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
Cohen, C, Moyes, J, Tempia, S, Groome, M, Walaza, S, Pretorius, M, Naby, F, Mekgoe, O, Kahn, K, von Gottberg, A, et al.
Epidemiology of Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants..
Pediatrics
137(4)
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2016
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von Mollendorf, C, Cohen, C, Tempia, S, Meiring, S, de Gouveia, L, Quan, V, Lengana, S, Karstaedt, A, Dawood, H, Seetharam, S, et al.
Epidemiology of Serotype 1 Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, South Africa, 2003-2013..
Emerg Infect Dis
22(2)
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261 -270
2016
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Britz, E, Perovic, O, von Mollendorf, C, von Gottberg, A, Iyaloo, S, Quan, V, Chetty, V, Sriruttan, C, Ismail, NA, Nanoo, A, et al.
The Epidemiology of Meningitis among Adults in a South African Province with a High HIV Prevalence, 2009-2012..
PLoS One
11(9)
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e0163036
2016
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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..
J Infect
71(5)
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578 -586
2015
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Tempia, S, Wolter, N, Cohen, C, Walaza, S, von Mollendorf, C, Cohen, AL, Moyes, J, de Gouveia, L, Nzenze, S, Treurnicht, F, et al.
Assessing the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease using polymerase chain reaction-based surveillance: an experience from South Africa..
BMC Infect Dis
15:
450
2015
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