Ms Andrea Valks

Project Manager

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work

0408 748882

a.valks1@uq.edu.au

Featured projects	Duration
Reducing blood culture contamination with the use of a needleless blood draw device (PIVO Pro): An adaptive group sequential randomized controlled trial (the PIVO trial) investigator-initiated grant from Becton, Dickinson and Company
Comparative effectiveness of interventions to prevent bloodstream infections in central venous catheters: The IVCare adaptive platform trial (IVCare) National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator grant (Award ID: 2016399) and Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) 2023 Clinical Trials Activity grant (Award ID: 2035451)
Reducing blood culture contamination with the use of a needleless blood draw device (PIVO Pro): An adaptive group sequential randomized controlled trial (the PIVO trial) Becton, Dickinson and Company; Herston Infectious Diseased Institute (HeIDI)
Comparative effectiveness of Class II/III medical devices to prevent bloodstream infections in central venous access devices: The IVCare adaptive platform trial (IVCare) National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator grant (Award ID: 2016399) and Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) 2023 Clinical Trials Activity grant (Award ID: 2035451)

Publications

Journal Articles (13)

Conference Papers (3)

Journal Articles

Logan, Benignus, Pascoe, Elaine M., Viecelli, Andrea K., Johnson, David W., Comans, Tracy, Hawley, Carmel M., Hickey, Laura E., Janda, Monika, Jaure, Allison, Kalaw, Emarene, Kiriwandeniya, Charani, Matsuyama, Misa, Mihala, Gabor, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Pole, Jason D., Polkinghorne, Kevan R., Pond, Constance, Raj, Rajesh, Reidlinger, Donna M., Scholes-Robertson, Nicole, Valks, Andrea, Wong, Germaine, Hubbard, Ruth E. and on behalf of The GOAL Trial Investigators (2025). Baseline Characteristics of Frailty and Disease Stage in Older People Living With CKD. Kidney International Reports, 10 (1), 120-133. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2024.10.009

Tiong, Mark K., Smith, Edward R., Pascoe, Elaine M., Elder, Grahame J., Lioufas, Nicole M., Pedagogos, Eugenia, Hawley, Carmel M., Valks, Andrea, Holt, Stephen G., Hewitson, Tim D. and Toussaint, Nigel D. (2023). Effect of lanthanum carbonate on serum calciprotein particles in patients with stage 3-4 CKD-results from a placebo-controlled randomized trial. Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation, 38 (2), 344-351. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfac043

Viecelli, Andrea K., Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, Valks, Andrea, Baer, Richard, Cherian, Roy, Cippà, Pietro E., Craig, Jonathan C., DeSilva, Ranil, Jaure, Allison, Johnson, David W., Kiriwandeniya, Charani, Kopperschmidt, Pascal, Liu, Wen-J, Lee, Timmy, Lok, Charmaine, Madhan, Krishan, Mallard, Alistair R., Oliver, Veronica, Polkinghorne, Kevan R., Quinn, Rob R., Reidlinger, Donna, Roberts, Matthew, Sautenet, Bénédicte, Hooi, Lai Seong, Smith, Rob, Snoeijs, Maarten, Tordoir, Jan, Vachharajani, Tushar J., Vanholder, Raymond ... on behalf of the VALID Investigator Team (2022). Study protocol for Vascular Access outcome measure for function: a vaLidation study In hemoDialysis (VALID) : A multi-center, multinational validation study to assess the accuracy and feasibility of measuring vascular access function in clinical practice. BMC Nephrology, 23 (1) 372, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12882-022-02987-1

Conley, Marguerite, Campbell, Katrina L., Hawley, Carmel M., Lioufas, Nicole M., Elder, Grahame J., Badve, Sunil V., Pedagogos, Eugenie, Milanzi, Elasma, Pascoe, Elaine M., Valks, Andrea and Toussaint, Nigel D. (2022). Relationship between dietary phosphate intake and biomarkers of bone and mineral metabolism in Australian adults with chronic kidney disease. Journal of Renal Nutrition, 32 (1), 58-67. doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2021.07.004

Robison, Laura, Cho, Yeoungjee, Viecelli, Andrea K., Johnson, David W., Hawley, Carmel M., Valks, Andrea, Paul-Brent, Peta-Anne, Stastny, Ruth, Varghese, Julie, Kiriwandeniya, Charani, Pascoe, Elaine M., Vergara, Liza A., Fahim, Magid A., Boudville, Neil, Krishnasamy, Rathika and Reidlinger, Donna (2021). Conducting clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic-a collaborative trial network response. Trials, 22 (1) 278, 278. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05200-0

