
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
Conference Publication
Poor lung function tracks from childhood to young adulthood, and is associated with persistent asthma in 22 year old participants of the Western Australian pregnancy (Raine Study) cohort
White, E., Deklerk, N., Hollams, E., Holt, P., Sly, P. and Hall, G. (2018). Poor lung function tracks from childhood to young adulthood, and is associated with persistent asthma in 22 year old participants of the Western Australian pregnancy (Raine Study) cohort. 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
Lung function at 6 weeks of age is associated with the risk of developing bronchiolitis in infants born to mothers with asthma during pregnancy
Beinelo, De Gouveia P., Jesson, K., Sena, Silva C., Collison, A., Murphy,, Robinson P, D., Hardaker, K., Sly P, D., Gibson, P. and Mattes, J. (2018). Lung function at 6 weeks of age is associated with the risk of developing bronchiolitis in infants born to mothers with asthma during pregnancy. ANZSRS/TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, Australia, 23-27 March 2018. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell.
2018
Conference Publication
Campylobacter jejuni infection and household-level factors are associated with childhood growth in Mirpur, Bangladesh: an analysis of the mal-ed study
Sanchez, J., Alam, Md, Raihan, Mohammad, Haque, Md, Das, Subhasish, Mahfuz, Mustafa, Stride, Christopher, Sly, Peter, Long, Kurt and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2018). Campylobacter jejuni infection and household-level factors are associated with childhood growth in Mirpur, Bangladesh: an analysis of the mal-ed study. 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans, LA, United States, Oct 28-Nov 01, 2018. MCLEAN: AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE.
2017
Journal Article
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells protect from viral bronchiolitis and asthma through semaphorin 4a-mediated T reg expansion
Lynch, Jason P., Werder, Rhiannon B., Loh, Zhixuan, Sikder, Md Al Amin, Curren, Bodie, Zhang, Vivian, Rogers, Matthew J. , Lane, Katie, Simpson, Jennifer, Mazzone, Stuart B., Spann, Kirsten, Hayball, John, Diener, Kerrilyn, Everard, Mark L., Blyth, Christopher C., Forstner, Christian, Dennis, Paul G., Murtaza, Nida, Morrison, Mark, Ó Cuív, Páraic, Zhang, Ping, Haque, Ashraful, Hill, Geoffrey R., Sly, Peter D., Upham, John W. and Phipps, Simon (2017). Plasmacytoid dendritic cells protect from viral bronchiolitis and asthma through semaphorin 4a-mediated T reg expansion. The Journal of Experimental Medicine, 215 (2), 537-557. doi: 10.1084/jem.20170298
2017
Journal Article
The association between Staphylococcus aureus and subsequent bronchiectasis in children with cystic fibrosis
Caudri, Daan, Turkovic, Lidija, Ng, Jolyn, de Klerk, Nicholas H., Rosenow, Tim, Hall, Graham L., Ranganathan, Sarath C., Sly, Peter D. and Stick, Stephen M. (2017). The association between Staphylococcus aureus and subsequent bronchiectasis in children with cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis , 17 (4), 462-469. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2017.12.002
2017
Journal Article
The burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) associated acute lower respiratory infections in children with Down syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Chan, Markus, Park, John J., Shi, Ting, Torres, Federico Martinón, Bont, Louis, Nair, Harish, Grobbee, Diederick E., Greenough, Anne, Manzoni, Paolo, Papadopoulos, Nikolaos, Baraldi, Eugenio, Falsey, Ann R., Heikkinen, Terho, Mejías, Asunción, Polack, Fernando P., Sharland, Mike, Ramilo, Octavio, Stein, Renato T., Martinón-Torres, Federico, Sly, Peter D. and Nunes, Marta (2017). The burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) associated acute lower respiratory infections in children with Down syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Global Health, 7 (2) 020413. doi: 10.7189/jogh.07.020413
2017
Journal Article
Pooling of bronchoalveolar lavage in children with cystic fibrosis does not adversely affect the microbiological yield or sensitivity in detecting pulmonary inflammation
