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2026
Journal Article
391.2: Phase I clinical evaluation of allogeneic virus-specific T cell therapy in solid organ transplant recipients with refractory viral infections
Khanna, Rajiv, Smith, Corey, Campbell, Scott, Hopkins, Peter, Chambers, Daniel, Holmes, Chen-Li, John, George, Francis, Ross, McKenzie, Scott and Neller, Michelle (2026). 391.2: Phase I clinical evaluation of allogeneic virus-specific T cell therapy in solid organ transplant recipients with refractory viral infections. Transplantation, 110 (9S). doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0001251460.06685.5d
2026
Journal Article
P3.526: Decision support tool to simulate waiting time for an individual patient under the new Australian kidney allocation system
Hedley, James, Watson, Narelle, Francis, Ross and Wyburn, Kate (2026). P3.526: Decision support tool to simulate waiting time for an individual patient under the new Australian kidney allocation system. Transplantation, 110 (9S). doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0001253772.32861.de
2026
Journal Article
P3.564: A case of refractory antibody-mediated rejection post kidney transplantation treated with daratumumab
Madden, Jessie, Ellis, Robert, Taylor, Maddison, Isbel, Nicole and Francis, Ross (2026). P3.564: A case of refractory antibody-mediated rejection post kidney transplantation treated with daratumumab. Transplantation, 110 (9S). doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0001253896.18080.96
2026
Journal Article
Rhabdomyolysis after COVID-19
Kataria, Navya, Devadass, Abel, Sundac, Lana, De Souza, Laura, Sheikh, Nabeel, Ng, Samantha, Campbell, Scott, Wang, Yishen and Francis, Ross S. (2026). Rhabdomyolysis after COVID-19. Medical Journal of Australia, 224 (7) e70247, 1-4. doi: 10.5694/mja2.70247
2026
Conference Publication
Disease-related & age-related frailty: A machine learning approach to characterising frailty by aetiology
Payne, Trent, Hubbard, Ruth Eleanor, Gordon, Emily, Shaw, Alyra, Midwinter, Mark and Francis, Ross (2026). Disease-related & age-related frailty: A machine learning approach to characterising frailty by aetiology. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
2026
Journal Article
Using kidney transplantation to explore epigenetic markers of frailty
Yang, Y., Giddens, F., Neupane, S., Tran, L., Tannenberg, R., Reid, N., Hubbard, R. E., Shaw, A., Francis, R. S., Gratten, J. and Gordon, E. H. (2026). Using kidney transplantation to explore epigenetic markers of frailty. GeroScience. doi: 10.1007/s11357-026-02344-2
2026
Journal Article
In vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the human kidney and kidney lesions: new protocol
Humphries, Tyrone Lawrence Roy, Dong, Xin, Del Vecchio, Sharon Juliet, Urquhart, Aaron J., Ellis, Robert J., Samaratunga, Hemamali, Watson, Julia, Francis, Ross S., Galloway, Graham J., Gobe, Glenda C., Wood, Simon T. and Mountford, Carolyn E. (2026). In vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the human kidney and kidney lesions: new protocol. Translational Andrology and Urology, 15 (5) 151, 151-151. doi: 10.21037/tau-2025-aw-855
2026
Journal Article
ReFIT study (reversing frailty in transplantation): protocol for a longitudinal study to assess clinical and biomedical changes in frailty through kidney transplantation
Payne, Trent, Shaw, Alyra, Shafiee Hanjani, Leila, Homes, Ryan, Giddens, Fiona, Ravuri, Halley Gora, Yap, Chloe X., Walsh, James, Kumar, Vinod, Garton, Fleur C., Rhee, Handoo, Huang, Alan, Francis, Ross S., Reid, Natasha, McAdams-DeMarco, Mara, Gordon, Emily, Midwinter, Mark and Hubbard, Ruth (2026). ReFIT study (reversing frailty in transplantation): protocol for a longitudinal study to assess clinical and biomedical changes in frailty through kidney transplantation. BMJ Open, 16 (3) e100158, 1-13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100158
2025
Journal Article
Association between donor-recipient matchability, access to transplantation, and posttransplant outcomes: erratum
