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
Gwee, A, Duffull, S, Zhu, D.
1110. In Vivo Pharmacodynamics of Vancomycin Against Staphylococci in Young Infants.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
8(Supplement_1)
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s646 -s647
2021
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Chau, MM, Daveson, K, Alffenaar, JC, Gwee, A, Ho, SA, Marriott, DJE, Trubiano, JA, Zhao, J, Roberts, JA, Committee, AAGS.
Consensus guidelines for optimising antifungal drug delivery and monitoring to avoid toxicity and improve outcomes in patients with haematological malignancy and haemopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, 2021.
Internal Medicine Journal
51(S7)
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37 -66
2021
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Pittet, LF, Messina, NL, Gardiner, K, Orsini, F, Abruzzo, V, Bannister, S, Bonten, M, Campbell, JL, Croda, J, Dalcolmo, M, et al.
BCG vaccination to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial (BRACE trial).
BMJ Open
11(10)
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e052101
2021
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Purcell, R, Wang, N, Gwee, A.
Can fosfomycin be used for the treatment of Gram-negative urinary tract infections in children?.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
106(9)
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925 -928
2021
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Silvester, EJ, Watanabe, MMY, Pittet, LF, Boast, A, Bryant, PA, Haeusler, GM, Daley, AJ, Curtis, N, Gwee, A.
Candidemia in Children.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
40(6)
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537 -543
2021
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