Professor Katharine Wallis

Mayne Professor and Head

Mayne Academy of General Practice

Head

General Practice Clinical Unit

+61 7 3365 5545

k.wallis@uq.edu.au

Katharine is Mayne Professor and Head of the Mayne Academy of General Practice and Head of the General Practice Clinical Unit at the University of Queensland Medical School. Katharine is a clinically active general practitioner and Fellow of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.

As a GP and researcher, Katharine is committed to translating evidence into practice and developing the evidence base for high-quality primary health care. Katharine’s main research interest is in safer prescribing in general practice to improve outcomes for patients. She co-leads the RELEASE (Redressing long-term antidepressant use) program of research.

Katharine’s career began with a degree in Medicine followed by a Master’s in Bioethics and Health Law, and then, bringing the skillsets together, a PhD focussed on patient safety in primary care.

Qualifications

MBChB, University of Otago
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Otago
Master of Bioethics and Health Law (distinction), University of Otago
Diploma of Obstetrics, University of Otago
Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
Fellow of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Featured projects	Duration
Optimising RELEASE resources for patients	2021–2022
Antidepressants in residential aged care: Exploring the views of residents and their family, facility managers, carers, nurses, GPs and pharmacists
3-Domains screening toolkit for older driver medical assessment in general practice
Safer Prescribing and Care for the Elderly (SPACE): Cluster RCT in New Zealand General Practice Auckland Medical Research Fund
Patient harms in New Zealand general practices: Records review study (SHARP) Health Research Council New Zealand
Cardiovascular disease risk prediction in older people: a qualitative study Health Research Council New Zealand

Publications

Book Chapters (3)

Journal Articles (77)

Conference Papers (23)

Book Chapters

Wallis, Katharine A. (2019). How to create an effective poster. How to Do Primary Care Research. (pp. 267-269) edited by Felicity Goodyear-Smith and Robert Mash. Boca Raton, Fl, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781351014519-28

Goodyear-Smith, Felicity and Wallis, Katharine A. (2019). How to write and how to publish. How to Do Primary Care Research. (pp. 257-265) edited by Felicity Goodyear-Smith and Robert Mash. Boca Raton, Fl, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781351014519-27

Ayeleke, Reuben Olugbenga, Dunham, Annette, North, Nicola and Wallis, Katharine (2018). The concept of leadership in the health care sector. Leadership. (pp. 83-95) edited by Süleyman Davut Göker. London, United Kingdom: InTechOpen. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.76133

Journal Articles

van den Heuvel, Jessica, Wallis, Katharine, Kearney, Lauren and Callaway, Leonie (2025). The answer is simple, it’s be respectful’: General practitioner views on reducing weight stigma to improve maternity care. Australian Journal of General Practice, 54 (9).

Wilson, Louise F., Dobson, Annette J., Wallis, Katharine A., Doust, Jenny A. and Mishra, Gita D. (2025). Use of mental health treatment plans, psychological treatment services and antidepressants in young Australian women: a cohort study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59 (10) 00048674251362038, 906-916. doi: 10.1177/00048674251362038

Yong, Faith, Fox, Jordan, Martin, Priya, Partanen, Riitta, Wallis, Katharine and McGrail, Matthew (2025). Practical tips to fostering positive perceptions of and interest in general practice across medical training phases. MedEdPublish, 15 42, 1-8. doi: 10.12688/mep.20921.1

Smith, J., Cvejic, E., Houssami, N., Schonberg, M., Vincent, W., Naganathan, V., Jansen, J., Dodd, R., Wallis, K. and McCaffery, K. (2025). Informing older women about the cessation of breast cancer screening invitations: a randomized trial. Patient Education and Counseling, 137 108902, 108902-137. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2025.108902

Simpson, Digby, Ahmad, Kabir, Mosharaf, Md Parvez, Nasir, Bushra Farah, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, McGrail, Matthew, Wallis, Katharine A and Alam, Khorshed (2025). The Economic Value of Virtual Primary Healthcare Services for Rural Populations: A Systematic Review. Health Policy and Technology, 14 (5) 101067, 101067-5. doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2025.101067

