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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

  • Pfeiffer, H, Crowe, L, Kemp, A, Cowley, L, Smith, A, Babl, F. G84(P) Clinical prediction rules to aid the recognition of abusive head trauma: A systematic review. Archives of Disease in Childhood 102(Suppl 1) : a35 2017
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  • Hoeffe, J, Trottier, ED, Bailey, B, Shellshear, D, LagacĂ©, M, Sutter, C, Grimard, G, Cook, R, Babl, FE. Intranasal fentanyl and inhaled nitrous oxide for fracture reduction: The FAN observational study. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 35(5) : 710 -715 2017
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  • Ding, J, Taylor, DM, Lee, M, Johnson, OG, Ashok, A, Griffiths, M, Simma, L, Craig, SS, Cheek, JA, Babl, FE. Observational study of alternative therapies among paediatric emergency department patients. Emergency Medicine Australasia 29(2) : 136 -142 2017
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  • Oakley, E, May, R, Hoeppner, T, Sinn, K, Furyk, J, Craig, S, Rosengarten, P, Kochar, A, Krieser, D, Dalton, S, et al. Computed tomography for head injuries in children: Change in Australian usage rates over time. Emergency Medicine Australasia 29(2) : 192 -197 2017
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  • Babl, FE, Gardiner, KK, Kochar, A, Wilson, CL, George, SA, Zhang, M, Furyk, J, Thosar, D, Cheek, JA, Krieser, D, et al. Bell's palsy in children: Current treatment patterns in Australia and New Zealand. A PREDICT study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 53(4) : 339 -342 2017
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