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Role Group Leader/Clinician-Scientist Fellow

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Associate Professor Amanda Gwee MBBS FRACP DTMH PhD is the Leader of the Antimicrobials Group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is a general paediatrician, infectious diseases physician and clinical pharmacologist as well as the Clinical Lead of Research in the Department of General Medicine at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. In addition, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, at the University of Melbourne.

Her research program focuses on optimising antimicrobial use and access in children and includes national and international clinical trials, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic studies, and cohort studies. Amanda is passionate about improving medication use in children and is therefore involved in several international guideline/expert groups (European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, WHO, Therapeutic Guidelines). She created and leads the Australasian KIDS DOSE consortium, a network of paediatric clinician researchers across 17 hospital/research institutions in Australia and New Zealand, dedicated to improving equity in access to optimal antimicrobial use in children.
Associate Professor Amanda Gwee MBBS FRACP DTMH PhD is the Leader of the Antimicrobials Group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is a general paediatrician, infectious diseases physician and clinical pharmacologist as well as the...
Associate Professor Amanda Gwee MBBS FRACP DTMH PhD is the Leader of the Antimicrobials Group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is a general paediatrician, infectious diseases physician and clinical pharmacologist as well as the Clinical Lead of Research in the Department of General Medicine at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. In addition, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, at the University of Melbourne.

Her research program focuses on optimising antimicrobial use and access in children and includes national and international clinical trials, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic studies, and cohort studies. Amanda is passionate about improving medication use in children and is therefore involved in several international guideline/expert groups (European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, WHO, Therapeutic Guidelines). She created and leads the Australasian KIDS DOSE consortium, a network of paediatric clinician researchers across 17 hospital/research institutions in Australia and New Zealand, dedicated to improving equity in access to optimal antimicrobial use in children.

Top Publications

  • Boast, A, Lei, A, Harwood, K, Gonis, G, Di Carlo, A, Daley, AJ, Ungerer, J, McWhinney, B, Curtis, N, Gwee, A. 2533. Cerebrospinal Fluid Penetration of Cefazolin and Flucloxacillin in Children. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 10(Supplement_2) : ofad500.2151 2023
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  • Boast, A, Gonis, G, Gauci, M, Velagapudi, S, Harris, PC, Johnson, MB, Curtis, N, Daley, AJ, Gwee, A. 2904. Use Of Biofire® Joint Infection Filmarray for the Microbiological Diagnosis of Acute Hematogenous Septic Arthritis in Children. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 10(Supplement_2) : ofad500.175 2023
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  • Weerdenburg, HL, Gwee, A, Haeusler, G, Osowicki, J, Boast, A. 2571. Posaconazole DRT in Children; Time to Bring Out the Pill Crusher?. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 10(Supplement_2) : ofad500.2188 2023
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  • Berkhout, A, Clark, J, Jones, C, McMullan, B, Lim, S, Yeoh, D, Britton, P, Wong, S, Grimwood, K, Cheng, D, et al. 1640. Acyclovir use in infants and children (0-18 years) in Pediatric hospitals in Australia and New Zealand for suspected herpes simplex virus infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 10(Supplement_2) : ofad500.1474 2023
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  • Phuong, LK, Cheung, A, Agrawal, R, Butters, C, Buttery, J, Clark, J, Connell, T, Curtis, N, Daley, AJ, Dobinson, HC, et al. Inborn Errors of Immunity in Children With Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: A Multicenter Prospective Study. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 42(10) : 908 -913 2023
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