
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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2015
Journal Article
Validation of a questionnaire for asthma case identification in pre-schools in Latin America
Busi, Luciano E., Sly, Peter D. and Llancaman, Lidia (2015). Validation of a questionnaire for asthma case identification in pre-schools in Latin America. Respirology, 20 (6), 912-916. doi: 10.1111/resp.12575
2015
Journal Article
Rationale, design and methods for the 22 year follow-up of the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study
Straker, Leon M., Hall, Graham L., Mountain, Jenny, Howie, Erin, White, Elisha, McArdle, Nigel, Eastwood, Peter R., Smith, Anne, Beales, Darren, O'Sullivan, Peter, Linton, Steven, Pransky, Glenn, Kyaw-Myint, Su Mon, Job, Jenny, Moorin, Rachel, Holt, Pat, Hollams, Elysia, Hantos, Zoltan, Sly, Peter, de Klerk, Nick, James, Alan, Hillman, David, Huang, Rae Chi, Pennell, Craig, Davis, Elizabeth, Bucks, Rachel, Healy, Genevieve, Winkler, Elizabeth, Abbott, Rebecca ... Jacques, Angela (2015). Rationale, design and methods for the 22 year follow-up of the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study. BMC Public Health, 15 (663) 663. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1944-6
2015
Journal Article
Respiratory effects of air pollution on children
Goldizen, Fiona C., Sly, Peter D. and Knibbs, Luke D. (2015). Respiratory effects of air pollution on children. Pediatric Pulmonology, 51 (1), 94-108. doi: 10.1002/ppul.23262
2015
Journal Article
Monitoring asthma in childhood: symptoms, exacerbations and quality of life
Brand, Paul L. P., Makela, Mika J., Szefler, Stanley J., Frischer, Thomas, Price, David, Baraldi, Eugenio, Carlsen, Kai-Hakon, Eber, Ernst, Hedlin, Gunilla, Kulkarni, Neeta, Lex, Christiane, Lodrup Carlsen, Karin C., Mantzouranis, Eva, Moeller, Alexander, Pavord, Ian, Piacentini, Giorgio, Pijnenburg, Mariëlle W., Rottier, Bart L., Saglani, Sejal, Sly, Peter D., Turner, Steve and Wooler, Edwina (2015). Monitoring asthma in childhood: symptoms, exacerbations and quality of life. European Respiratory Review, 24 (136), 187-193. doi: 10.1183/16000617.00003614
2015
Journal Article
Monitoring asthma in childhood: lung function, bronchial responsiveness and inflammation
Moeller, Alexander, Carlsen, Kai-Hakon, Sly, Peter D., Baraldi, Eugenio, Piacentini, Giorgio, Pavord, Ian, Lex, Christiane, Saglani, Sejal, Brand, Paul L. P., Eber, Ernst, Frischer, Thomas, Hedlin, Gunilla, Kulkarni, Neeta, Lodrup Carlsen, Karin C., Makela, Mika J., Mantzouranis, Eva, Pijnenburg, Mariëlle W., Price, David, Rottier, Bart L., Szefler, Stanley J., Turner, Steve and Wooler, Edwina (2015). Monitoring asthma in childhood: lung function, bronchial responsiveness and inflammation. European Respiratory Review, 24 (136), 204-215. doi: 10.1183/16000617.00003914
2015
Journal Article
Monitoring asthma in childhood: management-related issues
Rottier, Bart L., Eber, Ernst, Hedlin, Gunilla, Turner, Steve, Wooler, Edwina, Mantzourani, Eva, Kulkarni, Neeta, Baraldi, Eugenio, Brand, Paul L. P., Carlsen, Kai-Hakon, Frischer, Thomas, Lex, Christiane, Lodrup Carlsen, Karin C., Makela, Mika J., Moeller, Alexander, Pavord, Ian, Piacentini, Giorgio, Pijnenburg, Mariëlle W., Price, David, Saglani, Sejal, Sly, Peter D. and Szefler, Stanley J. (2015). Monitoring asthma in childhood: management-related issues. European Respiratory Review, 24 (136), 194-203. doi: 10.1183/16000617.00003814
2015
Journal Article
Distinguishing benign from pathologic TH2 immunity in atopic children
Holt, Patrick G., Strickland, Deborah, Bosco, Anthony, Belgrave, Danielle, Hales, Belinda, Simpson, Angela, Hollams, Elysia, Holt, Barbara, Kusel, Meri, Ahlstedt, Staffan, Sly, Peter D. and Custovic, Adnan (2015). Distinguishing benign from pathologic TH2 immunity in atopic children. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 137 (2), 379-387. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.08.044
