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.
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Mitjà, O, Marks, M, Bertran, L, Kollie, K, Argaw, D, Fahal, AH, Fitzpatrick, C, Fuller, LC, Izquierdo, BG, Hay, R, et al.
Integrated Control and Management of Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
11(1)
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e0005136
2023
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Marks, M, Taotao-Wini, B, Satorara, L, Engelman, D, Nasi, T, Mabey, DC, Steer, AC.
Long Term Control of Scabies Fifteen Years after an Intensive Treatment Programme.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
9(12)
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e0004246
2023
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Parks, T, Kado, J, Miller, AE, Ward, B, Heenan, R, Colquhoun, SM, Bärnighausen, TW, Mirabel, M, Bloom, DE, Bailey, RL, et al.
Rheumatic Heart Disease-Attributable Mortality at Ages 5–69 Years in Fiji: A Five-Year, National, Population-Based Record-Linkage Cohort Study.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
9(9)
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e0004033
2023
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Lees, JA, Vehkala, M, Välimäki, N, Harris, SR, Chewapreecha, C, Croucher, NJ, Marttinen, P, Davies, MR, Steer, AC, Tong, SYC, et al.
Sequence element enrichment analysis to determine the genetic basis of bacterial phenotypes.
Nature Communications
7(1)
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12797
2023
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Carapetis, JR, Beaton, A, Cunningham, MW, Guilherme, L, Karthikeyan, G, Mayosi, BM, Sable, C, Steer, A, Wilson, N, Wyber, R, et al.
Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
Nature Reviews Disease Primers
2(1)
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15084
2023
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