Wallis, Katharine A, King, Anna and Moncrieff, Joanna (2025). Antidepressant prescribing in Australian primary care: time to reevaluate. Medical Journal of Australia, 222 (9), 430-432. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52645

Yong, Faith R., Martin, Priya, Wallis, Katharine A., Fox, Jordan, Kirubakaran, Sneha, Partanen, Riitta L., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas and McGrail, Matthew R. (2025). General practice specialty decision-making: a system-level Australian qualitative study. BJGP Open bjgpo.2024.0218, BJGPO.2024.0218. doi: 10.3399/bjgpo.2024.0218

Nasir, Bushra Farah, MacAskill, William, Leedie, Floyd, Martin, Priya, Alam, Khorshed, Wallis, Katharine, McGrail, Matthew and Kondalsamy‐Chennakesavan, Srinivas (2024). Co‐creating an Indigenous‐led virtual health services model for Indigenous Australians living with chronic disease. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 33 (1) e13206, e13206. doi: 10.1111/ajr.13206

Nasir, Bushra F, Leedie, Floyd, Fox, Jordan, Martin, Priya, Alam, Khorshed, Wallis, Katharine, McGrail, Matthew R and Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas (2024). Can digital innovation transform rural primary health care? A systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 14 (6) e083152, 1-4. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083152

McDonald, Suzanne, Wallis, Katharine Ann, Horowitz, Mark, Mann, Esther, Le, Vilany and Donald, Maria (2024). Acceptability and optimisation of resources to support antidepressant cessation: a qualitative think-aloud study with patients. British Journal of General Practice, 74 (739), e113-e119. doi: 10.3399/bjgp.2023.0269

Smith, Jenna, Cvejic, Erin, Houssami, Nehmat, Schonberg, Mara A., Vincent, Wendy, Naganathan, Vasi, Jansen, Jesse, Dodd, Rachael H., Wallis, Katharine and McCaffery, Kirsten J. (2024). Randomized trial of information for older women about cessation of breast cancer screening invitations. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 39 (8), 1332-1341. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08656-3

Wallis, Katharine A., Dikken, Pieter J. S., Sooriyaarachchi, Piumika, Bohnen, Arthur M. and Donald, Maria (2024). Lessons from the Netherlands for Australia: cross-country comparison of trends in antidepressant dispensing 2013–2021 and contextual factors influencing prescribing. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 30 (1) PY23168, 1-9. doi: 10.1071/py23168

Smith, Jenna, Dodd, Rachael H., Naganathan, Vasi, Cvejic, Erin, Jansen, Jesse, Wallis, Katharine and McCaffery, Kirsten J. (2023). Screening for cancer beyond recommended upper age limits: views and experiences of older people. Age and Ageing, 52 (10) afad196, 1-11. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afad196

Wallis, Katharine A., Donald, Maria, Horowitz, Mark, Moncrieff, Joanna, Ware, Robert S., Byrnes, Joshua, Thrift, Karen, Cleetus, MaryAnne, Panahi, Idin, Zwar, Nicholas, Morgan, Mark, Freeman, Chris and Scott, Ian (2023). RELEASE (REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE): protocol for a 3-arm pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial effectiveness-implementation hybrid type-1 in general practice. Trials, 24 (1) 615, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07646-w

Reith, David M., Leitch, Sharon, Eggleton, Kyle, Wallis, Katharine, Lillis, Steven, Williamson, Martyn and Cunningham, Wayne (2023). Treatment harms in paediatric primary care. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (14) 6378, 6378. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20146378

