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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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Works
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2020
Journal Article
A mutation affecting laminin alpha 5 polymerisation gives rise to a syndromic developmental disorder
Jones, Lynelle K., Lam, Rachel, McKee, Karen K., Aleksandrova, Maya, Dowling, John, Alexander, Stephen I., Mallawaarachchi, Amali, Cottle, Denny L., Short, Kieran M., Pais, Lynn, Miner, Jeffery H., Mallett, Andrew J., Simons, Cas, McCarthy, Hugh, Yurchenco, Peter D. and Smyth, Ian M. (2020). A mutation affecting laminin alpha 5 polymerisation gives rise to a syndromic developmental disorder. Development, 147 (21) dev189183, dev.189183. doi: 10.1242/dev.189183
2020
Journal Article
Impact of cardiovascular events on mortality and progression of renal dysfunction in a Queensland CKD cohort
Jeyaruban, Andrew, Hoy, Wendy, Cameron, Anne, Healy, Helen, Wang, Zaimin, Zhang, Jianzhen and Mallett, Andrew (2020). Impact of cardiovascular events on mortality and progression of renal dysfunction in a Queensland CKD cohort. Nephrology, 25 (11), e13745-844. doi: 10.1111/nep.13745
2020
Journal Article
Clinical and healthcare utilization outcomes of parathyroidectomy in CKD and dialysis patients
Jones, Scott A., Hegerty, Katharine, Scuderi, Carla, Eglington, Jessica, Green, Ben and Mallett, Andrew (2020). Clinical and healthcare utilization outcomes of parathyroidectomy in CKD and dialysis patients. Kidney International Reports, 5 (7), 1086-1089. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.04.026
2020
Journal Article
Diagnoses of uncertain significance: kidney genetics in the 21st century
Gale, Daniel P., Mallett, Andrew, Patel, Chirag, Sneddon, Tam P., Rehm, Heidi L., Sampson, Matthew G. and Bockenhauer, Detlef (2020). Diagnoses of uncertain significance: kidney genetics in the 21st century. Nature Reviews Nephrology, 16 (11), 616-618. doi: 10.1038/s41581-020-0277-6
2020
Journal Article
Parental health spillover effects of paediatric rare genetic conditions
Wu, You, Al-Janabi, Hareth, Mallett, Andrew, Quinlan, Catherine, Scheffer, Ingrid E., Howell, Katherine B., Christodoulou, John, Leventer, Richard J., Lockhart, Paul J., Stark, Zornitza, Boughtwood, Tiffany and Goranitis, Ilias (2020). Parental health spillover effects of paediatric rare genetic conditions. Quality of Life Research, 29 (9), 2445-2454. doi: 10.1007/s11136-020-02497-3
2020
Journal Article
The Ckd. Qld fabRy Epidemiology (aCQuiRE) study protocol: identifying the prevalence of Fabry disease amongst patients with kidney disease in Queensland, Australia
Mallett, Andrew, Kearey, Phoebe, Cameron, Anne, Healy, Helen, Denaro, Charles, Thomas, Mark, Lee, Vincent W., Stark, Samantha, Fuller, Maria and Hoy, Wendy E. (2020). The Ckd. Qld fabRy Epidemiology (aCQuiRE) study protocol: identifying the prevalence of Fabry disease amongst patients with kidney disease in Queensland, Australia. BMC Nephrology, 21 (1) 58, 58. doi: 10.1186/s12882-020-01717-9
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
Prevalence of Fabry disease in dialysis patients: Western Australia Fabry disease screening study - the FoRWARD study
Jahan, Sadia, Sarathchandran, Subashini, Akhter, Shamina, Goldblatt, Jack, Stark, Samantha, Crawford, Douglas, Mallett, Andrew and Thomas, Mark (2020). Prevalence of Fabry disease in dialysis patients: Western Australia Fabry disease screening study - the FoRWARD study. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 15 (1) 10, 10. doi: 10.1186/s13023-019-1290-3
2020
Journal Article
Genetic Kidney Disease in Southern Tasmania
Brailsford, Gabrielle, Cash, Ellie, Burke, Jo, Kirkland, Geoff, Wallis, Mathew, Mallett, Andrew and Jose, Matthew D. (2020). Genetic Kidney Disease in Southern Tasmania. Kidney International Reports, 5 (4), 534-537. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.01.015
2019
Journal Article
Adult-diagnosed nonsyndromic nephronophthisis in Australian families caused by biallelic NPHP4 variants
Hudson, Rebecca, Patel, Chirag, Hawley, Carmel M., O'Shea, Stacey, Snelling, Paul, Ho, Gladys, Holman, Katherine, Bennetts, Bruce, Crawford, Joanna, Francis, Leo, Simons, Cas and Mallett, Andrew (2019). Adult-diagnosed nonsyndromic nephronophthisis in Australian families caused by biallelic NPHP4 variants. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 76 (2), 282-287. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.08.031
2019
Journal Article
Proposed minimum information guideline for kidney disease - Research and clinical data reporting: A cross-sectional study
Kumuthini, Judit, Van Woerden, Christiaan, Mallett, Andrew, Zass, Lyndon, Chaouch, Melek, Thompson, Michael, Johnston, Katherine, Mbiyavanga, Mamana, Baichoo, Shakuntala, Mungloo-DIlmohamud, Zahra, Patel, Chirag and Mulder, Nicola (2019). Proposed minimum information guideline for kidney disease - Research and clinical data reporting: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 9 (11) e029539, e029539. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029539
2019
Journal Article
ADPedKD: A Global Online Platform on the Management of Children With ADPKD