McNally, Paul, O'Rourke, Jennifer, Fantino, Emmanuelle, Chacko, Archana, Pabary, Rishi, Turnbull, Andrew, Grant, Tim, O'Sullivan, Niamh, Wainwright, Claire, Linnane, Barry, Davies, Jane C. and Sly, Peter D. (2017). Pooling of bronchoalveolar lavage in children with cystic fibrosis does not adversely affect the microbiological yield or sensitivity in detecting pulmonary inflammation. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 17 (3), 391-399. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2017.10.016
2017
Other Outputs
Dynamics of the upper airway microbiome in the pathogenesis of asthma-associated persistent wheeze in preschool children
Teo, Shu Mei, Tang, Howard HF, Mok, Danny, Judd, Louise M, Watts, Stephen C, Pham, Kym, Holt, Barbara J., Kusel, Merci, Serralha, Michael, Troy, Niamh, Bochkov, Yury A, Grindle, Kristine, Lemanske, Robert F, Johnston, Sebastian L, Gern, James E, Sly, Peter D, Holt, Patrick G, Holt, Kathryn E and Inouye, Michael (2017). Dynamics of the upper airway microbiome in the pathogenesis of asthma-associated persistent wheeze in preschool children. doi: 10.1101/222190
2017
Journal Article
Early-life exposure to indoor air pollution or tobacco smoke and lower respiratory tract illness and wheezing in African infants: a longitudinal birth cohort study
Vanker, Aneesa, Barnett, Whitney, Workman, Lesley, Nduru, Polite M, Sly, Peter D, Gie, Robert P and Zar, Heather J (2017). Early-life exposure to indoor air pollution or tobacco smoke and lower respiratory tract illness and wheezing in African infants: a longitudinal birth cohort study. The Lancet. Planetary health, 1 (8), e328-e336. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(17)30134-1
2017
Journal Article
How Do We "Help the World Breathe"?
Gordon, Stephen B., Sonia Buist, A., Hopewell, Philip, Pinkerton, Kent, Sly, Peter, Eoin West, T., Moschovis, Peter, Accinelli, Roberto A., Cruz, Alvaro A. and Adhikari, Neill K. J. (2017). How Do We "Help the World Breathe"?. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 196 (9), 1100-1102. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201706-1199ED
2017
Journal Article
The Lancet Commission on pollution and health
Landrigan, Philip J, Fuller, Richard, Acosta, Nereus J R, Adeyi, Olusoji, Arnold, Robert, Basu, Niladri Nil, Baldé, Abdoulaye Bibi, Bertollini, Roberto, Bose-O'Reilly, Stephan, Boufford, Jo Ivey, Breysse, Patrick N, Chiles, Thomas, Mahidol, Chulabhorn, Coll-Seck, Awa M, Cropper, Maureen L, Fobil, Julius, Fuster, Valentin, Greenstone, Michael, Haines, Andy, Hanrahan, David, Hunter, David, Khare, Mukesh, Krupnick, Alan, Lanphear, Bruce, Lohani, Bindu, Martin, Keith, Mathiasen, Karen V, McTeer, Maureen A, Murray, Christopher J L ... Zhong, Ma (2017). The Lancet Commission on pollution and health. Lancet, 391 (10119), 462-512. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32345-0
2017
Journal Article
Defining 'healthy' in preschool-aged children for forced oscillation technique reference equations
Shackleton, Claire, Czovek, Dorottya, Grimwood, Keith, Ware, Robert S, Radics, Bence, Hantos, Zoltan and Sly, Peter D (2017). Defining 'healthy' in preschool-aged children for forced oscillation technique reference equations. Respirology (Carlton, Vic.), 23 (4), 406-413. doi: 10.1111/resp.13186
2017
Journal Article
Oxidative stress in early cystic fibrosis lung disease is exacerbated by airway glutathione deficiency
Dickerhof, Nina, Pearson, John F., Hoskin, Teagan S., Berry, Luke J., Turner, Rufus, Sly, Peter D., Kettle, Anthony J. and AREST CF (2017). Oxidative stress in early cystic fibrosis lung disease is exacerbated by airway glutathione deficiency. Free Radical Biology And Medicine, 113, 236-243. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.09.028
2017
Journal Article
Polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardant concentrations in faeces from young children in Queensland, Australia and associations with environmental and behavioural factors
