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
Sherwood, E, Steer, AC, Van Beneden, CA, Seale, AC.
Statistical concerns for meta-analysis of rare events and small sample sizes – Authors' reply.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
22(8)
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1112
2022
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Overmars, I, Au‐Yeung, G, Nolan, TM, Steer, AC.
mRNA vaccines: a transformative technology with applications beyond COVID‐19.
The Medical Journal of Australia
217(2)
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71 -75
2022
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Sherwood, E, Vergnano, S, Kakuchi, I, Bruce, MG, Chaurasia, S, David, S, Dramowski, A, Georges, S, Guy, R, Lamagni, T, et al.
Invasive group A streptococcal disease in pregnant women and young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
22(Obstet Gynecol 123 2014)
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1076 -1088
2022
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Tosif, S, Haycroft, ER, Sarkar, S, Toh, ZQ, Ha, LA, Donato, CM, Selva, KJ, Hoq, M, Overmars, I, Nguyen, J, et al.
Virology and immune dynamics reveal high household transmission of ancestral SARS‐CoV‐2 strain.
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
33(7)
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10.1111/pai.13824
2022
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Osti, MH, Sokana, O, Lake, S, Whitfeld, MJ, Boara, D, Nasi, T, Dauer, S, Marks, M, Romani, L, Kaldor, JM, et al.
The body distribution of scabies skin lesions.
JEADV Clinical Practice
1(2)
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111 -121
2022
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