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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

  • Wright, H, Waddington, C, Geddes, J, Newburger, JW, Burgner, D. Facial nerve palsy complicating Kawasaki disease.. Pediatrics 122(3) : e783 -e785 2008
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  • Cherian, S, Burgner, DP, Carson, CF, Sanfilippo, FM, Cook, AG, Forbes, DA. Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in a high-prevalence pediatric population: a comparison of 2 fecal antigen testing methods and serology.. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 47(2) : 130 -135 2008
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  • Bellis, C, Cox, HC, Ovcaric, M, Begley, KN, Lea, RA, Quinlan, S, Burgner, D, Heath, SC, Blangero, J, Griffiths, LR. Linkage disequilibrium analysis in the genetically isolated Norfolk Island population.. Heredity (Edinb) 100(4) : 366 -373 2008
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  • Cherian, S, Forbes, DA, Cook, AG, Sanfilippo, FM, Kemna, EH, Swinkels, DW, Burgner, DP. An insight into the relationships between hepcidin, anemia, infections and inflammatory cytokines in pediatric refugees: a cross-sectional study.. PLoS One 3(12) : e4030 2008
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  • Shingadia, D, Burgner, D. Chapter 39 Mycobacterial Infections. 597 -614 2008
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