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Prof David Burgner

Prof David Burgner

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Role Group Leader / Principal Research Fellow
Professor David Burgner is a practising paediatric infectious diseases physician, leads the Inflammatory Origins Group and co-leads the LifeCourse longitudinal observational cohorts initiative at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. He holds major national and international clinical / research positions including leadership roles in ASID, ESPID, WSPID and is an AAHMS fellow.

Professor Burgner is an international authority on understanding the susceptibility and consequences to childhood infection and inflammation, particularly in relation to the development of cardiometabolic disease risk. He is an internationally recognised clinical and scientific leader in Kawasaki disease and has made major scientific, clinical and policy contributions to the Australian response to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the hyperinflammatory post-infectious syndrome (known as PIMS-TS or MIS-C) in children.
Professor David Burgner is a practising paediatric infectious diseases physician, leads the Inflammatory Origins Group and co-leads the LifeCourse longitudinal observational cohorts initiative at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. He holds major...
Professor David Burgner is a practising paediatric infectious diseases physician, leads the Inflammatory Origins Group and co-leads the LifeCourse longitudinal observational cohorts initiative at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. He holds major national and international clinical / research positions including leadership roles in ASID, ESPID, WSPID and is an AAHMS fellow.

Professor Burgner is an international authority on understanding the susceptibility and consequences to childhood infection and inflammation, particularly in relation to the development of cardiometabolic disease risk. He is an internationally recognised clinical and scientific leader in Kawasaki disease and has made major scientific, clinical and policy contributions to the Australian response to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the hyperinflammatory post-infectious syndrome (known as PIMS-TS or MIS-C) in children.

Top Publications

  • Guo, S, Wijesuriya, R, O'Connor, M, Moreno-Betancur, M, Goldfeld, S, Burgner, D, Liu, R, Priest, N. The effects of adverse and positive experiences on cardiovascular health in Australian children.. Int J Cardiol 411: 132262 2024
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  • Symeonides, C, Vacy, K, Thomson, S, Tanner, S, Chua, HK, Dixit, S, Mansell, T, O'Hely, M, Novakovic, B, Herbstman, JB, et al. Male autism spectrum disorder is linked to brain aromatase disruption by prenatal BPA in multimodal investigations and 10HDA ameliorates the related mouse phenotype.. Nat Commun 15(1) : 6367 2024
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  • Sawires, R, Clothier, HJ, Burgner, D, Fahey, MC, Buttery, J. Kawasaki Disease and Respiratory Viruses: Ecological Spatiotemporal Analysis.. JMIR Public Health Surveill 10: e49648 2024
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  • Sycamnias, L, Kerr, JA, Lange, K, Saffery, R, Wang, Y, Wake, M, Olds, T, Dwyer, T, Burgner, D, Grobler, AC. Polygenic Risk Scores and the Risk of Childhood Overweight/Obesity in Association With the Consumption of Sweetened Beverages: A Population-Based Cohort Study.. Child Obes 20(5) : 354 -365 2024
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  • Robinson, M, Burgner, D, Lin, A, Jacoby, P, Eikelboom, R, Vijayasekaran, S, Brennan-Jones, CG. Risk of otitis media in offspring following maternal prenatal stress exposure.. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 182: 112022 2024
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