Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases (QPID) Research Group
About
The Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases (QPID) Research Group is a multi-disciplinary translational group working collaboratively to improve the outcomes of children with infectious conditions. Hosted at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), the group includes clinicians and researchers from UQ, Queensland Children’s Hospital, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Griffith University.
Researchers from this group collaborate on and lead multi-centre studies of childhood infections, including important national surveillance studies as part of the Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance network.
The QPID Research Group encompasses:
- The Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases (QPID) laboratory: A National Association of Testing Authorities accredited laboratory with an established track record of innovation in translational diagnostics research
- Infectious disease surveillance: A team of researchers engaged in collaborative state-wide and national studies of important and emerging infectious conditions. This includes the Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance group which is a unique national collaboration providing epidemiological data on conditions of public health importance in Australian children.
- Clinician researchers: a multi-disciplinary team of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals perform translational clinical research aimed at optimising the diagnosis and management of serious infections in children.
- Immunisations research: collaborative research encompassing vaccine trials, and health services research intended to reduce the burden of infectious conditions in Queensland children.
UQCCR staff
Queensland Children's Hospital staff
- Associate Professor Julia Clark
- Associate Professor Clare Nourse
- Sonia Dougherty
- Sara Cook
- Amber Ellis
- Natasha Doran
- Jordann Davis
- Bruce Chio
- Nicolette Graham
- Li Jun Thean
- Quyen Tu
- Michele Cree
HDR students
- Dr Angela Berkhout
- Semira Wailu
- Wei Qian
UQ Child Health Research Centre staff
- Associate Professor Ian Mackay
- Associate Professor Steve Lambert
- Mycobacterium in Children with Cystic Fibrosis
- Gram-negative bloodstream infections in children
- Rapid Point-Of-Care Tests for Multidrug Resistant Bacteria
- Needle Phobias Multidisciplinary Clinics Trial
- Core Outcome Measures in Bloodstream infection Antimicrobial Trials (COMBAT) in children
- Cytomegalovirus in Children receiving Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Syphilis in pregnant women and their newborn infants in South-East Queensland 2016-2021: A retrospective audit of management and outcomes
- Herpes simplex virus infection & disease in early infancy and childhood
- Aciclovir use in infants and children (0-18 years) – how appropriate is parenteral use for suspected or proven HSV infections?
- The burden of and risk factors for Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis with a focus on pregnancy related TB in Africa