Toussaint, Nigel D., Pedagogos, Eugenia, Lioufas, Nicole M., Elder, Grahame J., Pascoe, Elaine M., Badve, Sunil V., Valks, Andrea, Block, Geoffrey A., Boudville, Neil, Cameron, James D., Campbell, Katrina L., Chen, Sylvia S. M., Faull, Randall J., Holt, Stephen G., Jackson, Dana, Jardine, Meg J., Johnson, David W., Kerr, Peter G., Lau, Kenneth K., Hooi, Lai-Seong, Narayan, Om, Perkovic, Vlado, Polkinghorne, Kevan R., Pollock, Carol A., Reidlinger, Donna, Robison, Laura, Smith, Edward R., Walker, Robert J., Wang, Angela Yee Moon and Hawley, Carmel M. (2020). A randomized trial on the effect of phosphate reduction on vascular end points in CKD (IMPROVE-CKD). Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 31 (11), 2653-2666. doi: 10.1681/asn.2020040411

Conley, Marguerite, Lioufas, Nicole, Toussaint, Nigel D., Elder, Grahame J., Badve, Sunil V., Hawley, Carmel M., Pascoe, Elaine M., Pedagogos, Eugenia, Valks, Andrea and Campbell, Katrina L. (2020). Dietary phosphate consumption in Australians with stages 3b and 4 chronic kidney disease. Journal of Renal Nutrition, 31 (2), 155-163. doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2020.02.007

Lioufas, Nicole M., Pedagogos, Eugenia, Hawley, Carmel M., Pascoe, Elaine M., Elder, Grahame J., Badve, Sunil V., Valks, Andrea and Toussaint, Nigel D. (2020). Aortic calcification and arterial stiffness burden in a chronic kidney disease cohort with high cardiovascular risk: baseline characteristics of the IMpact of phosphate reduction on vascular end-points in chronic kidney disease trial. American Journal of Nephrology, 51 (3), 201-215. doi: 10.1159/000505717

Lioufas, Nicole, Toussaint, Nigel D., Pedagogos, Eugenia, Elder, Grahame, Badve, Sunil V, Pascoe, Elaine, Valks, Andrea, Hawley, Carmel, IMPROVE-CKD Writing Committee, Block, Geoffrey A., Boudville, Neil C., Campbell, Katrina, Cameron, James D., Chen, Sylvia S. M., Faull, Randall J., Holt, Stephen G., Hooi, Lai S., Jackson, Dana, Jardine, Meg J., Johnson, David W., Kerr, Peter G., Lau, Kenneth K., Morrish, Alicia, Perkovic, Vlado, Polkinghorne, Kevan R., Pollock, Carol A., Reidlinger, Donna, Robison, Laura, Smith, Edward R. ... Wang, Angela Yee Moon (2019). Can we IMPROVE cardiovascular outcomes through phosphate lowering in CKD? Rationale and protocol for the IMpact of Phosphate Reduction On Vascular End-points in Chronic Kidney Disease. BMJ Open, 9 (2) e024382, e024382. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024382

Pal, Subhamoy, Dauner, Allison L., Valks, Andrea, Forshey, Brett M., Long, Kanya C., Thaisomboonsuk, Butsaya, Sierra, Gloria, Picos, Victor, Talmage, Sara, Morrison, Amy C., Halsey, Eric S., Comach, Guillermo, Yasuda, Chadwick, Loeffelholz, Michael, Jarman, Richard G., Fernandez, Stefan, An, Ung Sam, Kochel, Tadeusz J., Jasper, Louis E. and Wu, Shuenn-Jue L. (2015). Multicountry prospective clinical evaluation of two enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and two rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosing dengue fever. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53 (4), 1092-1102. doi: 10.1128/jcm.03042-14

Conference Papers

Logan, B., Viecelli, A., Johnson, D., Comans, T., Gordon, E., Gray, L., Hawley, C., Hickey, L., Janda, M., Jaure, A., Jose, M., Kiriwandeniya, C., Matsuyama, M., Mihala, G., Nguyen, K., Pascoe, E., Paul-Brent, P., Pole, J., Polkinghorne, K., Pond, C., Raj, R., Reidlinger, D., Scholes-Robertson, N., Valks, A., Wong, G. and Hubbard, R. E. (2026). The goal trial-comprehensive geriatric assessment for frail older people living with chronic kidney disease. British Geriatrics Society Autumn Meeting 2025, Nottingham, United Kingdom and online, 12-14 November 2025. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaf368.141

Lioufas, N., Toussaint, N., Pedagogos, E., Elder, G., Badve, S., Pascoe, E., Valks, A. and Hawley, C. (2018). Improving cardiovascular outcomes through phosphate lowering in CKD? Baseline characteristics of participants in the 'Impact of Phosphate Reduction on Vascular End-points in Chronic Kidney Disease' (IMPROVE-CKD) study. 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Sydney, Australia, 8-12 September 2018. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell .

Fry, Scott, Semple, Matthew, Meyer, Michelle, McElnea, Catriona, Young, Paul, Valks, Andrea and Huang, Chang-Yi (Charlie) (2010). Evaluation of a rapid assay for detection of dengue early marker nonstructural protein 1 (ns1). 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., 3-7 November 2010. United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.