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
Ching, NS, Crawford, N, McMinn, A, Baker, C, Azzopardi, K, Brownlee, K, Lee, D, Gibson, M, Smeesters, P, Gonis, G, et al.
Prospective Surveillance of Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infection..
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
8(1)
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46 -52
2019
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Marks, M, Toloka, H, Baker, C, Kositz, C, Asugeni, J, Puiahi, E, Asugeni, R, Azzopardi, K, Diau, J, Kaldor, JM, et al.
Randomized Trial of Community Treatment With Azithromycin and Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration for Control of Scabies and Impetigo.
Clinical Infectious Diseases
68(6)
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927 -933
2019
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May, PJ, Tong, SYC, Steer, AC, Currie, BJ, Andrews, RM, Carapetis, JR, Bowen, AC.
Treatment, prevention and public health management of impetigo, scabies, crusted scabies and fungal skin infections in endemic populations: a systematic review.
Tropical Medicine and International Health
24(3)
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280 -293
2019
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Lydeamore, MJ, Campbell, PT, Regan, DG, Tong, SYC, Andrews, RM, Steer, AC, Romani, L, Kaldor, JM, McVernon, J, McCaw, JM.
A biological model of scabies infection dynamics and treatment informs mass drug administration strategies to increase the likelihood of elimination.
Mathematical Biosciences
309:
163 -173
2019
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Osowicki, J, Azzopardi, KI, McIntyre, L, Rivera-Hernandez, T, Ong, C-LY, Baker, C, Gillen, CM, Walker, MJ, Smeesters, PR, Davies, MR, et al.
A Controlled Human Infection Model of Group A Streptococcus Pharyngitis: Which Strain and Why?.
mSphere
4(1)
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e00647 -e00618
2019
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