
Overview
Background
Professor Peter Sly is the Director, Children's Health and Environment Program. Professor Sly is a NHMRC Leadership Fellow (L3) and an emeritus paediatric respiratory physician with extensive research experience in respiratory physiology, developmental immunology and children's environmental health. Professor Sly’s research aims to understand the mechanisms underlying chronic childhood lung diseases in order to improve clinical management and to delay or prevent their onset, with consequent reductions in adult lung diseases. A combination of basic science, longitudinal cohort studies and translation of research findings into clinical practice, including clinical trials, are included in three main areas: asthma, cystic fibrosis and children’s environmental health
Professor Sly is an advisor to the World Health Organisation Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Disease and currently serves on International Advisory Boards and committees, including: WHO network of Collaborating Centres in Children’s Environmental Health; Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study, Canada; the Infant Lung Health Study, Paarl, South Africa; and A SHARED Future: Achieving Strength, Health, and Autonomy, through Renewable Energy Development for the Future.
Availability
- Professor Peter Sly is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, University of Melbourne
- Doctoral Diploma of Medicine, University of Melbourne
- Doctoral Diploma of Science (Advanced), University of Western Australia
Research interests
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Asthma
Understanding mechanisms that underlie risks for developing asthma in susceptible children
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Cystic Fibrosis
Understanding the mechanisms underlying the development of lung disease early in life and why and how this progresses
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Impact of environmental exposures in early life
Improving methods of assessing environmental exposures during fetal development and in early postnatal life. Improving methods for assessing the effects of early life environmental exposures and understanding how these increase long-tern risk of chronic disease.
Works
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2018
Journal Article
Systematic error in respiratory impedance using commercial equipment calibrated according to the manufacturer's instructions
Sly, Peter D., Shackleton, Claire, Czovek, Dorottya and Hantos, Zoltan (2018). Systematic error in respiratory impedance using commercial equipment calibrated according to the manufacturer's instructions. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 197 (4), 532-534. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201704-0713LE
2018
Journal Article
Face masks and cough etiquette reduce the cough aerosol concentration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in people with cystic fibrosis
Wood, Michelle E., Stockwell, Rebecca E., Johnson, Graham R., Ramsay, Kay A., Sherrard, Laura J., Jabbour, Nassib, Ballard, Emma, O'Rourke, Peter, Kidd, Timothy J., Wainwright, Claire E., Knibbs, Luke D., Sly, Peter D., Morawska, Lidia and Bell, Scott C. (2018). Face masks and cough etiquette reduce the cough aerosol concentration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in people with cystic fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 197 (3), 338-355. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201707-1457OC
2018
Journal Article
Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization of the nasopharynx is associated with increased severity during respiratory syncytial virus infection in young children
Brealey, Jaelle C., Chappell, Keith J., Galbraith, Sally, Fantino, Emmanuelle, Gaydon, Jane, Tozer, Sarah, Young, Paul R., Holt, Patrick G. and Sly, Peter D. (2018). Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization of the nasopharynx is associated with increased severity during respiratory syncytial virus infection in young children. Respirology, 23 (2), 220-227. doi: 10.1111/resp.13179
2018
Journal Article
Validation of the GLI-2012 spirometry reference equations in Argentinian children
Busi, Luciano E and Sly, Peter D (2018). Validation of the GLI-2012 spirometry reference equations in Argentinian children. Pediatric pulmonology, 53 (2), 204-208. doi: 10.1002/ppul.23923
2018
Journal Article