Gil-Hernández, Eva, Carrillo, Irene, Tumelty, Mary-Elizabeth, Srulovici, Einav, Vanhaecht, Kris, Wallis, Katharine Ann, Giraldo, Priscila, Astier-Peña, María Pilar, Panella, Massimiliano, Guerra-Paiva, Sofia, Buttigieg, Sandra, Seys, Deborah, Strametz, Reinhard, Mora, Asier Urruela and Mira, José Joaquín (2023). How different countries respond to adverse events whilst patients’ rights are protected. Medicine, Science and the Law, 64 (2), 258024231182369-112. doi: 10.1177/00258024231182369

Wallis, Katharine A., Scott, Theresa L., Mendis, Marini and Spurling, Geoffrey (2023). 3-Domains screening toolkit for medical assessment of older drivers: feasibility study in Australian general practice. Australian journal of general practice, 52 (6), 401-407. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-08-22-6528

Wallis, Katharine A., Scott, Theresa L., Mendis, Marini and Spurling, Geoffrey (2023). 3-Domains screening toolkit for medical assessment of older drivers. Australian Journal of General Practice, 52 (6), 401-407.

Scott, Ian A., Doust, Jenny A., Keijzers, Gerben B. and Wallis, Katharine A. (2023). Coping with uncertainty in clinical practice: a narrative review. Medical Journal of Australia, 218 (9), 418-425. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51925

De Guzman, Keshia R., Snoswell, Centaine L., Caffery, Liam J., Wallis, Katharine A. and Smith, Anthony C. (2022). Costs to the Medicare Benefits Schedule for general practitioner consultations: A time-series analysis. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 28 (10), 726-732. doi: 10.1177/1357633X221122135

Smith, Jenna, Dodd, Rachael H., Wallis, Katharine A., Naganathan, Vasi, Cvejic, Erin, Jansen, Jesse and McCaffery, Kirsten J. (2022). General practitioners’ views and experiences of communicating with older people about cancer screening: a qualitative study. Family Practice, 41 (4), 543-553. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmac126

Wallis, Katharine A, Zwar, Nicholas A and Glasziou, Paul P (2022). Social and occupational outcomes for young people who attend early intervention mental health services: a longitudinal study. Medical Journal of Australia, 217 (4), 218-218. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51655

Wallis, Katharine A, Smith, Jane, Henderson, Margaret, Yates, Natasha, Sturman, Nancy and Askew, Deborah A (2022). GP teachers’ views on continuing clinical placements in general practice during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Australian Journal of General Practice, 51 (3), 167-170. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-10-21-6203

Wallis, Katharine Ann and Elley, Carolyn Raina (2022). Trial and error: challenges conducting pragmatic trials in general practice. British Journal of General Practice, 72 (715), 54-55. doi: 10.3399/bjgp22x718289

Wallis, Katharine A, Taylor, Denise A, Fanueli, Elizabeth F, Saravanakumar, Priya and Wells, Susan (2022). Older peoples’ views on cardiovascular disease medication: a qualitative study. Family Practice, 39 (5), 897-902. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmab186

Wallis, Katharine Ann, Elley, Carolyn Raina, Hikaka, Joanna Frances and Moyes, Simon A. (2022). Process evaluation of the Safer Prescribing and Care for the Elderly (SPACE) cluster randomised controlled trial in New Zealand general practice. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14 (3), 244-253. doi: 10.1071/hc22052

Wallis, Katharine Ann, Elley, Carolyn Raina, Moyes, Simon A., Lee, Arier, Hikaka, Joanna Frances, Hikaka, Joanna and Kerse, Ngaire M. (2021). Safer prescribing and care for the elderly (SPACE): cluster randomised controlled trial in general practice. BJGP Open, 6 (1) 0129, BJGPO.2021.0129-10. doi: 10.3399/bjgpo.2021.0129

Taylor, Denise Ann, Wallis, Katharine Ann, Feki, Sione, Moala, Sione Sengili, Latu, Manusiu, Fanueli, Elizabeth Fono, Saravanakumar, Padmapriya and Wells, Susan (2021). Cardiovascular disease risk prediction in older people: A qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 71 (711), E772-E779. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2020.1038

