
Globally, common respiratory diseases including acute respiratory infections (ARIs) and asthma are the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in children. Our internationally recognised program of research aims to determine the socio-demographic and other modifiable factors associated with poor health outcomes in children with common respiratory disease and translate that knowledge into developing, implementing and evaluating novel models of care to improve health outcomes.
Designing and establishing surveillance, application and analysis of record-linked administrative health data ("big data"); design and conduct of randomised controlled trials, clinical surveys, diagnostic studies and longitudinal studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses and health service research.
Our program of research has demonstrated: