 1473-1484. doi: 10.1097/tp.0000000000004026
2022
Journal Article
Association between socioeconomic status and academic performance in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease
Khalid, Rabia, Van Zwieten, Anita, Kim, Siah, Didsbury, Madeleine, Francis, Anna, Mctaggart, Steven, Walker, Amanda, Mackie, Fiona E., Prestidge, Chanel, Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, Barton, Belinda, Lorenzo, Jennifer, Lah, Suncica, Howard, Kirsten, Nassar, Natasha, Au, Eric, Tong, Allison, Blazek, Katrina, Craig, Jonathan C. and Wong, Germaine (2022). Association between socioeconomic status and academic performance in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease. Pediatric Nephrology, 37 (12), 3195-3204. doi: 10.1007/s00467-022-05515-3
2022
Journal Article
Cognitive and academic outcomes in children with chronic kidney disease
Kim, Siah, Van Zwieten, Anita, Lorenzo, Jennifer, Khalid, Rabia, Lah, Suncica, Chen, Kerry, Didsbury, Madeleine, Francis, Anna, Mctaggart, Steven, Walker, Amanda, Mackie, Fiona E., Prestidge, Chanel, Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, Tong, Allison, Blazek, Katrina, Barton, Belinda, Craig, Jonathan C. and Wong, Germaine (2022). Cognitive and academic outcomes in children with chronic kidney disease. Pediatric Nephrology, 37 (11), 2715-2724. doi: 10.1007/s00467-022-05499-0
2022
Journal Article
Sex-based differences in risk factors and complications of chronic kidney disease
Wyld, Melanie L. R., Mata, Nicole L. De La, Viecelli, Andrea, Swaminathan, Ramyasuda, O'Sullivan, Kim M., O'Lone, Emma, Rowlandson, Matthew, Francis, Anna, Wyburn, Kate and Webster, Angela C. (2022). Sex-based differences in risk factors and complications of chronic kidney disease. Seminars in Nephrology, 42 (2), 153-169. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2022.04.006
2022
Journal Article
Correction to: 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, (2019), 34, 7, (1237-1245), 10.1007/s00467-019-04209-7)
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 (2022). Correction to: 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, (2019), 34, 7, (1237-1245), 10.1007/s00467-019-04209-7). Pediatric Nephrology, 37 (3), 693-696. doi: 10.1007/s00467-021-05362-8
2022
Journal Article
Sex differences in the likelihood of pre‐emptive living donor kidney transplantation, and outcomes after kidney transplantation in children and adolescents
Lalji, Rowena, Francis, Anna, Blazek, Katrina, Teixeira‐Pinto, Armando, Wong, Germaine and Johnson, David W. (2022). Sex differences in the likelihood of pre‐emptive living donor kidney transplantation, and outcomes after kidney transplantation in children and adolescents. Pediatric Transplantation, 26 (5) e14224, e14224. doi: 10.1111/petr.14224
2021
Journal Article
Improve in-depth immunological risk assessment to optimize genetic-compatibility and clinical outcomes in child and adolescent recipients of parental donor kidney transplants: protocol for the INCEPTION study
Lim, Wai H., Adams, Brigitte, Alexander, Stephen, Bouts, Antonia H. M., Claas, Frans, Collins, Michael, Cornelissen, Elisabeth, Dunckley, Heather, de Jong, Huib, D’Orsogna, Lloyd, Francis, Anna, Heidt, Sebastiaan, Herman, Jean, Holdsworth, Rhonda, Kausman, Joshua, Khalid, Rabia, Kim, Jon Jin, Kim, Siah, Knops, Noël, Kosmoliaptsis, Vasilis, Kramer, Cynthia, Kuypers, Dirk, Larkins, Nicholas, Palmer, Suetonia C., Prestidge, Chanel, Prytula, Agnieszka, Sharma, Ankit, Shingde, Meena, Taverniti, Anne ... Wong, Germaine (2021). Improve in-depth immunological risk assessment to optimize genetic-compatibility and clinical outcomes in child and adolescent recipients of parental donor kidney transplants: protocol for the INCEPTION study. BMC Nephrology, 22 (1) 416, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12882-021-02619-0
2021
Journal Article
Effectiveness of growth hormone on growth and final height in paediatric chronic kidney disease
Aldridge, Melanie K., Trnka, Peter, Francis, Anna and McTaggart, Steven J. (2021). Effectiveness of growth hormone on growth and final height in paediatric chronic kidney disease. Pediatric Nephrology, 37 (3), 651-658. doi: 10.1007/s00467-021-05259-6
2021
Conference Publication
COGNITIVE AND ACADEMIC OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (CKD) - A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF THE KIDS IN THE CKD STUDY
Kim, S., Van Zwieten, A., Khalid, R., Lah, S., Lorenzo, J., Francis, A., Mctaggart, S., Walker, A., Mackie, F. E., Prestidge, C., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Tong, A., Blazek, K., Barton, B., Craig, J. and Wong, G. (2021). COGNITIVE AND ACADEMIC OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (CKD) - A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF THE KIDS IN THE CKD STUDY. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
2021
Journal Article
Patient navigator programmes for children and adolescents with chronic diseases
Lalji, Rowena, Francis, Anna, Khalid, Rabia, Guha, Chandana, Johnson, David W. and Wong, Germaine (2021). Patient navigator programmes for children and adolescents with chronic diseases. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021 (7) CD014688. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014688
2021
Journal Article
Survival and transplant outcomes among young children requiring kidney replacement therapy
Larkins, Nicholas G., Wong, Germaine, Alexander, Stephen, McDonald, Stephen, Prestidge, Chanel, Francis, Anna, Le Page, Amelia K. and Lim, Wai H. (2021). Survival and transplant outcomes among young children requiring kidney replacement therapy. Pediatric Nephrology, 36 (8), 2443-2452. doi: 10.1007/s00467-021-04945-9
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
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.
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Supervision history
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding health inequity and the evaluation of strategies to improve health outcomes in children with chronic kidney disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Johnson
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