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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Neeland, MR, Bannister, S, Clifford, V, Dohle, K, Mulholland, K, Sutton, P, Curtis, N, Steer, AC, Burgner, DP, Crawford, NW, et al.
Innate cell profiles during the acute and convalescent phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children.
Nature Communications
12(1)
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1084
2023
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Lake, SJ, Engelman, D, Sokana, O, Nasi, T, Boara, D, Grobler, AC, Osti, MH, Andrews, R, Marks, M, Whitfeld, MJ, et al.
Defining the need for public health control of scabies in Solomon Islands.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
15(2)
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e0009142
2023
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Krentel, A, Basker, N, de Rochars, MB, Bogus, J, Dilliott, D, Direny, AN, Dubray, C, Fischer, PU, Ga, AL, Goss, CW, et al.
A multicenter, community-based, mixed methods assessment of the acceptability of a triple drug regimen for elimination of lymphatic filariasis.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
15(3)
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e0009002
2023
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Matthews, A, Le, B, Amaral, S, Arkell, P, Monteiro, M, Clarke, N, Barros, T, Mendonça, JDJ, Gusmão, SME, Seixas, LMDR, et al.
Prevalence of scabies and impetigo in school-age children in Timor-Leste.
2023
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Jittamala, P, Monteiro, W, Smit, MR, Pedrique, B, Specht, S, Chaccour, CJ, Dard, C, Del Giudice, P, Khieu, V, Maruani, A, et al.
A systematic review and an individual patient data meta-analysis of ivermectin use in children weighing less than fifteen kilograms: Is it time to reconsider the current contraindication?.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
15(3)
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e0009144
2023
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