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DR FIONA RUSSELL



Contact Details

Organization: Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Respiratory infections, paedaitrics Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery Flinders University of South Australia 31-Dec-1991
Diploma in Paediatrics University of New South Wales 31-Dec-1995
Masters in Public Health and Tropical Medicine James Cook University of North Queensland 31-Dec-2000

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Certified Specialist Royal Australasian College of Physicians Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians 14-Apr-2000
Member Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) member 10-Jan-2000

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) 31-Dec-2000

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Prize Royal Australasian College of Physicians 13-Apr-2000
Scholarship Victorian Branch of Public Health Association of Australia, 2000. 06-Mar-2000
Other (Award) Royal Australasian College of Physicians 15-Oct-2001
Scholarship Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Victoria 18-Oct-2002
Scholarship Prize Royal Australasian College of Physicians 25-Oct-2007
Scholarship National Health and Medical Research Council Scholarship 22-Nov-2007
Other (Award) Public Health Association of Australia 24-Sep-2009

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Appropriate pneumococcal vaccination in infants in Fiji Chief Investigator NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH Research Project Grants 30/09/2002
A study to investigate alternative regimens for pneumococcal vaccination of infants in a developing country Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2003
Appropriate pneumococcal vaccination in infants in Fiji Chief Investigator NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH Research Project Grants 30/09/2005
Evaluation of simplified childhood vaccination schedules incorporating pneumococcal vaccines Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS BURDEN OF DISEASE AND RAPID ASSESSMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN AGED 1 MONTH TO 5 YEARS IN SUVA, FIJI Chief Investigator JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 01/12/2004
PROSPECTIVE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS STUDY IN FIJIAN CHILDREN : EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACT WITH JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Chief Investigator JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 30/04/2007
PROSPECTIVE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS STUDY IN FIJIAN CHILDREN Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 23/11/2007
ROTAVIRUS SURVEILLANCE IN FIJI-SAVUSAVU Chief Investigator MERCK SHARP & DOHME 29/04/2009
ROTAVIRUS SURVEILLANCE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND OF FIJI Chief Investigator WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
USER AGREEMENT FOR PEDSQL (TM) FOR USE AS PART OF THE PROSPECTIVE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS STUDY IN FIJIAN CHILDREN Chief Investigator MAPI RESEARCH TRUST

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • High burden of invasive beta-haemolytic streptococcal infections in Fiji
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Epidemiology and Infection
    Volume: 136
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 621-627
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • As a Bacterial Culture Medium, Citrated Sheep Blood Agar Is A Practical Alternative to Citrated Human Blood Agar in Laboratories of Developing Countries
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 3346-3351
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  • Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage and patterns of penicillin resistance in young children in Fiji
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 187-197
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • A pilot study of the quality of informed consent materials for Aboriginal participants in clinical trials.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Medical Ethics
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 490-494
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  • Chest x-ray-confirmed pneumonia in children in Fiji.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    Volume: 83
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 427-433
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Recent advances in pnuemococcal vaccination of children
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 283-294
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Evidence on the use of paracetamol in febrile children.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    Volume: 81
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 367-372
    Publisher: World Health Organization(Geneva)
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  • High incidence of Haemophilus influenza type b infection in children in Pacific island countries.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 1593-1599
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  • Vaccine development for capsulate bacteria causing pneumonia.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 227-232
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Philadelphia)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Mycobacterium ulcerans infection diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 311-313
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Prevention of otitis media by vaccination
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Drugs
    Volume: 62
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1441-1445
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Severe Bordetella holmesii Infection in a Previously Healthy Adolescent Confirmed by Gene Sequence Analysis
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 129-130
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