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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, Dunne, EM, La Vincente, S, Ulziibayar, M, Suuri, B, Luvsantseren, D, Narangerel, D, Ortika, BD, Pell, CL, Nation, ML, et al. Pneumococcal carriage in children in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia before and one year after the introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Vaccine 37(30) : 4068 -4075 2019
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  • Russell, FM, Reyburn, R, Chan, J, Tuivaga, E, Lim, R, Lai, J, Van, HMT, Choummanivong, M, Sychareun, V, Khanh, DKT, et al. Impact of the change in WHO’s severe pneumonia case definition on hospitalized pneumonia epidemiology: case studies from six countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 97(6) : 386 -393 2019
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  • Cohen, C, Tshangela, A, Valley-Omar, Z, Iyengar, P, Von Mollendorf, C, Walaza, S, Hellferscee, O, Venter, M, Martinson, N, Mahlase, G, et al. Household Transmission of Seasonal Influenza From HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Individuals in South Africa, 2013-2014.. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 219(10) : 1605 -1615 2019
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  • Moodley, K, Coovadia, YM, Cohen, C, Meiring, S, Lengana, S, De Gouveia, L, von Mollendorf, C, Crowther-Gibson, P, Quan, V, Eley, B, et al. Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Neonates Prior to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Use in South Africa. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal Publish Ahead of Print(&NA;) : &na 2019
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  • Chan, J, Lai, JY, von Mollendorf, C, Blyth, C, Dance, DAB, Datta, S, Dunne, EM, Ford, R, Fox, K, Hinds, J, et al. Determining the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine coverage required for indirect protection within Asia and the Pacific: a prospective observational study. The Lancet Global Health 7: s15 2019
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