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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

  • Calvert, C, Brockway, MM, Zoega, H, Miller, JE, Been, JV, Amegah, AK, Racine-Poon, A, Oskoui, SE, Abok, II, Aghaeepour, N, et al. Changes in preterm birth and stillbirth during COVID-19 lockdowns in 26 countries.. Nat Hum Behav 7(4) : 529 -544 2023
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  • Msemo, OA, Pérez-Alós, L, Minja, DTR, Hansen, CB, Gesase, S, Mtove, G, Mbwana, J, Larsen, VML, Bøgestad, ECS, Grunnet, LG, et al. High anti-SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among unvaccinated mother-child pairs from a rural setting in north-eastern Tanzania during the second wave of COVID-19.. IJID Reg 6: 48 -57 2023
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  • Kerr, JA, Dumuid, D, Downes, M, Lange, K, O'Connor, M, Thornton, L, Mavoa, S, Lycett, K, Olds, TS, Edwards, B, et al. Socioeconomic disadvantage and polygenic risk for high BMI magnify obesity risk across childhood: a longitudinal, population, cohort study.. Lancet Glob Health 11 Suppl 1: S9 -S10 2023
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  • Elhakeem, A, Ronkainen, J, Mansell, T, Lange, K, Mikkola, TM, Mishra, BH, Wahab, RJ, Cadman, T, Yang, T, Burgner, D, et al. Effect of common pregnancy and perinatal complications on offspring metabolic traits across the life course: a multi-cohort study.. BMC Med 21(1) : 23 2023
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  • Bengtson, AM, Pellowski, J, McGarvey, S, McGinty, R, Botha, M, Burd, T, Burgner, D, Mansell, T, Zar, HJ. In-utero HIV exposure and cardiometabolic health among children 5-8 years: findings from a prospective birth cohort in South Africa.. AIDS 37(1) : 173 -182 2023
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