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Group SAEFVIC

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Professor Crawford is a consultant paediatrician and vaccinologist, he is also recognised as an expert in vaccination of special risk groups. He is the Director of SAEFVIC (Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community) the Victorian Safety Service and the Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (MVEC) where he leads a team of more than 30 staff members. Prof Crawford is Head of Immunisation Services at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) and Chair of the Victorian Specialist Immunisation Services (VicSIS).

In 2021, Prof Crawford was appointed the Chair of the Australian Therapeutic Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), Ex-officio Member of COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments for Australia – Science and Industry Technical Advisory Group (SITAG), Member of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) COVID-19 vaccine Expert Advisory Group (EAG), Member of the Victorian Department of Health, COVID-19 vaccine Expert Advisory Group (EAG), member of Vaccination Special Interest Group (VACSIG)/ Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID), and the Victorian representative of TGA-JIC (Jurisdictional Immunisation Co-ordinators) vaccine safety meetings with Australian Government Department of Health. Internationally, Prof Crawford is the founding/steering committee member of the International Specialist Immunisation Services (InSIS) network in Canada, a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva and most recently appointed as the WPRO (Western Pacific Region) Representative of the GNN (Global NITAG Network) steering committee in WHO Geneva.
Professor Crawford is a consultant paediatrician and vaccinologist, he is also recognised as an expert in vaccination of special risk groups. He is the Director of SAEFVIC (Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community) the...
Professor Crawford is a consultant paediatrician and vaccinologist, he is also recognised as an expert in vaccination of special risk groups. He is the Director of SAEFVIC (Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community) the Victorian Safety Service and the Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (MVEC) where he leads a team of more than 30 staff members. Prof Crawford is Head of Immunisation Services at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) and Chair of the Victorian Specialist Immunisation Services (VicSIS).

In 2021, Prof Crawford was appointed the Chair of the Australian Therapeutic Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), Ex-officio Member of COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments for Australia – Science and Industry Technical Advisory Group (SITAG), Member of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) COVID-19 vaccine Expert Advisory Group (EAG), Member of the Victorian Department of Health, COVID-19 vaccine Expert Advisory Group (EAG), member of Vaccination Special Interest Group (VACSIG)/ Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID), and the Victorian representative of TGA-JIC (Jurisdictional Immunisation Co-ordinators) vaccine safety meetings with Australian Government Department of Health. Internationally, Prof Crawford is the founding/steering committee member of the International Specialist Immunisation Services (InSIS) network in Canada, a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva and most recently appointed as the WPRO (Western Pacific Region) Representative of the GNN (Global NITAG Network) steering committee in WHO Geneva.

Top Publications

  • Tosif, S, Lee, L, Nguyen, J, McMinn, A, Selman, C, Grobler, AC, Daley, A, Crawford, NW. Stick with the nose…Saliva rapid antigen testing is not a viable method for testing children under 5 years old. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 59(2) : 258 -263 2023
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  • Howell, KB, Butcher, S, Schneider, AL, Russ-Hall, S, Muzariri, PR, Kerr, R, Overmars, I, Hayman, M, Kornberg, AJ, Danchin, M, et al. Complications of Influenza A or B Virus Infection in Individuals With SCN1A-Positive Dravet Syndrome. Neurology 100(4) : e435 -e442 2023
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  • De Luca, JF, Awad, A, Vogrin, S, Douglas, AP, Lutjen, A, Gordon, SF, Crawford, NW, Barnes, S, Trubiano, JA. Safety of COVID‐19 vaccine challenge in patients with immediate adverse reactions to prior doses: A multi‐centre cohort study. Allergy 78(1) : 293 -296 2023
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  • Bao, J, Nunez, C, Elliott, E, Dinsmore, N, McRae, J, Morris, A, Blyth, CC, Crawford, N, Kynaston, A, Marshall, H, et al. Acute Flaccid Paralysis in Australian Children from 2007 to 2017. Neuroepidemiology 57(1) : 25 -34 2023
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  • Ford, T, Danchin, M, McMinn, A, Perrett, K, Alex, G, Crawford, NW. Immunisation status of children and adolescents with a new diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease. BMC Infectious Diseases 22(1) : 6 2022
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