Leitch, Sharon, Dovey, Susan M., Cunningham, Wayne K., Smith, Alesha J., Zeng, Jiaxu, Reith, David M., Wallis, Katharine A., Eggleton, Kyle S., McMenamin, Andrew W., Williamson, Martyn I. and Lillis, Steven (2021). Medication-related harm in New Zealand general practice: a retrospective records review. British Journal of General Practice, 71 (709), E626-E633. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2020.1126

Leitch, Sharon, Dovey, Susan, Cunningham, Wayne, Wallis, Katharine, Eggleton, Kyle, Lillis, Steven, McMenamin, Andrew, Williamson, Martyn, Reith, David, Samaranayaka, Ariyapala and Tilyard, Murray (2021). Epidemiology of healthcare harm in New Zealand general practice: a retrospective records review study. BMJ Open, 11 (7) e048316, e048316. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048316

Wallis, Katharine A, Donald, Maria and Moncrieff, Joanna (2021). Antidepressant prescribing in general practice. Australian Journal of General Practice, 50 (12), 954-956. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-02-21-5828

Wallis, Katharine A., Wells, Susan, Selak, Vanessa and Poppe, Katrina (2020). Long-term follow up of older people on diabetes medications: observational study using linked health databases. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 26 (4), 306-312. doi: 10.1071/py19246

Wallis, Katharine A., Matthews, James and Spurling, Geoffrey K. (2020). Assessing fitness to drive in older people: the need for an evidence‐based toolkit in general practice. Medical Journal of Australia, 212 (9) mja2.50588, 396-398.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50588

Montoya-Williams, Diana, Fuentes-Afflick, Elena and Wallis, Kate (2020). The Case for Research-Informed Immigrant Health Policies Within Health Care Systems. JAMA Network Open, 3 (4). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.3022

Wallis, Katharine A (2020). Bad gene hunting-sudden unexplained death and familial long QT syndrome. JAMA Cardiology, 5 (4), 375-376. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0039

Wallis, Katharine A. (2020). Welcome to The Lucky Country: the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners deters overseas-trained academic general practitioners. Australian Health Review, 44 (5), 782-783. doi: 10.1071/ah19276

Wallis, Katharine A. and Saxton, Peter J. (2019). Gonorrhoea: the pain and shame of notification. Journal of Primary Health Care, 11 (3), 195-206. doi: 10.1071/hc19038

van der Ploeg, Milly A., Streit, Sven, Achterberg, Wilco P., Beers, Erna, Bohnen, Arthur M., Burman, Robert A., Collins, Claire, Franco, Fabio G., Gerasimovska-Kitanovska, Biljana, Gintere, Sandra, Gomez Bravo, Raquel, Hoffmann, Kathryn, Iftode, Claudia, Peštić, Sanda Kreitmayer, Koskela, Tuomas H., Kurpas, Donata, Maisonneuve, Hubert, Mallen, Christan D., Merlo, Christoph, Mueller, Yolanda, Muth, Christiane, Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando, Rodondi, Nicolas, Rosemann, Thomas, Sattler, Martin, Schermer, Tjard, Šter, Marija Petek, Švadlenková, Zuzana, Tatsioni, Athina ... Poortvliet, Rosalinde K. E. (2019). Patient Characteristics and General Practitioners’ Advice to Stop Statins in Oldest-Old Patients: a Survey Study Across 30 Countries. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 34 (9), 1751-1757. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4795-x

Ayeleke, Reuben Olugbenga, North, Nicola, Wallis, Katharine Ann and Dunham, Annette (2019). Implications of New Zealand’s primary health care policies for management and leadership. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health Management, 14 (2) i255, 40-48. doi: 10.24083/apjhm.v14i2.255

Ayeleke, Reuben Olugbenga, North, Nicola Henri, Dunham, Annette and Wallis, Katharine Ann (2019). Impact of training and professional development on health management and leadership competence: a mixed methods systematic review. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 33 (4), 354-379. doi: 10.1108/JHOM-11-2018-0338

Wallis, Katharine and Ragupathy, Rajan (2019). Response. Journal of Primary Health Care, 11 (1), 14-15. doi: 10.1071/HC19010

Wallis, Katharine A. and Middleton, Susie (2019). Doctors, drugs of dependence and discipline: a retrospective review of disciplinary decisions in New Zealand, 1997-2016. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132 (1488), 49-54.

