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Background
Professor Andrew Mallett is a Nephrologist with a special interest in inherited kidney disease and nephrogenetics. After graduating from James Cook University (MBBS, 2006) he completed physician training at Mackay Base Hospital, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and Princess Alexandra Hospital (MMed USyd, 2009; AFRACMA 2011; FRACP 2013; FASN 2016). Professor Mallett has undertaken a Churchill Fellowship and been a recurrent Visiting Fellow at Addenbrooke's Hospital (Cambridge, UK) and the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (University of Cambridge). He has completed a PhD in nephrogenetics collaborating nationally and internationally, and is a Consultant Nephrologist at RBWH, co-leading the statewide Queensland Conjoint Renal Genetics Service. Professor Mallett is National Director of KidGen, the AGHA Renal Genetics Rare Disease Flagship.
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2025
Journal Article
Exploring the pharmacist's role in regional, rural, and remote kidney transplant care: Perspectives of health professionals and transplant recipients
Watters, Tara K., Scholes-Robertson, Nicole J., Mallett, Andrew J. and Glass, Beverley D. (2025). Exploring the pharmacist's role in regional, rural, and remote kidney transplant care: Perspectives of health professionals and transplant recipients. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 18 100587, 100587. doi: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2025.100587
2025
Journal Article
Polycystic Kidney Disease in Children: The Current Status and the Next Horizon
Cadnapaphornchai, Melissa A., Dell, Katherine M., Gimpel, Charlotte, Guay-Woodford, Lisa M., Gulati, Ashima, Hartung, Erum A., Liebau, Max C., Mallett, Andrew J., Marlais, Matko, Mekahli, Djalila, Piccirilli, Alixandra, Seeman, Tomas, Tindal, Kristin and Winyard, Paul J.D. (2025). Polycystic Kidney Disease in Children: The Current Status and the Next Horizon. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2025.01.022
2025
Journal Article
Health professional experiences of kidney transplantation in regional, rural, and remote Australia
Watters, Tara K., Glass, Beverley D., Scholes-Robertson, Nicole J. and Mallett, Andrew J. (2025). Health professional experiences of kidney transplantation in regional, rural, and remote Australia. BMC Nephrology, 26 (1) 88, 1. doi: 10.1186/s12882-025-04015-4
2025
Journal Article
Enhancing diagnostic outcomes in kidney genetic disorders: the KidGen national kidney genomics study protocol
Mallawaarachchi, Amali, McCarthy, Hugh, Forbes, Thomas A., Jayasinghe, Kushani, Patel, Chirag, Alexander, Stephen I., Boughtwood, Tiffany, Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Chakera, Aron, Crafter, Sam, Deveson, Ira W., Faull, Randall, Harris, Trudie, Johnstone, Lilian, Jose, Matthew, Leaver, Anna, Little, Melissa H., MacArthur, Daniel, Mattiske, Tessa, Mincham, Christine, Nicholls, Kathy, Quinlan, Catherine, Quinn, Michael C. J., Rangan, Gopala, Ryan, Jessica, Simons, Cas, Smyth, Ian, Sundaram, Madhivanan, Trnka, Peter ... Mallett, Andrew (2025). Enhancing diagnostic outcomes in kidney genetic disorders: the KidGen national kidney genomics study protocol. BMC Nephrology, 26 (1) 51, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12882-024-03926-y
2025
Journal Article
Kidney failure from kidney stones: an ANZDATA registry study
Hassan, Hicham Cheikh, Tunnicliffe, David J., Loyd, Lyn, Mullan, Adam, Wickham, Ieuan, Cashmore, Brydee, Jose, Matthew and Mallett, Andrew J. (2025). Kidney failure from kidney stones: an ANZDATA registry study. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 40 (2), 320-328. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfae137
2025
Journal Article
A standardized measurement and valuation scale of genomic utility for policy decisions: the GUV scale
Goranitis, Ilias, Sheen, Daniel, Fehlberg, Zoe, Mallett, Andrew J., Best, Stephanie and Stark, Zornitza (2025). A standardized measurement and valuation scale of genomic utility for policy decisions: the GUV scale. Value in Health, 28 (2), 184-190. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2024.11.014
2025
Journal Article
Pregnancy in women with mitochondrial disease—A literature review and suggested guidance for preconception and pregnancy care
