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
Steer, AC, Carapetis, JR, Dale, JB, Fraser, JD, Good, MF, Guilherme, L, Moreland, NJ, Mulholland, EK, Schodel, F, Smeesters, PR.
Status of research and development of vaccines for Streptococcus pyogenes.
Vaccine
34(26)
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2953 -2958
2016
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RATTANAVONG, S, DANCE, DAB, DAVONG, V, BAKER, C, FROST, H, PHETSOUVANH, R, VONGSOUVATH, M, NEWTON, PN, STEER, AC, SMEESTERS, PR.
Group A streptococcal strains isolated in Lao People's Democratic Republic from 2004 to 2013.
Epidemiology and Infection
144(8)
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1770 -1773
2016
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Parks, T, Mirabel, M, Kado, J, Auckland, K, Rautanen, A, Kauwe, K, Ward, B, Steer, A, Hill, A, Network, PIRHDG.
OC02_07 Genome-Wide Association Study of Susceptibility to Rheumatic Heart Disease in Oceania: Preliminary Results.
Global Heart
11(2)
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e2
2016
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Schuster, T, Parks, T, Engelman, D, Ward, B, Steer, A.
PM285 A Novel Method to Measure Adherence to Secondary Prophylaxis for Rheumatic Heart Disease – Introducing the Concordance Adherence Index.
Global Heart
11(2)
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e118
2016
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Kennedy, E, Kamunaga, M, Naiceru, E, Ramaka, A, Matatolu, L, Kado, J, Jackson, C, Colquhoun, S, Steer, A, Wilson, NJ.
PM289 Towards Improved Rheumatic Heart Disease Control and Prevention in Fiji Islands.
Global Heart
11(2)
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e119
2016
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