Lecturer, Academic Unit of General Practice
ANU Medical School
Kathleen is a graduate of the ANU Medical School and works locally as a general practitioner. She first joined the Academic Unit of General Practice in 2017 as an academic registrar, and is continuing her research and teaching with the unit as a lecturer.
Specialisation:
- General Practice
- Quantitative analysis
Research Interests
- General Practice / Primary Health Care
- Social determinants of health
- Children’s health
- Preventive health
Teaching
- ANU Medical school, Phase 1: Evidence Based Medicine
- ANU Medical school, Phase 2: general practice teaching
Publications
O’Brien, K; Barnes, K; Hall Dykgraaf, S; Douglas, S. COVID-19 vaccinations and counselling: a mixed-methods survey of Australian general practice in July 2021. Australian Journal of Primary Health. doi:https://doi.org/10.1071/PY21301
O’Brien K, Agostino J, Ciszek K, Douglas KA. Parents' perceptions of their child's weight in children in their first year of primary school: a mixed methods analysis of an Australian cross-sectional (complete enumeration) study. International Journal of Obesity 2022. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-022-01068-5
Douglas KA, O'Brien K, Hall S, Barnes K. Quick COVID Clinician Survey Summary (Australia), series 1-4. Annals of Family Medicine, COVID-19 Collection 2021. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7302/383
Douglas KA, O'Brien K, Hall S, Barnes K. Quick COVID Clinician Survey Summary (Australia), series 5-8. Annals of Family Medicine, COVID-19 Collection 2021. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7302/384
Douglas KA, O'Brien K, Hall S, Barnes K. Quick COVID Clinician Survey Summary (Australia), series 9-13. Annals of Family Medicine, COVID-19 Collection. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7302/385
Sturgiss E, O’Brien K, Elmitt N, Agostino J, Ardouin S, Douglas KA, Clark A. Obesity management in primary care: systematic review exploring the influence of therapeutic alliance. Family Practice 2021, 38(5):644-53. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmab026
O'Brien K, Agostino J, Ciszek K, Douglas KA: Physical activity and risk of behavioural and mental health disorders in kindergarten children: analysis of a series of cross-sectional complete enumeration (census) surveys. BMJ Open 2020, 10:e034847. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034847
O'Brien K. Australian hospitalisations for Kawasaki disease, 1993–1994 to 2017–2018. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2020, 56(7):1126-33. doi:10.1111/jpc.14847
O’Brien K, Cherbuin N, Anstey K. Depression as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease—systematic review and meta-analysis. Medical Student Journal of Australia 2014, 5(2):8–20. [URL http://press.anu.edu.au/node/1682]
Related sites:
ANU Medical School
Contact:
Email: Kathleen.O’Brien@anu.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 5124 5592
Location: Canberra Hospital, Bdg 4, Level 2, Garran ACT 2605
Centre: Academic Unit of General Practice
