Senior Research Fellow and General Paediatrician, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Margie Danchin is a general and immunisation paediatrician at the Royal Children’s Hospital and a senior research fellow at The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Margie has extensive expertise in vaccine research focused on vaccine clinical trials, vaccine safety and new strategies to enhance the performance of existing vaccines in different settings, particularly rotavirus vaccines. Recent research has focused on understanding parental and provider attitudes, behaviours and concerns regarding vaccines and the development of new, innovative interventions to reduce parental vaccine hesitancy.
May 03, 2021 05:46 am UTC| Health
From today, Australians aged 50 or older are eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccine from special respiratory clinics or mass vaccination hubs in some states. Appointments with selected GPs are available from May...
The Oxford vaccine has unique advantages, as does Pfizer's. Using both is Australia's best strategy
Jan 14, 2021 06:28 am UTC| Science
On Sunday, federal Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly said most Australians will be offered a vaccine from Oxford-AstraZeneca. Australia currently has agreements in place to receive 53.8 million doses of the...
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