Wallis, Katharine and Zwar, Nicholas (2018). Ham for the holidays: the challenge of choosing wisely. BMJ , 363 k5288, k5288. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k5288

Wallis, Katharine A., Elley, C. Raina, Moyes, Simon and Kerse, Ngaire (2018). Safer Prescribing and Care for the Elderly (SPACE): a pilot study in general practice. BJGP Open, 2 (3), bjgpopen18X101594. doi: 10.3399/bjgpopen18X101594

Cheraghi-Sohi, Sudeh, Perry, Marieke, Wallace, Emma, Wallis, Katharine A., Geraghty, Adam W.A., Joling, Karlijn J., Hamilton, Fiona L., Moser, Albine, Pinto, Andrew D. and Burt, Jenni (2018). A future in primary care research: a view from the middle. British Journal of General Practice, 68 (674), 440-441. doi: 10.3399/bjgp18X698801

Wallis, Katharine A., Hills, Thomas and Mirjalili, S. Ali (2018). Minimising iatrogenic nerve injury in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 68 (673), 392-393. doi: 10.3399/bjgp18x698273

Wallis, Katharine Ann, Elley, Carolyn Raina, Lee, Arier, Moyes, Simon and Kerse, Ngaire (2018). Safer Prescribing and Care for the Elderly (SPACE): protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial in primary care. JMIR Research Protocols, 7 (4) e109, e109. doi: 10.2196/resprot.9839

Leitch, Sharon, Dovey, Susan M., Samaranayaka, Ari, Reith, David M., Wallis, Katharine A., Eggleton, Kyle S., McMenamin, Andrew W., Cunningham, Wayne K., Williamson, Martyn I., Ullis, Steven and Tilyard, Murray W. (2018). Characteristics of a stratified random sample of New Zealand general practices. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10 (2), 114-124. doi: 10.1071/HC17089

Wallis, Katharine A., Eggleton, Kyle S., Dovey, Susan M., Leitch, Sharon, Cunningham, Wayne K. and Williamson, Martyn I. (2018). Research using electronic health records: balancing confidentiality and public good. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10 (4), 288-291. doi: 10.1071/HC18040

Buetow, Stephen and Wallis, Katharine (2017). The Beauty in Perfect Imperfection. Journal of Medical Humanities, 40 (3), 389-394. doi: 10.1007/s10912-017-9500-2

Cairns, Isobel, Jonas, Monique and Wallis, Katharine (2017). The ethics of sharing: how do social workers decide what to record in shared health records?. Ethics and Social Welfare, 12 (4), 348-369. doi: 10.1080/17496535.2017.1384849

Wallis, Katharine A., Andrews, Abby and Henderson, Michelle (2017). Swimming Against the Tide: Primary Care Physicians’ Views on Deprescribing in Everyday Practice. The Annals of Family Medicine, 15 (4), 341-346. doi: 10.1370/afm.2094

Wallis, Katharine and Tuckey, Rebecca (2017). Safer Prescribing and Care for the Elderly (SPACE): feasibility of audit and feedback plus practice mail-out to patients with high-risk prescribing. Journal of Primary Health Care, 9 (2), 145-152. doi: 10.1071/hc17018

Dovey, Susan M., Leitch, Sharon, Wallis, Katharine A., Eggleton, Kyle S., Cunningham, Wayne K., Williamson, Martyn I., Lillis, Steven, McMenamin, Andrew W., Tilyard, Murray W., Reith, David M., Samaranayaka, Ari and Hall, Jason E. (2017). Epidemiology of patient harms in New Zealand: protocol of a general practice records review study. JMIR Research Protocols, 6 (1) e10, e10. doi: 10.2196/resprot.6696