2015
Journal Article
The infant nasopharyngeal microbiome impacts severity of lower respiratory infection and risk of asthma development
Teo, Shu Mei, Mok, Danny, Pham, Kym, Kusel, Merci, Serralha, Michael, Troy, Niamh, Holt, Barbara J., Hales, Belinda J., Walker, Michael L., Hollams, Elysia, Bochkov, Yury A., Grindle, Kristine, Johnston, Sebastian L., Gern, James E., Sly, Peter D., Holt, Patrick G., Holt, Kathryn E. and Inouye, Michael (2015). The infant nasopharyngeal microbiome impacts severity of lower respiratory infection and risk of asthma development. Cell Host and Microbe, 17 (5), 704-715. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2015.03.008
2015
Journal Article
Regulatory T cells prevent inducible BALT formation by dampening neutrophilic inflammation
Foo, Shen Yun, Zhang, Vivian, Lalwani, Amit, Lynch, Jason P., Zhuang, Aowen, Lam, Chuan En, Foster, Paul S., King, Cecile, Steptoe, Raymond J., Mazzone, Stuart B., Sly, Peter D. and Phipps, Simon (2015). Regulatory T cells prevent inducible BALT formation by dampening neutrophilic inflammation. Journal of Immunology, 194 (9), 4567-4576. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1400909
2015
Journal Article
The influence of sighing respirations on infant lung function measured using multiple breath washout gas mixing techniques
Vukcevic, Damjan, Carlin, John B., King, Louise, Hall, Graham L., Ponsonby, Anne-Louise, Sly, Peter D., Vuillermin, Peter and Ranganathan, Sarath (2015). The influence of sighing respirations on infant lung function measured using multiple breath washout gas mixing techniques. Physiological Reports, 3 (4) e12347, e12347. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12347
2015
Journal Article
Respiratory impedance in healthy unsedated South African infants: Effects of maternal smoking
Gray, Diane, Czovek, Dorottya, Smith, Emilee, Willemse, Lauren, Alberts, Ane, Gingl, Zoltan, Hall, Graham L, Zar, Heather J, Sly, Peter D and Hantos, Zoltan (2015). Respiratory impedance in healthy unsedated South African infants: Effects of maternal smoking. Respirology, 20 (3), 467-473. doi: 10.1111/resp.12463
2015
Journal Article
Peri-operative adverse respiratory events in children
von Ungern-Sternberg, B.S., Ramgolam, A., Hall, G. L., Sly, P. D. and Habre, W. (2015). Peri-operative adverse respiratory events in children. Anaesthesia, 70 (4), 440-444. doi: 10.1111/anae.12946
2015
Journal Article
Monitoring asthma in children
Pijnenburg, Marielle W, Baraldi, Eugenio, Brand, Paul L.P, Carlsen, Kai-Hakon, Eber, Ernst, Frischer, Thomas, Hedlin, Gunilla, Kulkarni, Neeta, Lex, Christiane, Makela, Mika J, Mantzouranis, Eva, Moeller, Alexander, Pavord, Ian, Piacentini, Giorgio, Price, David, Rottier, Bart L, Saglani, Sejal, Sly, Peter D, Szefler, Stanley J, Tonia, Thomy, Turner, Steve, Wooler, Edwina and Lodrup Carlsen, Karin C (2015). Monitoring asthma in children. European Respiratory Journal, 45 (4), 906-925. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00088814
2015
Journal Article
Assessment of respiratory mechanics with forced oscillations in healthy newborns
Hantos, Zoltan, Czovek, Dorottya, Gyurkovits, Zita, Szabo, Hajnalka, Maar, Balazs A., Radics, Bence, Virag, Katalin, Makan, Gergely, Orvos, Hajnalka, Gingl, Zoltan and Sly, Peter D. (2015). Assessment of respiratory mechanics with forced oscillations in healthy newborns. Pediatric Pulmonology, 50 (4), 344-352. doi: 10.1002/ppul.23103
2015
Journal Article
Viral bacterial co-infection of the respiratory tract during early childhood
Brealey, Jaelle C., Sly, Peter D., Young, Paul R. and Chappell, Keith J. (2015). Viral bacterial co-infection of the respiratory tract during early childhood. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 362 (10) fnv062. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnv062
