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Role Team Leader / Senior Research Fellow
Dr Claire von Mollendorf is a medical epidemiologist currently working as a senior research fellow in the New Vaccines and Asia-Pacific Research Groups at the Murdoch Children’s Research Unit (MCRI). She has been with MCRI since 2017 and is an investigator on a number of projects in Mongolia. She is also the co-principal investigator on a Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) funded COVID-19 vaccine booster study. Dr von Mollendorf has an honorary appointment as a Senior Fellow within the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics.

Dr von Mollendorf is the project manager for a National Health & Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence for Pneumococcal Disease Control in the Asia-Pacific (CRE-PDC) which aims to address research gaps related to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use in the Asia-Pacific region. It also focuses on building research and leadership capacity for early career researchers in the region.

Prior to 2017 she worked in different research areas, including women's health, HIV and pneumococcal research, in South Africa. Her passion and involvement in research has spanned over an 20 year period and has included adults and children, some vulnerable groups and ranged from clinical trials to observational studies. She also has an interest in the impact of environmental pollution on health.
Dr Claire von Mollendorf is a medical epidemiologist currently working as a senior research fellow in the New Vaccines and Asia-Pacific Research Groups at the Murdoch Children’s Research Unit (MCRI). She has been with MCRI since 2017 and is an...
Dr Claire von Mollendorf is a medical epidemiologist currently working as a senior research fellow in the New Vaccines and Asia-Pacific Research Groups at the Murdoch Children’s Research Unit (MCRI). She has been with MCRI since 2017 and is an investigator on a number of projects in Mongolia. She is also the co-principal investigator on a Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) funded COVID-19 vaccine booster study. Dr von Mollendorf has an honorary appointment as a Senior Fellow within the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics.

Dr von Mollendorf is the project manager for a National Health & Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence for Pneumococcal Disease Control in the Asia-Pacific (CRE-PDC) which aims to address research gaps related to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use in the Asia-Pacific region. It also focuses on building research and leadership capacity for early career researchers in the region.

Prior to 2017 she worked in different research areas, including women's health, HIV and pneumococcal research, in South Africa. Her passion and involvement in research has spanned over an 20 year period and has included adults and children, some vulnerable groups and ranged from clinical trials to observational studies. She also has an interest in the impact of environmental pollution on health.

Top Publications

  • von Mollendorf, C, Lim, R, Choummanivong, M, Sychareun, V, Vilivong, K, Lai, JYR, Chan, J, Dunne, EM, Phommachanh, S, Moore, K, et al. 370Measuring pneumococcal conjugate vaccine impact in a low-resource setting with minimal baseline data. International Journal of Epidemiology 50(Supplement_1) : dyab168.687- 2021
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  • Batmunkh, T, Dalmau, MT, Munkhsaikhan, M-E, Khorolsuren, T, Namjil, N, Surenjav, U, Toh, ZQ, Licciardi, PV, Russell, FM, Garland, SM, et al. A single dose of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is immunogenic and reduces HPV detection rates in young women in Mongolia, six years after vaccination.. Vaccine 38(27) : 4316 -4324 2020
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  • Batmunkh, T, von Mollendorf, C, Tulgaa, K, Surenjav, U, Dalmau, MT, Namjil, N, Tsedevdamba, B, Tsegmed, S, Enkhmaa, J, Garland, SM, et al. HPV genoprevalence and HPV knowledge in young women in Mongolia, five years following a pilot 4vHPV vaccination campaign.. Papillomavirus Res 8: 100175 2019
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  • Mthiyane, TN, Cohen, C, Norris, SA, Walaza, S, Tempia, S, Cohen, AL, Von Gottberg, A, Von Mollendorf, C. Factors associated with missed and delayed DTP3 vaccination in children aged 12 - 59 months in two communities in South Africa, 2012 - 2013.. S Afr Med J 109(8) : 562 -569 2019
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  • Meiring, S, Cohen, C, de Gouveia, L, du Plessis, M, Kularatne, R, Hoosen, A, Lekalakala, R, Lengana, S, Seetharam, S, Naicker, P, et al. Declining Incidence of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in South Africa: 2003-2016.. Clin Infect Dis 69(3) : 495 -504 2019
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