Lalji, Rowena, Gately, Ryan, Francis, Ross, Lim, Wai, Campbell, Scott, Watson, Narelle, Torrens, Gary, Francis, Anna, Wong, Germaine and Johnson, David W. (2025). Association between donor-recipient matchability, access to transplantation, and posttransplant outcomes: erratum. Transplantation Direct, 11 (12) e1889. doi: 10.1097/txd.0000000000001889
2025
Journal Article
Association between donor-recipient matchability, access to transplantation, and posttransplant outcomes
Lalji, Rowena, Gately, Ryan, Francis, Ross, Lim, Wai, Campbell, Scott, Watson, Narelle, Torrens, Gary, Francis, Anna, Wong, Germaine and Johnson, David W. (2025). Association between donor-recipient matchability, access to transplantation, and posttransplant outcomes. Transplantation Direct, 11 (11) e1862, 1-11. doi: 10.1097/txd.0000000000001862
2025
Journal Article
CARI guideline: evidence-based recommendations for balanced electrolyte solutions to improve kidney transplant outcomes
O’Reilly, Colm, Tunnicliffe, David, Blackley, Allan, Collins, Michael, O’Neill, Emmy, Kim, Siah, Venkataraman, Karthik, See, Emily and Francis, Ross (2025). CARI guideline: evidence-based recommendations for balanced electrolyte solutions to improve kidney transplant outcomes. Kidney International Reports, 10 (8), 2566-2574. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.05.051
2025
Journal Article
Should protocol kidney biopsies be a part of routine post transplant care? CON
Dang, Sanjana and Francis, Ross S. (2025). Should protocol kidney biopsies be a part of routine post transplant care? CON. Kidney360, 6 (4), 504-506. doi: 10.34067/kid.0000000000000420
2025
Journal Article
Comparison between antigen and allelic HLA mismatches, and the risk of acute rejection in kidney transplant recipients
Gately, Ryan, Taverniti, Anne, Watson, Narelle, Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, Ooi, Esther, Lalji, Rowena, Francis, Ross, Sullivan, Lucy, Mulley, William, Wyburn, Kate, Campbell, Scott, Hawley, Carmel, Wong, Germaine and Lim, Wai H. (2025). Comparison between antigen and allelic HLA mismatches, and the risk of acute rejection in kidney transplant recipients. HLA, 105 (4) e70163, 1-12. doi: 10.1111/tan.70163
2025
Journal Article
Metabolite pathway alterations identified by magnetic resonance metabolomics in a proximal tubular epithelial cell line treated with TGF‐β1
Humphries, Tyrone L. R., Lee, Soobin, Urquhart, Aaron J., Vesey, David A., Micallef, Aaron S., Winterford, Clay, Kassianos, Andrew J., Galloway, Graham J., Francis, Ross S. and Gobe, Glenda C. (2025). Metabolite pathway alterations identified by magnetic resonance metabolomics in a proximal tubular epithelial cell line treated with TGF‐β1. Physiological Reports, 13 (4) e70249, e70249. doi: 10.14814/phy2.70249
2024
Journal Article
Compassionate access to virus-specific T cells for adoptive immunotherapy over 15 years
Neller, Michelle A., Ambalathingal, George R., Hamad, Nada, Sasadeusz, Joe, Pearson, Rebecca, Holmes-Liew, Chien-Li, Singhal, Deepak, Tunbridge, Matthew, Ng, Wei Yang, Sharplin, Kirsty, Moore, Andrew, Deambrosis, David, Soosay-Raj, Trisha, McNaughton, Peter, Whyte, Morag, Fraser, Chris, Grigg, Andrew, Kliman, David, Bajel, Ashish, Cummins, Katherine, Dowling, Mark, Yeoh, Zhi Han, Harrison, Simon J., Khot, Amit, Tan, Sarah, Roos, Izanne, Koo, Ray Mun, Dohrmann, Sara, Ritchie, David ... Khanna, Rajiv (2024). Compassionate access to virus-specific T cells for adoptive immunotherapy over 15 years. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 10339, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54595-2
2024
Journal Article
Kidney hyperfiltration and mitochondrial changes are associated with eGFR decline in young people with type 1 diabetes
Pham, Uyen N., Pryke, Alison, Baskerville, Tracey, Griffin, Alison, Whiddett, Rani O., Fotheringham, Amelia K., Sullivan, Mitchell A., Nisbet, Janelle, Phillips, Liza, Francis, Ross S., Davis, Elizabeth, Jones, Timothy W., Cameron, Fergus, Couper, Jennifer, Benitez-Aguirre, Paul, Craig, Maria, Johnson, David W., Dalton, R. Neil, Marcovecchio, M. Loredana, Cotterill, Andrew, Barrett, Helen L., Donaghue, Kim C. and Forbes, Josephine M. (2024). Kidney hyperfiltration and mitochondrial changes are associated with eGFR decline in young people with type 1 diabetes. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 110 (8), 2243-2251. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgae787