2015
Conference Publication
AEROALLERGEN-INDUCED IL-33 PREDISPOSES TO RESPIRATORY VIRUS-INDUCED ASTHMA BY DAMPENING TYPE I AND III INTERFERON PRODUCTION
Werder, R., Lynch, J., Simpson, J., Loh, Z., Zhang, , Spann, K., Sly, P., Mazzone, S., Upham, J. and Phipps, S. (2015). AEROALLERGEN-INDUCED IL-33 PREDISPOSES TO RESPIRATORY VIRUS-INDUCED ASTHMA BY DAMPENING TYPE I AND III INTERFERON PRODUCTION. Thoracic Society Australia New Zealand Australian New Zealand Society Respiratory Science Annual Scientific Meeting 2015, Queensland Australia, Mar 27-Apr 01, 2015. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
2015
Journal Article
Indoor determinants of dustborne allergens in Mexican homes
Hernández-Cadena, Leticia, Zeldin, Darryl C., Barraza-Villarreal, Albino, Sever, Michelle L., Sly, Peter D., London, Stephanie J., Escamilla-Nuñez, María Consuelo and Romieu, Isabelle (2015). Indoor determinants of dustborne allergens in Mexican homes. Allergy and Asthma Proceedings, 36 (2), 130-137. doi: 10.2500/aap.2015.36.3801
2015
Journal Article
Assessing exposure of young children to common endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the home environment: A review and commentary of the questionnaire-based approach
English, Karin, Healy, Bridget, Jagals, Paul and Sly, Peter D. (2015). Assessing exposure of young children to common endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the home environment: A review and commentary of the questionnaire-based approach. Reviews on Environmental Health, 30 (1), 25-49. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2014-0069
2015
Journal Article
Children’s health in Latin America: The infuence of environmental exposures
Laborde, Amalia, Tomasina, Fernando, Bianchi, Fabrizio, Brune, Marie-Noel, Buka, Irena, Comba, Pietro, Corra, Lilian, Cori, Liliana, Duffert, Christin Maria, Harari, Raul, Iavarone, Ivano, McDiarmid, Melissa A, Gray, Kimberly A, Sly, Peter D, Soares, Agnes, Suk, William A and Landrigan, Philip J (2015). Children’s health in Latin America: The infuence of environmental exposures. Environmental Health Perspectives, 123 (3), 201-209. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1408292
2015
Journal Article
Respiratory syncytial virus seasonality in tropical Australia
Paynter, Stuart, Ware, Robert S., Sly, Peter D., Weinstein, Philip and Williams, Gail (2015). Respiratory syncytial virus seasonality in tropical Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 39 (1), 8-10. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12347
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
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
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
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
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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
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
Novel green space measures and birthweight in Queensland, Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Jagals, Dr Peter Baker
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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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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
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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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Improving the clinical utility of the Forced Oscillation Technique in preschool-aged children
Principal Advisor
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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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