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Seasonality: A Global Overview
Obando-Pacheco, Pablo, Justicia-Grande, Antonio José, Rivero-Calle, Irene, Rodríguez-Tenreiro, Carmen, Sly, Peter, Ramilo, Octavio, Mejías, Asunción, Baraldi, Eugenio, Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G, Nair, Harish, Nunes, Marta C, Kragten-Tabatabaie, Leyla, Heikkinen, Terho, Greenough, Anne, Stein, Renato T, Manzoni, Paolo, Bont, Louis and Martinón-Torres, Federico (2018). Respiratory Syncytial Virus Seasonality: A Global Overview. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 217 (9), 1356-1364. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy056
2018
Journal Article
Persistent activation of interlinked type 2 airway epithelial gene networks in sputum-derived cells from aeroallergen-sensitized symptomatic asthmatics
Jones, Anya C., Troy, Niamh M., White, Elisha, Hollams, Elysia M., Gout, Alexander M., Ling, Kak-Ming, Kicic, Anthony, Stick, Stephen M., Sly, Peter D., Holt, Patrick G., Hall, Graham L. and Bosco, Anthony (2018). Persistent activation of interlinked type 2 airway epithelial gene networks in sputum-derived cells from aeroallergen-sensitized symptomatic asthmatics. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 1511, 1511. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-19837-6
2018
Journal Article
Accumulation mode particles and LPS exposure induce TLR-4 dependent and independent inflammatory responses in the lung
Fonceca, Angela M., Zosky, Graeme R., Bozanich, Elizabeth M., Sutanto, Erika N., Kicic, Anthony, McNamara, Paul S., Knight, Darryl A., Sly, Peter D., Turner, Debra J. and Stick, Stephen M. (2018). Accumulation mode particles and LPS exposure induce TLR-4 dependent and independent inflammatory responses in the lung. Respiratory Research, 19 (1) 15, 15. doi: 10.1186/s12931-017-0701-z
2018
Conference Publication
Birth cohorts in diverse environments: urban and rural cohorts
Sly, Peter D. (2018). Birth cohorts in diverse environments: urban and rural cohorts. 17th International Congress of Pediatric Pulmonology, Toledo, Spain, 21-24 June 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons.
2018
Conference Publication
Profiling innate lymphoid cells in the cord blood of infants born to mothers with asthma in pregnancy
Gomes, G., Starkey, M., Belinelo, De Gouveia P., Jesson, K., Hansbro, P., Murphy,, Hardaker, K., Robinson, P., Sly, P., Gibson, P., Mattes, J. and Collison, A. (2018). Profiling innate lymphoid cells in the cord blood of infants born to mothers with asthma in pregnancy. The Australia & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science and The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (ANZSRS/TSANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, Australia, 23–27 March 2018. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley.
2018
Conference Publication
Household-level factors associated with childhood growth in Bangladesh: an analysis of the multiple indicator cluster survey, 2012-2013
Sanchez, J., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Mahfuz, Mustafa, Sly, Peter and Long, Kurt (2018). Household-level factors associated with childhood growth in Bangladesh: an analysis of the multiple indicator cluster survey, 2012-2013. 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans, LA, United States, October 28-November 1, 2018. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
2018
Journal Article
Characterizing well-differentiated culture of primary human nasal epithelial cells for use in wound healing assays
Schagen, Johanna, Sly, Peter D. and Fantino, Emmanuelle (2018). Characterizing well-differentiated culture of primary human nasal epithelial cells for use in wound healing assays. Laboratory Investigation, 98 (11), 1478-1486. doi: 10.1038/s41374-018-0100-1
2018
Book Chapter
Environmental contributions to respiratory disease in children
Sly, Peter and Bush, Andrew (2018). Environmental contributions to respiratory disease in children. Kendig's disorders of the respiratory tract in children. (pp. 49-56.e3) Philadelphia, PA, United States: Elsevier Inc.. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-44887-1.00004-3
2018
Conference Publication
Climate change and respiratory health
Sly, Peter D. (2018). Climate change and respiratory health. 17th International Congress of Pediatric Pulmonology, Toledo, Spain, 21-24 June 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States : John Wiley & Sons.