Hui, Lisa, Hayman, Pema, Buckland, Ali, Fahey, Michael C., Mackey, David A., Mallett, Andrew J., Schweitzer, Daniel R., Stuart, Clare P., Yau, Wai Yan and Christodoulou, John (2025). Pregnancy in women with mitochondrial disease—A literature review and suggested guidance for preconception and pregnancy care. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 65 (1), 30-36. doi: 10.1111/ajo.13874
2025
Journal Article
A guide to gene–disease relationships in nephrology
Stark, Zornitza, Byrne, Alicia B., Sampson, Matthew G., Lennon, Rachel and Mallett, Andrew J. (2025). A guide to gene–disease relationships in nephrology. Nature Reviews Nephrology, 21 (2) 98, 115-126. doi: 10.1038/s41581-024-00900-7
2025
Journal Article
WCN25-3701 THE DESTINY OF END-OF-LIFE HEMODIALYSIS MACHINES: AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY
Davenport, Andrew, Ben Hmida, Mohamed, Cheungpasitporn, Wisit, Okpechi, Ikechi G., Fakhouri, Fadi, Shemies, Rasha, Dong, Jie, Moloi, Mothusi Walter, Mallett, Andrew J., Waugh, Jane, Guillen, Alejandra Orozco, Coroban, Carmen, Piccoli, Giiorgina Barbara and Torreggiani, Massimo (2025). WCN25-3701 THE DESTINY OF END-OF-LIFE HEMODIALYSIS MACHINES: AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY. Kidney International Reports, 10 (2), S339. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2024.11.628
2025
Journal Article
Genetic Testing in Potential Kidney Transplant Recipients and Their Donors: Building on What We Know Through New Real World Evidence
Jahan, Sadia and Mallett, Andrew J. (2025). Genetic Testing in Potential Kidney Transplant Recipients and Their Donors: Building on What We Know Through New Real World Evidence. Transplantation 10.1097/TP.0000000000005283. doi: 10.1097/tp.0000000000005283
2025
Journal Article
A clinical audit of adverse post-nephrectomy outcomes in renal cell carcinoma patients at a tertiary hospital in Queensland, Australia
de Souza, Julia Chequer, Vangaveti, Venkat, Biros, Erik and Mallett, Andrew J. (2025). A clinical audit of adverse post-nephrectomy outcomes in renal cell carcinoma patients at a tertiary hospital in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Nephrology e034564, 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s40620-024-02173-6
2024
Journal Article
Hyperkalaemia among hospital admissions: prevalence, risk factors, treatment and impact on length of stay
Yu, Yalin, Vangaveti, Venkat N., Schnetler, Rudolf J., Crowley, Benjamin J. and Mallett, Andrew J. (2024). Hyperkalaemia among hospital admissions: prevalence, risk factors, treatment and impact on length of stay. BMC Nephrology, 25 (1) 454. doi: 10.1186/s12882-024-03863-w
2024
Conference Publication
Standardising utility. What is the priority for genomic testing in rare disease?
Best, Stephanie, Fehlberg, Zoe, Goranitis, Ilias, Mallett, Andrew and Stark, Zornitza (2024). Standardising utility. What is the priority for genomic testing in rare disease?. 57th Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Berlin Germany, Jun 01-04, 2024. LONDON: SPRINGERNATURE.
2024
Journal Article
Functional somatic symptoms in Emergency Department frequent presenters
Garde, Vidula, Thornton, Katherine, Pardon, Madelyn, Gangathimmaiah, Vinay, Mallett, Andrew J., Greenslade, Jaimi and Watt, Kerrianne (2024). Functional somatic symptoms in Emergency Department frequent presenters. BMC Emergency Medicine, 24 (1) 122. doi: 10.1186/s12873-024-01030-w
2024
Conference Publication
Scalable automated reanalysis in rare disease: achieving high performance while limiting curation burden in diverse clinical and research cohorts
Welland, Matthew, Ahlquist, Kaileigh, De Fazio, Paul, Austin-Tse, Christina, Pais, Lynn, Wedd, Laura, Bryen, Samantha, Rius, Rocio, Franklin, Michael, Hall, Giles, Gauthier, Laura, Mallett, Andrew, Mallawaarachchi, Amali, Lockhart, Paul, Leventer, Richard, Scheffer, Ingrid, Howell, Katherine, Kassahn, Karin, Scott, Hamish S., Semsarian, Christopher, McGaughran, Julie, Thompson, Bryony, Patel, Chirag, Smith, Greg, O'Donnell-Luria, Anne, Sadedin, Simon, Rehm, Heidi, Lunke, Sebastian, Wander, Jeremiah ... Stark, Zornitza (2024). Scalable automated reanalysis in rare disease: achieving high performance while limiting curation burden in diverse clinical and research cohorts. LONDON: SPRINGERNATURE.
