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, Tempia, S, von Gottberg, A, Meiring, S, Quan, V, Feldman, C, Cloete, J, Madhi, SA, O'Brien, KL, Klugman, KP, et al.
Estimated severe pneumococcal disease cases and deaths before and after pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in children younger than 5 years of age in South Africa..
PLoS One
12(7)
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e0179905
2017
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Walaza, S, Tempia, S, Dreyer, A, Dawood, H, Variava, E, Martinson, NA, Moyes, J, Cohen, AL, Wolter, N, von Mollendorf, C, et al.
The Burden and Clinical Presentation of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Adults With Severe Respiratory Illness in a High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence Setting, 2012-2014..
Open Forum Infect Dis
4(3)
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ofx116
2017
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Lengana, SGP, von Gottberg, A, Meiring, S, von Mollendorf, C, Moyes, J, Cohen, C.
An economic model for introducing a quadrivalent conjugate meningococcal vaccine among adolescents in South Africa.
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
53:
26
2016
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Wong, KK, Cohen, AL, Norris, SA, Martinson, NA, von Mollendorf, C, Tempia, S, Walaza, S, Madhi, SA, McMorrow, ML, Variava, E, et al.
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices about influenza illness and vaccination: a cross-sectional survey in two South African communities..
Influenza Other Respir Viruses
10(5)
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421 -428
2016
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du Plessis, M, Allam, M, Tempia, S, Wolter, N, de Gouveia, L, von Mollendorf, C, Jolley, KA, Mbelle, N, Wadula, J, Cornick, JE, et al.
Phylogenetic Analysis of Invasive Serotype 1 Pneumococcus in South Africa, 1989 to 2013..
J Clin Microbiol
54(5)
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1326 -1334
2016
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