2018
Conference Publication
Infant lower respiratory tract illness reduces lung function at 2 years in African children
Gray, Diane, Turkovic, Lidija, Mcmillan, Lauren, Jacobs, Carvern, Stadler, Jacobus A., Vanker, Aneesa, Hantos, Zoltan, Czovek, Dorettya, Sly, Peter D., Hall, Graham L. and Zar, Heather J. (2018). Infant lower respiratory tract illness reduces lung function at 2 years in African children. 28th International Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), Paris France, 15-19 September , 2018. Lausanne, Switzerland: European Respiratory Society. doi: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2018.PA5020
2018
Conference Publication
Prematurity, lung function at 6 weeks of age and bronchiolitis in babies born to mothers with asthma during pregnancy
Jesson, K., Belinelo, De Gouveia P., Sena C, R. S., Collison, A., Murphy,, Robinson, P., Sly, P., Mattes, J., Hardaker, K. and Gibson, P. (2018). Prematurity, lung function at 6 weeks of age and bronchiolitis in babies born to mothers with asthma during pregnancy. The Australia & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science and The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (ANZSRS/TSANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, Australia, 23–27 March 2018. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley.
2018
Conference Publication
Infants hospitalised for severe viral bronchiolitis manifest dysregulated interferon (particularly types 1 & 3) responses
Jones, A. C., Anderson, D., Read, J. F., Serralha, M., Holt, B. J., Galbraith, S., Fantino, E., Varghese, J., Gutierrez Cardenas, D., Sly, P. D., Strickland, D. S., Bosco, A. and Holt, P. G. (2018). Infants hospitalised for severe viral bronchiolitis manifest dysregulated interferon (particularly types 1 & 3) responses. Congress of the European-Academy-of-Allergy-and-Clinical-Immunology (EAACI), Munich Germany, 26-30 May 2018. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley.
2018
Conference Publication
Forced oscillation technique to assess exercise and post-exercise bronchodilator responses in preterm-born children
Cousins, Michael, Hart, Kylie, Radics, Bence, Czovek, Dorottya, Hantos, Zoltan, Sly, Peter, Henderson, John and Kotecha, Sailesh (2018). Forced oscillation technique to assess exercise and post-exercise bronchodilator responses in preterm-born children. 28th International Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), Paris, France, 15-19 September, 2018. Lausanne, Switzerland: European Respiratory Society. doi: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2018.PA559
2018
Journal Article
Differential expression of genes and receptors in monocytes from patients with cystic fibrosis
Tarique, Abdullah A., Sly, Peter D., Cardenas, Diana G., Luo, Lin, Stow, Jennifer L., Bell, Scott C., Wainwright, Claire E. and Fantino, Emmanuelle (2018). Differential expression of genes and receptors in monocytes from patients with cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 18 (3), 342-348. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2018.07.012
2018
Conference Publication
Bacterial and viral interactions in wheeze and asthma
Sly, Peter D. (2018). Bacterial and viral interactions in wheeze and asthma. 17th International Congress of Pediatric Pulmonology, Toledo, Spain, 21-24 June 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons.
2018
Conference Publication
Larger household size is associated with an increased proportion of regulatory T cells in cord blood
Collier, F., Ponsonby, A., O'Hely, M., Tang, M. L., Allen, K. J., Harrison, L. C., Carlin, J. B., Saffery, R., Sly, P. D., Ranganathan, S. and Vuillermin, P. J. (2018). Larger household size is associated with an increased proportion of regulatory T cells in cord blood. Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), Munich, Germany, 26-30 May 2018 . Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley-Blackwell.
