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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

  • Nuotio, J, Niiranen, T, Laitinen, TT, Miller, J, Sabin, MA, Havulinna, AS, Viikari, JSA, Rönnemaa, T, Hutri-Kähönen, N, Laitinen, TP, et al. Use of antibiotics and risk of type 2 diabetes, overweight and obesity: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study and the national FINRISK study.. BMC Endocr Disord 22(1) : 284 2022
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  • Bekkering, S, Singh, K, Lu, H, Limawan, AP, Nold-Petry, CA, Wallace, MJ, Curtis, N, Pepe, S, Cheung, M, Burgner, DP, et al. Neonatal Subcutaneous BCG Vaccination Decreases Atherosclerotic Plaque Number and Plaque Macrophage Content in ApoE-/- Mice.. Biology (Basel) 11(10) : 2022
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  • O'Connor, M, Moreno-Betancur, M, Goldfeld, S, Wake, M, Patton, G, Dwyer, T, Tang, MLK, Saffery, R, Craig, JM, Loke, J, et al. Data Resource Profile: Melbourne Children's LifeCourse initiative (LifeCourse).. Int J Epidemiol 51(5) : e229 -e244 2022
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  • Miller, JE, Burgner, DP. Commentary: Recognizing subsequent infection risk following hospital discharge among children.. Int J Epidemiol 51(5) : 1431 -1432 2022
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  • Lopez, L, Burgner, D, Glover, C, Carr, J, Clark, J, Boast, A, Vasilunas, N, McMullan, B, Francis, JR, Bowen, AC, et al. Lower risk of Multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) with the omicron variant.. Lancet Reg Health West Pac 27: 100604 2022
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