De Rechter, Stéphanie, Bockenhauer, Detlef, Guay-Woodford, Lisa M., Liu, Isaac, Mallett, Andrew J., Soliman, Neveen A., Sylvestre, Lucimary C., Schaefer, Franz, Liebau, Max C., Mekahli, Djalila, ADPedKD Consortium, Adamczyk, P., Akinci, N., Alpay, H., Ardelean, C., Ayasreh, N., Aydin, Z., Bael, A., Baudouin, V., Bayrakci, U. S., Bensman, A., Bialkevich, H., Biebuyck, A., Boyer, O., Bjanid, O., Bryłka, A., Çalışkan, S., Cambier, A., Camelio, A. ... Zachwieja, K. (2019). ADPedKD: A Global Online Platform on the Management of Children With ADPKD. Kidney International Reports, 4 (9), 1271-1284. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2019.05.015
2019
Journal Article
Pilot clinical and validation study of the PROPKD score in clinical practice amongst patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
Chan, Samuel, Patel, Chirag and Mallett, Andrew J. (2019). Pilot clinical and validation study of the PROPKD score in clinical practice amongst patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. Nephrology, 25 (3), 274-275. doi: 10.1111/nep.13640
2019
Journal Article
Isolated proteinuria due to CUBN homozygous mutation - challenging the investigative paradigm
Jayasinghe, Kushani, White, Susan M., Kerr, Peter G., MacGregor, Duncan, Stark, Zornitza, Wilkins, Ella, Simons, Cas, Mallett, Andrew and Quinlan, Catherine (2019). Isolated proteinuria due to CUBN homozygous mutation - challenging the investigative paradigm. BMC Nephrology, 20 (1) 330, 330. doi: 10.1186/s12882-019-1474-z
2019
Journal Article
Comprehensive evaluation of a prospective Australian patient cohort with suspected genetic kidney disease undergoing clinical genomic testing: a study protocol
Jayasinghe, Kushani, Stark, Zornitza, Patel, Chirag, Mallawaarachchi, Amali, McCarthy, Hugh, Faull, Randall, Chakera, Aron, Sundaram, Madhivanan, Jose, Matthew, Kerr, Peter, Wu, You, Wardrop, Louise, Goranitis, Ilias, Best, Stephanie, Martyn, Melissa, Quinlan, Catherine and Mallett, Andrew J. (2019). Comprehensive evaluation of a prospective Australian patient cohort with suspected genetic kidney disease undergoing clinical genomic testing: a study protocol. BMJ Open, 9 (8) e029541, e029541. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029541
2019
Journal Article
An audit of electron microscopy in the diagnosis of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: are current pathological techniques missing important abnormalities in the glomerular basement membrane?
Davis, Justin, Tjipto, Alwie, Hegerty, Katharine and Mallett, Andrew (2019). An audit of electron microscopy in the diagnosis of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: are current pathological techniques missing important abnormalities in the glomerular basement membrane?. F1000Research, 8 1204, 1-13. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.19997.1
2019
Journal Article
Genome-wide association study of medication-use and associated disease in the UK Biobank
Wu, Yeda, Byrne, Enda M., Zheng, Zhili, Kemper, Kathryn E., Yengo, Loic, Mallett, Andrew J., Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2019). Genome-wide association study of medication-use and associated disease in the UK Biobank. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 1891, 1891. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09572-5
2019
Journal Article
Precision medicine diagnostics for rare kidney disease: Twitter as a tool in clinical genomic translation
Mallett, Andrew J., Quinlan, Catherine, Patel, Chirag, Fowles, Lindsay, Crawford, Joanna, Gattas, Michael, Baer, Richard, Bennetts, Bruce, Ho, Gladys, Holman, Katherine and Simons, Cas (2019). Precision medicine diagnostics for rare kidney disease: Twitter as a tool in clinical genomic translation. Kidney Medicine, 1 (5), 315-318. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2019.06.006
2019
Journal Article
Metformin for preventing the progression of chronic kidney disease (Protocol)
El‐Damanawi, Ragada, Viecelli, Andrea K., Pascoe, Elaine M., Craig, Jonathan C., Johnson, David W., Mallett, Andrew J., Hawley, Carmel M. and Hiemstra, Thomas F. (2019). Metformin for preventing the progression of chronic kidney disease (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2019 (9) CD013414. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013414
2018
Journal Article
Renal genetics in Australia: kidney medicine in the genomic age
Jayasinghe, Kushani, Quinlan, Cathy, Stark, Zornitza, Patel, Chirag, Mallawaarachchi, Amali, Wardrop, Louise, Kerr, Peter G., Trnka, Peter, Mallett, Andrew J. and KidGen Collaborative (2018). Renal genetics in Australia: kidney medicine in the genomic age. Nephrology, 24 (3), 279-286. doi: 10.1111/nep.13494
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Supervision history
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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
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Establishing the Role of Metformin for ADPKD Through Therapeutic Investigation and Guideline Development
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Johnson, Dr Christine Staatz, Professor Carmel Hawley
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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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