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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

  • Ibrahim, L, Huang, L, Hopper, S, Dalziel, K, Babl, F, Bryant, P, BCh, B. 1934. Who Really Benefits Financially From OPAT: Patients/Families or Healthcare Institutions?. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 5(suppl_1) : s557 -s557 2018
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  • Scanlan, B, Ibrahim, L, Hopper, S, McNab, S, Babl, F, Davidson, A, Bryant, P. 1520. Determining the Management of Children with Acute UTI/Pyelonephritis Who Do Not Fit Current Management Recommendations. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 5(suppl_1) : s471 -s471 2018
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  • Rausa, VC, Anderson, V, Babl, FE, Takagi, M. Predicting Concussion Recovery in Children and Adolescents in the Emergency Department. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports 18(11) : 78 2018
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  • Mackay, MT, Lee, M, Yock‐Corrales, A, Churilov, L, Donnan, GA, Monagle, P, Babl, FE. Differentiating arterial ischaemic stroke from migraine in the paediatric emergency department. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 60(11) : 1117 -1122 2018
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  • Anderson, V, Manikas, V, Babl, F, Hearps, S, Dooley, J. Impact of Moderate Exercise on Post-concussive Symptoms and Cognitive Function after Concussion in Children and Adolescents Compared to Healthy Controls. International Journal of Sports Medicine 39(09) : 696 -703 2018
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