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Dr Anna Francis
Dr

Anna Francis

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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.

Availability

Dr Anna Francis is:
Available for supervision

Works

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125 works between 2013 and 2025

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2016

Conference Publication

Outcomes of recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis post kidney transplantation

Francis, Anna, Trnka, Peter and McTaggart, Steven (2016). Outcomes of recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis post kidney transplantation. 2016 TTS Congress, Hong Kong, China, 18-23 August 2016. Philadelphia, PA United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Outcomes of recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis post kidney transplantation

2015

Journal Article

Honey in the prevention and treatment of infection in the CKD population: a narrative review

Francis, Anna, Cho, Yeoungjee and Johnson, David W. (2015). Honey in the prevention and treatment of infection in the CKD population: a narrative review. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2015 (1) 261425, 1-8. doi: 10.1155/2015/261425

Honey in the prevention and treatment of infection in the CKD population: a narrative review

2014

Conference Publication

Outcome of Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Australian and New Zealand Renal Transplant Recipients

McTaggart, S., Francis, A., Burke, J., Trnka, P. and Clayton, P. (2014). Outcome of Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Australian and New Zealand Renal Transplant Recipients. World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA United States, 26-31 July 2014. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell.

Outcome of Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Australian and New Zealand Renal Transplant Recipients

2014

Conference Publication

Outcome of primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in Australian and New Zealand pediatric renal transplant recipients

Francis, A., Trnka, P., Burke, J. R., Clayton, P. and McTaggart, S. J. (2014). Outcome of primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in Australian and New Zealand pediatric renal transplant recipients. 2014 World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA United States, 26-31 July 2014. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell.

Outcome of primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in Australian and New Zealand pediatric renal transplant recipients

2013

Conference Publication

Outcome of Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Australian and New Zealand Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients

Francis, Anna, Trnka, Peter, Burke, John R., Clayton, Philip and McTaggart, Steven J. (2013). Outcome of Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Australian and New Zealand Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients. IPNA Congress, Shanghai, China, 30 August - 3 September 2013. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2518-4

Outcome of Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Australian and New Zealand Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients

Funding

Current funding

  • 2026 - 2027
    Improving lives for children and yound adults with chronic kidney disease
    RACP Research Establishment Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Improving the long term outcomes for children and young adults with chronic kidney disease
    Queensland Health Clinical Research Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2029
    A randomised trial of intensive vs less intensive corticosteroids for children with nephrotic syndrome (OPEN trial) (Administered by Flinders University)
    Flinders University
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2022
    Improving long term outcomes for children and young adults with chronic kidney disease
    RACPFCF Research Establishment Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    The heart of the matter: long-term cardiovascular outcomes in children with chronic kidney disease
    Preclinical and Clinical Early Career Research
    Open grant

Supervision

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