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, Boast, A, Osowicki, J, Steer, AC, Coghlan, S.
Paediatric treatment trials for COVID-19 are an ethical imperative.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
106(2)
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e4 -e4
2021
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O'Leary, CK, Jones, C, Bryant, PA, Abo, Y-N, Osowicki, J, Gwee, A.
Feasibility of Continuous Infusions of Acyclovir..
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
39(9)
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830 -832
2020
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Berkhout, A, Curtis, N, Gwee, A, Harris, C, Burgner, D.
Mycobacterium abscessus Soft Tissue Infection: Review of Published Cases and Challenges in Treatment..
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
39(7)
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e130 -e132
2020
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Gwee, A, Autmizguine, J, Curtis, N, Duffull, SB.
Twice- and Thrice-daily Cephalexin Dosing for Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Children..
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
39(6)
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519 -522
2020
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Anderson, R, Rhodes, A, Cranswick, N, Downes, M, O’Hara, J, Measey, M-A, Gwee, A.
A nationwide parent survey of antibiotic use in Australian children.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
75(5)
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1347 -1351
2020
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