2024
Journal Article
Study protocol: Return to Country, an Australia-wide prospective observational study about returning First Nations renal patients home
Jones, Yomei, Truong, Mandy, Preece, Cecilia, Cass, Alan, Heerink, Fiona, McDonald, Stephen, Jones, Scott, Mallett, Andrew John, Majoni, Sandawana William, Sajiv, Cherian, Patankar, Khalil, Mulholland, Eddie, Woldeyohannes, Solomon and Lawton, Paul (2024). Study protocol: Return to Country, an Australia-wide prospective observational study about returning First Nations renal patients home. BMJ Open, 14 (11) e095727, 1-11. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095727
2024
Journal Article
Interventions for preventing the progression of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
St Pierre, Kitty, Cashmore, Brydee A, Bolignano, Davide, Zoccali, Carmine, Ruospo, Marinella, Craig, Jonathan C, Strippoli, Giovanni FM, Mallett, Andrew J, Green, Suetonia C and Tunnicliffe, David J (2024). Interventions for preventing the progression of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024 (10) CD010294, 10. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010294.pub3
2024
Conference Publication
Predicted Pathogenic Missense Variants in CLDN10 Are Associated with CKD :
Chang, Alexander R., Moore, Bryn S., Luo, Jonathan Z., Mallett, Andrew John, Biros, Erik, Mirshahi, Tooraj and Sayer, John Andrew (2024). Predicted Pathogenic Missense Variants in CLDN10 Are Associated with CKD : . Kidney Week, San Diego, CA United States, 24-27 October 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1681/asn.2024mj9wmgbh
2024
Journal Article
Active deprescribing attitudes and practices in a large regional tertiary health service: a mixed methods study
Robinson, Michael, Vangaveti, Venkat, Edelman, Alexandra and Mallett, Andrew J. (2024). Active deprescribing attitudes and practices in a large regional tertiary health service: a mixed methods study. Internal Medicine Journal, 54 (10), 1744-1748. doi: 10.1111/imj.16512
2024
Journal Article
Shaping the future of kidney genetics in Australia: proceedings from the KidGen policy implementation workshop 2023
Mallawaarachchi, Amali, Biros, Erik, Harris, Trudie, Bennetts, Bruce, Boughtwood, Tiffany, Elliott, Justine, Fowles, Lindsay, Gardos, Robert, Garza, Denisse, Goranitis, Ilias, Haas, Matilda, Huntley, Vanessa, Jefferis, Julia, Kassahn, Karin, Leaver, Anna, Lundie, Ben, Lunke, Sebastian, O'Connor, Caitlin, Pratt, Greg, Quinlan, Catherine, Shearman, Dianne, Soraru, Jacqueline, Sundaram, Madhivanan, Tchan, Michel, Valente, Giulia, White, Julie, Wilkins, Ella, Alexander, Steve I., Amir, Noa ... Mallett, Andrew J. (2024). Shaping the future of kidney genetics in Australia: proceedings from the KidGen policy implementation workshop 2023. Human Genomics, 18 (1) 88. doi: 10.1186/s40246-024-00656-y
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The IMPEDE-PKD Clinical Trial - Investigating the repurposing of metformin in ADPKD
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Johnson, Dr Christine Staatz, Professor Carmel Hawley, Associate Professor Andrea Viecelli
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Doctor Philosophy
Establishing the Role of Metformin for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Management
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Johnson, Dr Christine Staatz, Professor Carmel Hawley, Associate Professor Andrea Viecelli
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Doctor Philosophy
Sample sub-group algorithm bias analysis for machine learning evaluation in the clinical domain
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Clair Sullivan, Professor Guido Zuccon, Mr Anton Van Der Vegt, Professor Emma McBryde
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Doctor Philosophy
Improving patient centred outcomes in kidney transplant recipients
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Christine Staatz
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Defining the cellular milieu within the clear cell renal cell carcinoma microenvironment
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Andrew Kassianos, Dr Quan Nguyen
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Improving patient centred outcomes in kidney transplant recipients
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Christine Staatz
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Rab GTPase Regulation of Primary Cilia in Renal Epithelium
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jennifer Stow
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2022
Master Philosophy
Rab GTPase Regulation of Cell Surface Protrusions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jennifer Stow
Media
Enquiries
Contact Dr Andrew Mallett directly for media enquiries about:
- Alport Syndrome
- clinical genomic
- genetic kidney disease
- genetics
- genomics
- inherited kidney disease
- kidney
- kidney disease
- kidney genetics
- nephrology
- polycystic kidney disease
- renal genetics
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