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 Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Andrew is 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 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 Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Andrew is 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 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
Thielemans, E, Oliver, J, McMinn, A, Baker, C, Britton, PN, Clark, J, Marshall, H, Blyth, CC, Francis, J, Buttery, J, et al.
Clinical Description and Outcomes of Australian Children With Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease..
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
39(5)
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379 -384
2020
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Marks, M, Romani, L, Sokana, O, Neko, L, Harrington, R, Nasi, T, Wand, H, Whitfeld, MJ, Engelman, D, Solomon, AW, et al.
Prevalence of scabies and impetigo three years after mass drug administration with ivermectin and azithromycin.
Clinical Infectious Diseases
70(8)
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1591 -1595
2020
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Campbell, PT, Tong, SYC, Geard, N, Davies, MR, Worthing, KA, Lacey, JA, Smeesters, PR, Batzloff, MR, Kado, J, Jenney, AWJ, et al.
Longitudinal Analysis of Group A Streptococcus emm Types and emm Clusters in a High-Prevalence Setting: Relationship between Past and Future Infections..
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
221(9)
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1429 -1437
2020
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de Crombrugghe, G, Baroux, N, Botteaux, A, Moreland, NJ, Williamson, DA, Steer, AC, Smeesters, PR.
The Limitations of the Rheumatogenic Concept for Group A Streptococcus: Systematic Review and Genetic Analysis.
Clinical Infectious Diseases
70(7)
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1453 -1460
2020
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Frost, HR, Davies, MR, Delforge, V, Lakhloufi, D, Sanderson-Smith, M, Srinivasan, V, Steer, AC, Walker, MJ, Beall, B, Botteaux, A, et al.
Analysis of Global Collection of Group A Streptococcus Genomes Reveals that the Majority Encode a Trio of M and M-Like Proteins.
mSphere
5(1)
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e00806 -e00819
2020
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