Our people About us Main navigation Our purpose Our history Funding and governance Our people The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney - PAEDS Coordinating CentreProfessor Kristine Macartney, Chief Principal InvestigatorDirector, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), paediatrician and infectious disease specialistProfessor Nick Wood, Chief Principal InvestigatorSenior Staff Specialist general paediatrician and Professor and Sub-Dean (Postgraduate Research) in the Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health at the University of Sydney Associate Professor Philip Britton, Chief Principal InvestigatorPaediatric infectious diseases physician and early-career researcherEmma Carey, PAEDS ManagerLaura Rost, Surveillance and Research NurseKathryn Meredith, Surveillance and Research NurseMehyar Khair Baik, Research OfficerKahla Mellem, Administration Officer The Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick Dr Brendan McMullan, Principal InvestigatorNicole Kerly, Site Coordinator / Surveillance and Research Nurse The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne Associate Professor Nigel Crawford, Principal InvestigatorDirector of SAEFVIC (Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination in the Community)Alissa McMinn, Site Coordinator/Surveillance and Research Nurse Perth Children’s Hospital, Perth Associate Professor Christopher Blyth, Principal InvestigatorHead of Infectious Diseases at Perth Children’s HospitalProfessor Peter Richmond, Principal InvestigatorCaroline Finucane, Site Coordinator/Surveillance and Research NurseLorraine Flynn, Surveillance and Research Nurse Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide Associate Professor Helen Marshall, Principal InvestigatorDirector, Vaccinology and Immunology Research Trials Unit, VIRTUChris Heath, Site Coordinator/Surveillance and Research NurseMary Walker, Surveillance and Research Nurse Queensland Children’s Hospital, Brisbane Associate Professor Julia Clark, Principal Investigator Paediatric Infectious Disease SpecialistDr Anne Kynaston, Principal Investigator Paediatrician - Senior Medical OfficerSonia Dougherty, Site Coordinator/Surveillance and Research NurseSara Cook, Surveillance and Research NurseNatasha Doran, Surveillance and Research Nurse Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin Dr Joshua Francis, Principal InvestigatorLaura Francis, Site Coordinator/Surveillance and Research Nurse Monash Health, Victoria Dr Jeremy Carr, Principal InvestigatorKaren Bellamy, Site Coordinator/Surveillance and Research Nurse Associate investigators, collaborators and contributors The success of the partnership across multiple jurisdictions is evidenced by PAEDS being in operation for more than 10 years. PAEDS is privileged to work with several associate investigators, collaborators and contributors in the following conditions: Acute childhood encephalitisProfessor Cheryl Jones, Dr Philip Britton, Dr Marino Festa, Professor Russell Dale and Rebecca Burrell (The Children's Hospital at Westmead).Acute flaccid paralysisDr Bruce Thorley and Linda Hobday (Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory), members of the Polio Expert Panel of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA)Febrile seizuresDr Belinda Barton (The Children’s Hospital at Westmead), Professor Ingrid Scheffer and Professor Samuel Berkovic (Epilepsy Research Centre, Melbourne) [NHMRC grant: 1049557]Gram-negative blood stream infectionsDr Adam Irwin (The University of Queensland)Invasive group A streptococcus diseaseProfessor Andrew Steer and Ciara Baker (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)InfluenzaAssociate Professor Allen Cheng and FluCAN investigators, Professor Alison Kesson (The Children’s Hospital at Westmead)Invasive meningococcal diseaseDr Bing Wang (Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide)Kawasaki disease Associate Professor Davinder Singh-Grewal, Dr Ryan Lucas (The Children’s Hospital Westmead), Professor David Burgner (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute) Varicella and herpes zosterDr Cheryl Toi and Professor Dominic Dwyer (Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research) Acknowledgements The PAEDS Network acknowledges all the heads of diagnostic microbiology laboratories and all clinical departments at each of our PAEDS hospitals. The assistance of these and other hospital staff facilitate timely and complete collection of information on children with all the serious conditions for which PAEDS conducts surveillance. We also wish to extend particular thanks to our former PAEDS investigators and coordinators/nurses for their hard work and valuable contributions.
