A/Prof Amanda Gwee
A/Prof Amanda Gwee
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Role
Group Leader/Clinician-Scientist Fellow
Research area
Infection, Immunity and Global Health
Group
Antimicrobials
Associate Professor Amanda Gwee MBBS FRACP DTMH PhD is the Leader of the Antimicrobials Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is a general paediatrician, infectious diseases physician, clinical pharmacologist, and Clinical Lead of Research in the Department of General Medicine at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. In addition, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, at the University of Melbourne.
Amanda's research program focuses on optimising antimicrobial use and access in children and includes national and international clinical trials, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic studies, and cohort studies. She is passionate about improving medication use in children and is involved in several international guideline/expert groups (European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, WHO, Therapeutic Guidelines).
She created and leads the Australasian KIDS DOSE consortium, a network of paediatric clinician-researchers across 17 hospital/research institutions in Australia and New Zealand, dedicated to improving equity in access to optimal antimicrobial use in children.
Amanda is a Clinical Scientist Fellow generously funded by the Good Friday Appeal.
Amanda's research program focuses on optimising antimicrobial use and access in children and includes national and international clinical trials, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic studies, and cohort studies. She is passionate about improving medication use in children and is involved in several international guideline/expert groups (European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, WHO, Therapeutic Guidelines).
She created and leads the Australasian KIDS DOSE consortium, a network of paediatric clinician-researchers across 17 hospital/research institutions in Australia and New Zealand, dedicated to improving equity in access to optimal antimicrobial use in children.
Amanda is a Clinical Scientist Fellow generously funded by the Good Friday Appeal.
Associate Professor Amanda Gwee MBBS FRACP DTMH PhD is the Leader of the Antimicrobials Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is a general paediatrician, infectious diseases physician, clinical pharmacologist, and Clinical Lead of...
Associate Professor Amanda Gwee MBBS FRACP DTMH PhD is the Leader of the Antimicrobials Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is a general paediatrician, infectious diseases physician, clinical pharmacologist, and Clinical Lead of Research in the Department of General Medicine at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. In addition, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, at the University of Melbourne.
Amanda's research program focuses on optimising antimicrobial use and access in children and includes national and international clinical trials, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic studies, and cohort studies. She is passionate about improving medication use in children and is involved in several international guideline/expert groups (European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, WHO, Therapeutic Guidelines).
She created and leads the Australasian KIDS DOSE consortium, a network of paediatric clinician-researchers across 17 hospital/research institutions in Australia and New Zealand, dedicated to improving equity in access to optimal antimicrobial use in children.
Amanda is a Clinical Scientist Fellow generously funded by the Good Friday Appeal.
Amanda's research program focuses on optimising antimicrobial use and access in children and includes national and international clinical trials, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic studies, and cohort studies. She is passionate about improving medication use in children and is involved in several international guideline/expert groups (European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, WHO, Therapeutic Guidelines).
She created and leads the Australasian KIDS DOSE consortium, a network of paediatric clinician-researchers across 17 hospital/research institutions in Australia and New Zealand, dedicated to improving equity in access to optimal antimicrobial use in children.
Amanda is a Clinical Scientist Fellow generously funded by the Good Friday Appeal.
Top Publications
- Foley, DJ, Gwee, A, Epalza, C, Marks, M, Vidal Castro, J, Tzaki, A, Barroso Hofer, C, Bamford, A, Frigati, L, Lishman, J, et al. A Call for International Collaboration to Improve Definitions for the Surveillance of Congenital Syphilis.. Pediatr Infect Dis J 45(5) : e183 -e184 2026 view publication
- Gaafar, D, Cranswick, N, Dimond, R, Iles, M, Weerdenburg, H, Christodoulou, J, Gwee, A. Causality, severity and avoidability of adverse drug reactions in children: An 11-year review.. Br J Clin Pharmacol 92(4) : 1137 -1144 2026 view publication
- Wang, J, Yang, W, Lei, A, Harwood, K, Boast, A, Gonis, G, Carlo, AD, Chiletti, R, Daley, A, McWhinney, B, et al. Distribution of piperacillin-tazobactam into cerebrospinal, peritoneal, and pleural fluid in children aged 0 to 18 years.. Int J Antimicrob Agents 107793 2026 view publication
- Phuong, LK, Gwee, A, Blyth, CC, Wijaya, JT, Hanna, D, Kotecha, RS, Yeoh, DK. Invasive pneumococcal disease in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.. Arch Dis Child 2026 view publication
- Yang, W, Irwin, A, Weerdenburg, H, McWhinney, B, Cole, T, Lei, A, Zhu, X, Gwee, A. Identifying a therapeutic target for ganciclovir against cytomegalovirus in immunocompromised children.. Br J Clin Pharmacol 92(3) : 851 -859 2026 view publication
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