English, Karin, Chen, Yiqin, Toms, Leisa-Maree, Jagals, Paul, Ware, Robert S., Mueller, Jochen F. and Sly, Peter D. (2017). Polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardant concentrations in faeces from young children in Queensland, Australia and associations with environmental and behavioural factors. Environmental Research, 158, 669-676. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.07.022
2017
Journal Article
Persistent organic pollutants in infants and toddlers: relationship between concentrations in matched plasma and faecal samples
Chen, Yiqin, Sjodin, Andreas, McLachlan, Michael S., English, Karin, Aylward, Lesa L., Toms, Leisa-Maree L., Varghese, Julie, Sly, Peter D. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2017). Persistent organic pollutants in infants and toddlers: relationship between concentrations in matched plasma and faecal samples. Environment International, 107, 82-88. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.06.019
2017
Journal Article
After asthma: redefining airways diseases
Pavord, Ian D., Beasley, Richard, Agusti, Alvar, Anderson, Gary P., Bel, Elisabeth, Brusselle, Guy, Cullinan, Paul, Custovic, Adnan, Ducharme, Francine M., Fahy, John V., Frey, Urs, Gibson, Peter, Heaney, Liam G., Holt, Patrick G., Humbert, Marc, Lloyd, Clare M., Marks, Guy, Martinez, Fernando D., Sly, Peter D., von Mutius, Erika, Wenzel, Sally, Zar, Heather J. and Bush, Andy (2017). After asthma: redefining airways diseases. Lancet, 391 (10118), 350-400. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30879-6
2017
Journal Article
The AREST CF experience in biobanking - more than just tissues, tubes and time
Garratt, Luke W., Kicic, Anthony, Robertson, Colin, Ranganathan, Sarath, Sly, Peter D. and Stick, Stephen M. (2017). The AREST CF experience in biobanking - more than just tissues, tubes and time. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 16 (5), 622-627. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2017.08.003
2017
Conference Publication
THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF PULMONARY INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION ON STRUCTURAL LUNG DISEASE IN YOUNG CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Rosenow, T., Mok, L. C., Turkovic, L., Murray, C. P., Sly, P., Ranganathan, S. and Stick, S. (2017). THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF PULMONARY INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION ON STRUCTURAL LUNG DISEASE IN YOUNG CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
2017
Conference Publication
Strict exclusion criteria do not apply for healthy respiratory impedance reference ranges in pre-school aged children
Shackleton, Claire, Sly, Peter, Hantos, Zoltan, Ware, Robert, Vuillermin, Peter, Grimwood, Keith, Radics, Bence, Gingl, Zoltan, Czovek, Dorottya and Gray, Lawrence (2017). Strict exclusion criteria do not apply for healthy respiratory impedance reference ranges in pre-school aged children. European-Respiratory-Society (ERS) International Congress, Milan Italy, Sep 09-13, 2017. SHEFFIELD: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD. doi: 10.1183/1393003.congress-2017.PA3329
2017
Journal Article
E-cigarettes: risk mitigation for smokers or a public health disaster?
Sly, Peter D. (2017). E-cigarettes: risk mitigation for smokers or a public health disaster?. Reviews On Environmental Health, 32 (3), 221-222. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2017-0022
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
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
Role of airway obstruction in the development of asthma
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Tamara Blake
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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
Maternal exposure to phthalates and allergic disease in children
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dwan Vilcins
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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
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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
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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- Cystic fibrosis
- Paediatric asthma
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