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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

  • Andraos, S, Wake, M, Saffery, R, Burgner, D, Kussmann, M, O'Sullivan, J. Perspective: Advancing Understanding of Population Nutrient-Health Relations via Metabolomics and Precision Phenotypes.. Adv Nutr 10(6) : 944 -952 2019
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  • Bekkering, S, Miller, JE, Burgner, DP. Childhood infection may mediate the relationship between suboptimal intrauterine growth, preterm birth, and adult cardiovascular disease.. Eur Heart J 40(39) : 3273 -3274 2019
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  • Kerr, JA, Jansen, PW, Mensah, FK, Gibbons, K, Olds, TS, Carlin, JB, Clifford, SA, Burgner, D, Gold, L, Baur, LA, et al. Child and adult snack food intake in response to manipulated pre-packaged snack item quantity/variety and snack box size: a population-based randomized trial.. Int J Obes (Lond) 43(10) : 1891 -1902 2019
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  • Liu, M, Wake, M, Wong, TY, He, M, Xiao, Y, Burgner, DP, Lycett, K. Associations of retinal microvascular caliber with intermediate phenotypes of large arterial function and structure: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. Microcirculation 26(7) : e12557 2019
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  • Wang, J, Sung, V, Carew, P, Liu, RS, Burgner, D, Wake, M. Inflammation and hearing status in mid-childhood and mid-life: a population-based cross-sectional study.. Int J Epidemiol 48(5) : 1556 -1566 2019
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