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Peter Sly is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Characterising the Environmental Burden of E-waste and its Impacts on Children¿s and Women's Health
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Role of airway obstruction in the development of asthma
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Tamara Blake
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Doctor Philosophy
Maternal exposure to phthalates and allergic disease in children
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dwan Vilcins
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Doctor Philosophy
Respiratory Guidelines for the Management of Paediatric Neuromuscular Disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Zephanie Tyack
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Doctor Philosophy
Characterizing the Environmental Burden and Health Impact of Electronic Waste (e-waste) in Bangladesh
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Air pollution, oxidative stress and dietary antioxidants
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dwan Vilcins
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Doctor Philosophy
Epidemiological investigations into avian influenza virus environmental contamination in live bird markets of Dhaka¿s metropolitan area, Bangladesh
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
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Doctor Philosophy
Mitigating the health impacts of air pollution in Australia: From research to policy.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head, Associate Professor Nina Lansbury
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Doctor Philosophy
Mitigating the health impacts of air pollution in Australia. From research to policy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head, Associate Professor Nina Lansbury
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Doctor Philosophy
Epidemiological investigations into avian influenza virus environmental contamination in live bird markets of Dhaka's metropolitan area, Bangladesh
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigations into the importance of antimicrobial residues in the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in peri-urban dairy farms of Nepal
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Deirdre Mikkelsen, Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
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Doctor Philosophy
Providing evidence to guide public health messages during bushfire smoke events
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dwan Vilcins
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Doctor Philosophy
Evaluation of Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in South and South East Asian Countries
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Deirdre Mikkelsen, Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
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Doctor Philosophy
Epidemiological investigations into avian influenza virus environmental contamination in live bird markets of Dhaka's metropolitan area, Bangladesh
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
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Doctor Philosophy
Improving detection of pulmonary graft-vs-host disease (pGVHD) post haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Tamara Blake
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Doctor Philosophy
Epidemiological investigations into avian influenza virus environmental contamination in live bird markets of Dhaka¿s metropolitan area, Bangladesh
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Traffic-related air pollution: impact on respiratory health and attitudes to self-protective behaviours amongst urban Vietnamese children
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Phong Thai, Associate Professor Dung Phung
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Enteropathogen infection and Household Factors Associated with Linear Child Growth in Bangladesh
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Novel green space measures and birthweight in Queensland, Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Jagals, Dr Peter Baker
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Incorporating Epidemiological Studies into Integrated Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Coal Mining
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Jagals
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluating the Effects of Atmospheric Environment on Children's Health in Hanoi, Vietnam
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller, Associate Professor Phong Thai, Associate Professor Dung Phung
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Improving the clinical utility of the Forced Oscillation Technique in preschool-aged children
Principal Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Assessing Exposure of Young Australian Children to Toxicants in the Home Environment using a Web-Based Questionnaire
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Jagals
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Epidemiological investigations into avian influenza virus environmental contamination in live bird markets of Dhaka's metropolitan area, Bangladesh
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Children's Environmental Health in Least Developed Countries: a modelling approach to support policy decisions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Jagals
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Trajectories of asthma symptom and their associations with family, neighbourhood, and psychosocial environmental factors among children in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Abdullah Mamun
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2022
Master Philosophy
Investigating the molecular mechanisms of macrophage polarisation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Abdullah Tarique
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Assessing Early-life Human Exposure to Selected Pesticides Using Urinary Biomarkers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Statistical methods for analysing the health effects of prenatal exposure to mixtures of correlated endocrine-disrupting chemicals
Associate Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Early Life Predictors of Peak Lung function at 21 years Findings from a Longitudinal Cohort Study
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Abdullah Mamun
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Establishing a wound healing model in well differentiated cultures of primary human nasal epithelial cells
Associate Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Assessing body burden of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in infants/toddlers through analysis of faeces
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the cellular and molecular processes that link RAGE gene-deletion with the development of pneumovirus-induced bronchiolitis and paucigranulocytic asthma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor John Upham
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The antiviral defects of the airway epithelium associated with wheeze and atopy in children and asthma in adults
Associate Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Immunomodulation of allergic airway inflammation by mesenchymal stem cells
Associate Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Acute lower respiratory infections in infants in the tropics: Environmental drivers of seasonal epidemics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Gail Williams
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Assessing environmental exposures in Australian children. A case study of bisphenol A
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller
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