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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

  • Collier, F, Ellul, S, Juonala, M, Ponsonby, A-L, Vuillermin, P, Saffery, R, Burgner, D, Barwon Infant Study Investigator Group. Glycoprotein acetyls (GlycA) at 12 months are associated with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and early life inflammatory immune measures.. Pediatr Res 85(5) : 584 -585 2019
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  • Fraser, BJ, Blizzard, L, Tomkinson, GR, Lycett, K, Wake, M, Burgner, D, Ranganathan, S, Juonala, M, Dwyer, T, Venn, AJ, et al. The great leap backward: changes in the jumping performance of Australian children aged 11-12-years between 1985 and 2015.. J Sports Sci 37(7) : 748 -754 2019
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  • Versteege, T, Karyanti, MR, Septiani, W, Widjanarko, AL, Idris, NS, Hendarto, A, Grobbee, DE, Burgner, D, Uiterwaal, CSPM, Bruijning-Verhagen, PCJL. Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Children with a History of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.. Am J Trop Med Hyg 100(3) : 630 -634 2019
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  • Liu, RS, Wake, M, Grobler, A, Cheung, M, Lycett, K, Ranganathan, S, Edwards, B, Dwyer, T, Azzopardi, P, Juonala, M, et al. Cross-sectional associations between Ideal Cardiovascular Health scores and vascular phenotypes in 11- to 12-year-olds and their parents: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children.. Int J Cardiol 277: 258 -265 2019
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  • Strunk, T, Campbell, C, Burgner, D, Charles, A, French, N, Sharp, M, Simmer, K, Nathan, E, Doherty, D. Histological chorioamnionitis and developmental outcomes in very preterm infants.. J Perinatol 39(2) : 321 -330 2019
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