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Professor Andrew Steer is Director of Infection, Immunity and Global Health, and Group Leader of the Tropical Diseases Research Group, at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. He is a paediatric infectious diseases physician at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Andrew is the Co-Chair of Melbourne Children’s Global Health. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

Andrew did the majority of his medical training at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. Andrew moved to Suva, Fiji, in 2005 where he conducted research towards his PhD (University of Melbourne). Subsequently, he completed his subspecialty training in paediatric infectious diseases at British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, before returning to Melbourne in 2010.

Andrew’s research focuses on tropical diseases, particularly scabies, Strep A and rheumatic heart disease. He is the Director of the World Scabies Program, recipient of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award, and Director of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Scabies Control. Andrew is Co-Director of the Australian Strep A Vaccine Initiative, Co-Chair of the Strep A Vaccine Global Consortium, and President of the Lancefield International Society for Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases.

Andrew has won several awards including the inaugural Jian Zhou Medal awarded by the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2020, and the Bailey K Ashford Medal awarded by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2020.
Professor Andrew Steer is Director of Infection, Immunity and Global Health, and Group Leader of the Tropical Diseases Research Group, at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. He is a paediatric infectious diseases physician at the Royal...
Professor Andrew Steer is Director of Infection, Immunity and Global Health, and Group Leader of the Tropical Diseases Research Group, at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. He is a paediatric infectious diseases physician at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Andrew is the Co-Chair of Melbourne Children’s Global Health. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

Andrew did the majority of his medical training at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. Andrew moved to Suva, Fiji, in 2005 where he conducted research towards his PhD (University of Melbourne). Subsequently, he completed his subspecialty training in paediatric infectious diseases at British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, before returning to Melbourne in 2010.

Andrew’s research focuses on tropical diseases, particularly scabies, Strep A and rheumatic heart disease. He is the Director of the World Scabies Program, recipient of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award, and Director of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Scabies Control. Andrew is Co-Director of the Australian Strep A Vaccine Initiative, Co-Chair of the Strep A Vaccine Global Consortium, and President of the Lancefield International Society for Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases.

Andrew has won several awards including the inaugural Jian Zhou Medal awarded by the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2020, and the Bailey K Ashford Medal awarded by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2020.

Top Publications

  • Osti, MH, Sokana, O, Gorae, C, Whitfeld, MJ, Steer, AC, Engelman, D. The diagnosis of scabies by non-expert examiners: A study of diagnostic accuracy.. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13(8) : e0007635 2019
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  • Davies, MR, McIntyre, L, Mutreja, A, Lacey, JA, Lees, JA, Towers, RJ, Duchêne, S, Smeesters, PR, Frost, HR, Price, DJ, et al. Author Correction: Atlas of group A streptococcal vaccine candidates compiled using large-scale comparative genomics.. Nat Genet 51(8) : 1295 2019
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  • Callum, J, McDiarmid, D, Gao, Y, Armstrong, M, Iavro, E, Steer, A. Prevalence of scabies in Sanma Province, Vanuatu.. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 113(8) : 500 -502 2019
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  • Romani, L, Whitfeld, MJ, Koroivueta, J, Kama, M, Wand, H, Tikoduadua, L, Tuicakau, M, Koroi, A, Andrews, RM, Kaldor, JM, et al. Mass Drug Administration for Scabies - 2 Years of Follow-up.. N Engl J Med 381(2) : 186 -187 2019
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  • Engelman, D, Cantey, PT, Marks, M, Solomon, AW, Chang, AY, Chosidow, O, Enbiale, W, Engels, D, Hay, RJ, Hendrickx, D, et al. The public health control of scabies: priorities for research and action.. Lancet 394(10192) : 81 -92 2019
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