COVID-19 Program of Research Steering Committee
The COVID-19 Research Steering Committee was established at the start of the pandemic to provide a single reference point for COVID-19 research on the Melbourne Children’s Campus.
We aim to use our clinical, academic and research strengths to unite research on the campus and provide strategic direction to foster a collaborative and world-leading program of research that tackles unanswered research questions of global importance in COVID-19 with a focus on children, adolescents and their families.
Terms of Reference: Version 1, 15 June 2020 (PDF, 163.84KB)
Membership
- Professor Andrew Steer (Co-Chair)
Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Children’s Hospital
Theme Director, Infection and Immunity, and Group Leader, Tropical Diseases Research Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Honorary Professorial Fellow, Dept of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
- Professor Sharon Goldfeld (Co-Chair)
Director, Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children’s Hospital
Theme Director Population Health and Co-Group Leader Policy and Equity, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Professor, Dept of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne - Professor David Burgner
Group Leader and Principal Research Fellow, Inflammatory Origins, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Infectious Diseases Physician, General Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital
Professorial Fellow, Dept of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
Adjunct Professor, Dept of Paediatrics, Monash
- Professor Fiona Russell
Director of the Child and Adolescent Health PhD Program, Dept of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
Group Leader, Asia-Pacific Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Professor Kim Mulholland
Group Leader, New Vaccines Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Professorial Fellow, Dept of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
Professor of Child Health and Vaccinology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Associate Professor Kirsten Perrett
Consultant Paediatrician, Dept of Allergy and Immunology, Royal Children’s Hospital
Co-Group Leader and Clinician Scientist Fellow, Population Allergy & Melbourne Children's Trial Centre, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Principal Fellow, Dept of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
- Associate Professor Margie Danchin
General and Immunisation Paediatrician, Dept of General Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital
Group Leader, Vaccine Uptake, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Clinician Scientist Fellow, Dept of Paediatrics and School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
- Professor Nigel Crawford
Group Leader, SAEFVIC, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Paediatrician, Dept of General Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital
Honorary Principal Fellow, Dept of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
- Professor Nigel Curtis
Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne
Head of Infectious Diseases, Royal Children’s Hospital
Group Leader, Infectious Diseases, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Associate Professor Paul Licciardi
Group Leader, New Vaccines, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Principal Research Fellow, Dept of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
- Professor Sarath Ranganathan
Stevenson Chair and Head, Dept of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
Paediatric Respiratory Physician, Dept Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital
Group Leader, Respiratory Diseases, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Dr Sarah McNab
Director of General Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital
Honorary Senior Fellow, Dept of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
Honorary Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Professor Vicki Anderson
Head of Psychology, Royal Children’s Hospital
Theme Director, Clinical Sciences Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Professorial Fellow, Psychological Sciences & Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
