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
Walaza, S, Tempia, S, Dawood, H, Variava, E, Moyes, J, Cohen, AL, Wolter, N, Groome, M, von Mollendorf, C, Kahn, K, et al.
Influenza virus infection is associated with increased risk of death amongst patients hospitalized with confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in South Africa, 2010–2011.
BMC Infectious Diseases
15(1)
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26
2015
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Iyengar, P, von Mollendorf, C, Tempia, S, Moerdyk, A, Valley-Omar, Z, Hellferscee, O, Martinson, N, Chhagan, M, McMorrow, M, Gambhir, M, et al.
Case-ascertained study of household transmission of seasonal influenza — South Africa, 2013.
Journal of Infection
71(5)
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578 -586
2015
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Tempia, S, Walaza, S, Cohen, AL, von Mollendorf, C, Moyes, J, McAnerney, JM, Cohen, C.
Mortality Associated With Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women of Childbearing Age in a High-HIV-Prevalence Setting—South Africa, 1999–2009.
Clinical Infectious Diseases
61(7)
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1063 -1070
2015
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von Mollendorf, C, von Gottberg, A, Tempia, S, Meiring, S, de Gouveia, L, Quan, V, Lengana, S, Avenant, T, du Plessis, N, Eley, B, et al.
Increased Risk for and Mortality From Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in HIV-Exposed but Uninfected Infants Aged <1 Year in South Africa, 2009–2013.
Clinical Infectious Diseases
60(9)
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1346 -1356
2015
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Tempia, S, Walaza, S, Viboud, C, Cohen, AL, Madhi, SA, Venter, M, von Mollendorf, C, Moyes, J, McAnerney, JM, Cohen, C.
Deaths Associated with Respiratory Syncytial and Influenza Viruses among Persons ≥5 Years of Age in HIV-Prevalent Area, South Africa, 1998–20091.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
21(4)
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600 -608
2015
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