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Associate Professor Graham is a Clinician-Scientist and Team Leader at the Centre for International Child Health, Associate Professor of International Child Health at the University of Melbourne, and Paediatrician at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH).

Associate Professor Graham leads the Global Oxygen Access team and has research interests in respiratory support for children and neonates, improving the quality of care for children, and refugee health, and developing models of care for children with chronic health conditions. He currently leads research programs related to oxygen therapy and child pneumonia in Africa and Asia-Pacific regions, and a program on child disability in Afghanistan. His work has been supported by funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and others.

Associate Professor Graham completed his medical training at Monash University and studied International Development through RMIT University – receiving the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellent and subsequently returning to lecture on refugee health. He completed his public health training at Johns Hopkins University as a Fulbright scholar, before returning to Australia to complete his specialist training in paediatrics through the RCH. Hamish completed his doctoral research at the University of Melbourne on a field trial of improved hospital oxygen systems in Nigeria, for which he was awarded the CSL Florey Next Generation Award for top PhD in health and biomedical sciences.

Associate Professor Graham has previously lived and worked in an array of diverse settings, including as a field doctor for Médecins sans Frontiers and a consultant and advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and others.
Associate Professor Graham is a Clinician-Scientist and Team Leader at the Centre for International Child Health, Associate Professor of International Child Health at the University of Melbourne, and Paediatrician at The Royal Children’s Hospital...
Associate Professor Graham is a Clinician-Scientist and Team Leader at the Centre for International Child Health, Associate Professor of International Child Health at the University of Melbourne, and Paediatrician at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH).

Associate Professor Graham leads the Global Oxygen Access team and has research interests in respiratory support for children and neonates, improving the quality of care for children, and refugee health, and developing models of care for children with chronic health conditions. He currently leads research programs related to oxygen therapy and child pneumonia in Africa and Asia-Pacific regions, and a program on child disability in Afghanistan. His work has been supported by funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and others.

Associate Professor Graham completed his medical training at Monash University and studied International Development through RMIT University – receiving the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellent and subsequently returning to lecture on refugee health. He completed his public health training at Johns Hopkins University as a Fulbright scholar, before returning to Australia to complete his specialist training in paediatrics through the RCH. Hamish completed his doctoral research at the University of Melbourne on a field trial of improved hospital oxygen systems in Nigeria, for which he was awarded the CSL Florey Next Generation Award for top PhD in health and biomedical sciences.

Associate Professor Graham has previously lived and worked in an array of diverse settings, including as a field doctor for Médecins sans Frontiers and a consultant and advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and others.

Top Publications

  • Bakare, AA, Olojede, OE, King, C, Graham, H, Uchendu, O, Colbourn, T, Falade, AG, Alvesson, HM, King, C, Colbourn, T, et al. Care seeking for under-five children and vaccine perceptions during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos State, Nigeria: a qualitative exploratory study. BMJ Open 13(3) : e069294 2023
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  • King, C, Burgess, RA, Bakare, AA, Shittu, F, Salako, J, Bakare, D, Uchendu, OC, Iuliano, A, Isah, A, Adams, O, et al. Integrated Sustainable childhood Pneumonia and Infectious disease Reduction in Nigeria (INSPIRING) through whole system strengthening in Jigawa, Nigeria: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials 23(1) : 95 2022
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  • Kitutu, FE, Rahman, AE, Graham, H, King, C, El Arifeen, S, Ssengooba, F, Greenslade, L, Mullan, Z. Announcing the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security. The Lancet Global Health 10(11) : e1551 -e1552 2022
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  • King, C, Siddle, M, Adams, O, Ahmar, S, Ahmed, T, Bakare, AA, Bakare, D, Burgess, RA, Colbourn, T, McCollum, ED, et al. Prevalence of pneumonia and malnutrition among children in Jigawa state, Nigeria: a community-based clinical screening study. BMJ Paediatrics Open 6(1) : e001640 2022
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  • Graham, HR, Bakare, AA, Ayede, AI, Eleyinmi, J, Olatunde, O, Bakare, OR, Edunwale, B, Neal, EFG, Qazi, S, McPake, B, et al. Cost-effectiveness and sustainability of improved hospital oxygen systems in Nigeria. BMJ Global Health 7(8) : e009278 2022
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