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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

  • Yeoh, DK, Saunders, T, Butters, C, Burgner, D, Bryant, PA, Cain, TM, Ng, J, Gwee, A, Daley, AJ, Cole, T, et al. Refractory thoracic conidiobolomycosis treated with mepolizumab immunotherapy.. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 9(6) : 2527 -2530.e6 2021
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  • Longmore, DK, Miller, JE, Bekkering, S, Saner, C, Mifsud, E, Zhu, Y, Saffery, R, Nichol, A, Colditz, G, Short, KR, et al. Diabetes and Overweight/Obesity Are Independent, Nonadditive Risk Factors for In-Hospital Severity of COVID-19: An International, Multicenter Retrospective Meta-analysis.. Diabetes Care 44(6) : 1281 -1290 2021
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  • Dawson, SL, O'Hely, M, Jacka, FN, Ponsonby, A-L, Symeonides, C, Loughman, A, Collier, F, Moreno-Betancur, M, Sly, P, Burgner, D, et al. Maternal prenatal gut microbiota composition predicts child behaviour.. EBioMedicine 68: 103400 2021
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  • Peng, X, Picone, DS, Schultz, MG, Cai, G, Wake, M, Burgner, DP, Mynard, JP, Ellul, S, Cheung, M, Juonala, M, et al. Brachial-cuff excess pressure is associated with carotid intima-media thickness among Australian children: a cross-sectional population study.. Hypertens Res 44(5) : 541 -549 2021
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  • Lucas, R, Dennington, P, Wood, E, Dionne, A, de Ferranti, SD, Newburger, JW, Dahdah, N, Cheng, A, Burgner, D, Singh-Grewal, D. Variation in the management of Kawasaki disease in Australia and New Zealand: A survey of paediatricians.. J Paediatr Child Health 57(5) : 646 -652 2021
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