2024
Journal Article
Identifying biochemical changes in the kidney using proton nuclear magnetic resonance in an adenine diet chronic kidney disease mouse model
Humphries, Tyrone L. R., Gobe, Glenda C., Urquhart, Aaron J., Ellis, Robert J., Galloway, Graham J., Vesey, David A. and Francis, Ross S. (2024). Identifying biochemical changes in the kidney using proton nuclear magnetic resonance in an adenine diet chronic kidney disease mouse model. NMR in Biomedicine, 37 (12) e5257, e5257. doi: 10.1002/nbm.5257
2024
Conference Publication
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in chronic kidney disease: the DISCERN-CKD study
Humphries, Tyrone, Dong, Xin, Watson, Julia, Mountford, Carolyn, Ellis, Robert, Vesey, David, Galloway, Graham, Gobe, Glenda and Francis, Ross (2024). Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in chronic kidney disease: the DISCERN-CKD study. 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Adelaide, SA, Australia, 31 August–4 September 2024. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1111/nep.14361
2024
Conference Publication
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIRTUAL CROSSMATCH (VXM) IN AUSTRALIA FOR DECEASED DONORS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WAITLIST RECIPIENTS
Watson, Narelle, Scammell, Rebecca, Haywood, Natasha, Holdsworth, Rhonda and Francis, Ross (2024). IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIRTUAL CROSSMATCH (VXM) IN AUSTRALIA FOR DECEASED DONORS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WAITLIST RECIPIENTS. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
2024
Conference Publication
Transplant Tinder'-How Easy Will It Be To Find Your Perfect (HLA) Match?
Lalji, Rowena, Gately, Ryan, Watson, Narelle, Wong, Germaine, Johnson, David, Torrens, Gary, Mooney, Brett, Gill, Jayna, Francis, Anna and Francis, Ross (2024). Transplant Tinder'-How Easy Will It Be To Find Your Perfect (HLA) Match?. 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Adelaide, SA Australia, 31 August - 4 September 2024. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Organ transplantation as a model for reversible frailty (ReFIT): robustness and resilience.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ruth Hubbard, Professor Mark Midwinter, Associate Professor Emily Gordon
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Doctor Philosophy
New insights into molecular pathways involved in the development of diabetic kidney disease: Towards earlier disease detection and identification of novel therapeutic targets
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Josephine Forbes
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Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring Magnetic Resonance for Differentiating between Progressive and Non-Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Hon Assoc Professor David Vesey, Dr Robert Ellis
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Kidney Function following Surgical Management of Kidney Cancer
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeff Coombes, Professor Susan Jordan
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Strategies to improve infectious complications in kidney transplant patients
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Carmel Hawley, Professor David Johnson
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2019
Master Philosophy
Very early acute rejection in an Australian and New Zealand kidney transplant population
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Johnson, Professor Carmel Hawley, Professor Yeoung Jee Cho, Professor David Mudge
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
T cell-mediated immune regulation of BK Virus
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Rajiv Khanna
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