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Role Group Leader / Principal Research Fellow
Research area Clinical Sciences
Professor Franz Babl is the Group Leader of Emergency Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the Professor of Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Melbourne. He works as a paediatric emergency physician at The Royal Children's Hospital. He studied in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and trained in the USA as a paediatrician, emergency physician and infectious diseases physician.

He was the co-founder and founding chair of the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) network in Australia and New Zealand, and a current member of the executive committee. This network involves all major tertiary paediatric hospitals in Australia and New Zealand, with an annual census of half a million paediatric presentations. This collaboration is uniquely placed to conduct multicentre trials.

Professor Babl has conducted many collaborative studies with the PREDICT network. He is currently a mentor and supervisor to advanced trainees, PhD students and early career researchers at the Royal Children's Hospital and within PREDICT. He has published >350 peer reviewed publications including in the Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine and BMJ. He is Chief Investigator on a number of National Health and Medical Research Council and Medical Research Futures Fund funded studies. Total grant funding over his career is >$52 million. He is the director of an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.
Professor Franz Babl is the Group Leader of Emergency Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the Professor of Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Melbourne. He works as a paediatric emergency physician at The Royal...
Professor Franz Babl is the Group Leader of Emergency Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the Professor of Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Melbourne. He works as a paediatric emergency physician at The Royal Children's Hospital. He studied in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and trained in the USA as a paediatrician, emergency physician and infectious diseases physician.

He was the co-founder and founding chair of the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) network in Australia and New Zealand, and a current member of the executive committee. This network involves all major tertiary paediatric hospitals in Australia and New Zealand, with an annual census of half a million paediatric presentations. This collaboration is uniquely placed to conduct multicentre trials.

Professor Babl has conducted many collaborative studies with the PREDICT network. He is currently a mentor and supervisor to advanced trainees, PhD students and early career researchers at the Royal Children's Hospital and within PREDICT. He has published >350 peer reviewed publications including in the Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine and BMJ. He is Chief Investigator on a number of National Health and Medical Research Council and Medical Research Futures Fund funded studies. Total grant funding over his career is >$52 million. He is the director of an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

Top Publications

  • Phillips, N, Rasmussen, K, McGuire, S, Abel, K-A, Acworth, J, Askin, G, Brady, R, Walsh, M, Babl, FE. Projected paediatric cervical spine imaging rates with application of NEXUS, Canadian C-Spine and PECARN clinical decision rules in a prospective Australian cohort. Emergency Medicine Journal 38(5) : 330 -337 2021
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  • Crichton, A, Ignjatovic, V, Babl, FE, Oakley, E, Greenham, M, Hearps, S, Delzoppo, C, Beauchamp, MH, Guerguerian, A-M, Boutis, K, et al. Interleukin-8 Predicts Fatigue at 12 Months Post-Injury in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma 38(8) : 1151 -1163 2021
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  • O'Donnell, SM, Carison, A, Hill, A, Say, D, Hiscock, H, Babl, FE. Psychotropic medication use for paediatric mental health patients in an emergency department. Emergency Medicine Australasia 33(2) : 292 -301 2021
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  • Babl, FE, Tavender, E, Ballard, DW, Borland, ML, Oakley, E, Cotterell, E, Halkidis, L, Goergen, S, Davis, GA, Perry, D, et al. Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children. Emergency Medicine Australasia 33(2) : 214 -231 2021
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  • Nagler, J, Auerbach, M, Monuteaux, MC, Cheek, JA, Babl, FE, Oakley, E, Nguyen, L, Rao, A, Dalton, S, Lyttle, MD, et al. Exposure and confidence across critical airway procedures in pediatric emergency medicine: An international survey study. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 42: 70 -77 2021
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