Wallis, Katharine A. (2017). No-fault, no difference: no-fault compensation for medical injury and healthcare ethics and practice. British Journal of General Practice, 67 (654), 38-39. doi: 10.3399/bjgp17x688777

Ayeleke, Reuben Olugbenga, North, Nicola, Wallis, Katharine Ann, Liang, Zhanming and Dunham, Annette (2016). Outcomes and Impact of Training and Development in Health Management and Leadership in Relation to Competence in Role: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review Protocol. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5 (12), 715-720. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.138

Andrews, Abby, Wallis, Katharine A. and Goodyear-Smith, Felicity (2016). Master of Primary Health Care degree: who wants it and why?. Journal of Primary Health Care, 8 (2), 106-114. doi: 10.1071/HC15026

Wallis, Katharine Ann (2015). Learning from no-fault treatment injury claims to improve the safety of older patients. Annals of Family Medicine, 13 (5), 472-474. doi: 10.1370/afm.1810

Wallis, Katharine Ann (2015). No medicine is sometimes the best medicine. BMJ Case Reports, 2015 (may14 1) 207152, bcr2014207152-bcr2014207152. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-207152

Wallis, Katharine (2015). Ethics: Ageing is not for the faint-hearted: are we making it worse? Polypharmacy-related harm in the elderly. Journal of Primary Health Care, 7 (2), 167-169. doi: 10.1071/hc15167

Wallis, Katharine (2015). Back to Back: General practitioners should allow use of anonymised patient records for research: No. Journal of Primary Health Care, 7 (3), 253-255. doi: 10.1071/hc15253

Wallis, Katharine, Hood, Lynley and Rao, Kavita (2014). Herpes zoster: when do patients present and who gets antiviral treatment?. Journal of Primary Health Care, 6 (2), 108-113. doi: 10.1071/hc14108

Wallis, Katharine (2014). Ethics: Regular practice review: promised joy or naught but grief and pain?. Journal of Primary Health Care, 6 (2), 165-168. doi: 10.1071/hc14165

Cresswell, Kathrin M., Panesar, Sukhmeet S., Salvilla, Sarah A., Carson-Stevens, Andrew, Larizgoitia, Itziar, Donaldson, Liam J., Bates, David, Sheikh, Aziz, Aibar, Carlos, Al-Bulushi, Hamad, Al-Mudaf, Buthaina, Aljadhey, Hisham, Amin, Fawzi, Avery, Anthony, Barker, Pierre, Brami, Jean, Chikobvu, Perpetual, Esmail, Aneez, Hickner, John, Houston, Neil, Khoja, Tawfik, Langelaan, Maaike, Letaief, Mondher, Liu, Chaojie, Madhok, Rajan, Makeham, Meredith, Michel, Philippe, Neyaz, Yakoub, Herault, Ludovic Reveiz ... on behalf of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Safer Primary Care Expert Working Group (2013). Global research priorities to better understand the burden of iatrogenic harm in primary care: an international delphi exercise. PLoS Medicine, 10 (11) e1001554, e1001554. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001554

Wallis, Katharine (2013). Professional accountability of doctors in New Zealand. Journal of Primary Health Care, 5 (2), 165-169. doi: 10.1071/HC13165

Wallis, Katharine (2013). New Zealand's 2005 'no-fault' compensation reforms and medical professional accountability for harm. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126 (1371), 33-44.

