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
Oliver, J, Thielemans, E, McMinn, A, Baker, C, Britton, PN, Clark, JE, Marshall, HS, Blyth, CC, Francis, J, Buttery, J, et al.
Correction to: Invasive group A Streptococcus disease in Australian children: 2016 to 2018 – a descriptive cohort study.
BMC Public Health
21(1)
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855
2021
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Abo, Y, Clifford, V, Lee, L, Costa, A, Crawford, N, Wurzel, D, Daley, AJ.
COVID‐19 public health measures and respiratory viruses in children in Melbourne.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
57(12)
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1886 -1892
2021
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Saravanos, GL, King, CL, Deng, L, Dinsmore, N, Ramos, I, Takashima, M, Crawford, N, Clark, JE, Dale, RC, Jones, CA, et al.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Neurologic Complications in Children: A Systematic Review and Aggregated Case Series.
The Journal of Pediatrics
239(Dev Med Child Neurol 1 2014)
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39 -49.e9
2021
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Du Berry, C, Saunders, T, McMinn, A, Tosif, S, Shanthikumar, S, Vandeleur, M, Harrison, J, Burgner, D, Ranganathan, S, Crawford, N, et al.
Is cardiorespiratory disease associated with increased susceptibility of SARS‐CoV‐2 in children?.
Pediatric Pulmonology
56(12)
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3664 -3668
2021
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Brusco, NK, Oliver, J, McMinn, A, Steer, A, Crawford, N.
The cost of care for children hospitalised with Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease in Australia.
BMC Health Services Research
21(1)
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1340
2021
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