Wallis, Katharine (2012). 'Woe is me!': New Zealand's non-punitive regulatory environment. Journal of Primary Health Care, 4 (1), 73-76. doi: 10.1071/HC12073

Dovey, Susan M. and Wallis, Katharine A. (2011). Incident reporting in primary care: epidemiology or culture change?. BMJ Quality and Safety, 20 (12), 1001-1003. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000465

Wallis, Katharine and Dovey, Susan (2011). No-fault compensation for treatment injury in New Zealand: identifying threats to patient safety in primary care. BMJ Quality and Safety, 20 (7), 587-591. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.047696

Wallis, Katharine and Dovey, Susan (2011). Assessing patient safety culture in New Zealand primary care: a pilot study using a modified Manchester Patient Safety Framework in Dunedin general practices. Journal of Primary Health Care, 3 (1), 35-40. doi: 10.1071/HC11035

Wallis, Katharine (2009). Ethics: Uncertainty, fear and whistling happy tunes. Journal of Primary Health Care, 1 (1), 71-73. doi: 10.1071/hc09071

Wallis, Katharine (2008). Severe vitamin D deficiency presenting as hypocalcaemic seizures in a black infant at 45.5 degrees south: A case report. Cases Journal, 1 (1) 12. doi: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-12

Wallis, Katharine (2008). Response [4]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121 (1268).

Wallis, Katharine (2008). Health information privacy: the patient perspective. New Zealand Family Physician, 35 (3), 171-174.

Wallis, Katharine (2007). Cervical screening legislation is unethical and has the potential to be counter-productive. New Zealand Medical Journal, 120 (1266), 69-74.

Wallis, Katharine (2007). Do you know your legal obligations with regard to the National Cervical Screening Programme?. New Zealand Family Physician, 34 (4), 285-288.

Conference Papers

Nasir, Bushra Farah, Jayarathne, Wasana, Kondalsamy Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Leedie, Floyd, McGrail, Matthew, Alam, Khorshed, Wallis, Katharine and MacAskill, William (2025). AI and digital technology in Indigenous primary healthcare: perspectives from service providers. RMA 2025, Boorloo (Perth), WA Australia, 22-25 October 2025.

MacAskill, William, Gill, Pukhraj, Woloszczuk, Christina, Alam, Khorshed, Wallis, Katharine, McGrail, Matthew, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas and Nasir, Bushra Farah (2025). The scope and impact of rural primary health care innovations using digital health technology. WONCA World 2025, Lisbon, Portugal, 17-21 September 2025.

Nasir, Bushra Farah, Jayarathne, Wasana, MacAskill, William, Luebbe, Annika, Leedie, Floyd, McGrail, Matthew, Alam, Khorshed, Wallis, Katharine and Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas (2025). Indigenous health service provider perspectives of a virtual primary healthcare service model. WONCA World 2025, Lisbon, Portugal, 17-21 September 2025.

Smith, Jenna, Haynes, Tara, Schonberg, Mara A, Houssami, Nehmat, Vincent, Wendy, Cvejic, Erin, Naganathan, Vasi, Jansen, Jesse, Dodd, Rachael H, Wallis, Katharine and McCaffery, Kirsten J (2025). 041 Older women’s decision-making after contemplating messaging about breast cancer screening cessation. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. doi: 10.1136/ebm-2025-pod.41

Van Den Heuvel, Jessica, Wallis, Katharine, Callaway, Leonie and Kearney, Lauren (2024). Weight Stigma in Maternity Care: An interview study with General Practitioners. Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care Conference, Parramatta, NSW Australia, 15-16 August 2024.

Wallis, Katharine (2020). Writing for publication. Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC) Annual Research Conference, Online, 14–15 August 2020. Clayton, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/PYv26n4abs

Wallis, Katharine, van Driel, Mieke, Magin, Parker, Tapley, Amanda, Fielding, Alison, Tranter, Isaac and Davey, Andrew (2020). General practitioner registrar management of herpes zoster: secondary analysis of ReCEnT data. Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC) Annual Research Conference, Online, 14–15 August 2020. Clayton, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/PYv26n4abs

Wallis, K. A., Wells, S., Poppe, K. and Selak, V. (2019). In older people, the association between diabetes medication group and hypoglycaemia, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: prospective primary care-based cohort study 2010-2016. In: Preventing Overdiagnosis, Sydney, Australia, (). 5-7 December 2019.

Wallis, K. A., Elley, C. R., Moyes, S., Hikaka, J., Lee, A. and Kerse, N. (2019). Safer Prescribing And Care for the Elderly (SPACE): a cluster randomised controlled trial in general practice. In: Australasian Association of Academic Primary Care, Adelaide, SA, Australia, (). 12-13 July 2019.

Wallis, K. A. and Johns, O. P. W. (2019). Living with long-QT syndrome. In: Society for Academic Primary Care, Exeter, United Kingdom, (). 3-5 July 2019.

Wallis, K. A., Wells, S., Poppe, K., Selak, V. and Kerse, N. (2019). Optimal HbA1c target for older people with diabetes. In: North American Primary Care Research Group, Chicago, United States, (). 9-13 November 2019.

Jungo, Katharina Tabea, Mantelli, Sophie, Rozsnyai, Zsofia, Missiou, Aristea, Kitanovska, Biljana Gerasimovska, Weltermann, Birgitta, Tuz, Canan, Mallen, Christian, Collins, Claire, Kurpas, Donata, Franco, Fabio Gazelato De Mello, Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando, Thulesius, Hans, Lingner, Heidrun, Johansen, Kasper Lorenz, Wallis, Katherine, Hoffman, Kathryn, Peremans, Lieve, Pilv, Liina, Ster, Marija Petek, Sattler, Martin, Van Der Ploeg, Milly, Torzsa, Peter, Kanska, Petra, Vinker, Shlomo, Assenova, Radost, Bravo, Raquel Gomez, Viegas, Rita, Tsopra, Rosy ... Streit, Sven (2018). An international case-vignette study to assess general practitioners willingness to deprescribe . EGPRN European General Practice Research Network, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 4 - 7 October 2018. European General Practice Research Network.

Wallis, KA, Eggleton, K, Leitch, S and Dovey, S (2018). Research using electronic health records: balancing confidentiality and public good. Australasian Association of Academic Primary Care, Melbourne, 1-3 August 2018.

Leitch, Sharon, Dovey, Susan M., Samaranayaka, Ari, Reith, David M., Wallis, Katharine A., Eggleton, Kyle S., McMenamin, Andrew W., Cunningham, Wayne K., Williamson, Martyn I., Lillis, Steven and Tilyard, Murray W. (2018). Does practice size and location affect patient care: characteristics of a stratified random sample of New Zealand general practices. Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, Auckland, New Zealand, 27 - 29 July 2018.

Wallis, K. A., Hills, T. and Mirjalili, A. (2018). Minimising iatrogenic nerve injury in primary care. In: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, (). 11-13 October 2018.

Wallace, E., Wallis, K. A. and Cheraghi-Sohi, S. (2018). International perspectives on eliciting and characterising patient safety incidents in general practice. In: Society for Academic Primary Care, London, United Kingdom, (). 10-13 July 2018.

Wallis, K. A. (2017). Feasibility of a multifaceted intervention (SPACE) to support safer prescribing in primary care. In: North American Primary Care Research Group, Montreal, QC, Canada, (). 14-18 November 2017.

Wallis, K. A. (2017). Feasibility of a multifaceted intervention to improve the safety of prescribing in general practice (SPACE feasibility). In: WONCA, Prague, Czech Republic, (). 22 June 2017.

Wallis, K. A. (2017). GP e-records review research: is confidentiality a con?. In: NZ Bioethics, Dunedin, New Zealand, (). 28 January 2017.

Cairns, I., Jonas, M. and Wallis, K. A. (2016). The ethics of sharing: What concerns under pin practitioner decisions about what to document in shared electronic records and how should they be resolved?. In: Privacy Research Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand, (). 13 December 2016.

Wallis, K. A. (2016). Swimming against the tide: barriers and enablers to deprescribing in everyday practice. In: North American Primary Care Research Group, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, (). 15-18 November 2016.

Wallis, K. A. and Dovey, S. (2016). Patient harms in New Zealand primary care: Records review study protocol. In: Australasian Association of Academic Primary Care, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, (). 15-18 November 2016.