Team leader, Neonatal Infection and Immunity
MD, PhD, FRACP
Clinical Professor Tobias Strunk is a Consultant Neonatologist with a clinical research focus on infection and inflammation in newborn infants. His research examines the mechanisms underlying preterm infants’ heightened risk of severe infections and explores new ways to prevent and treat infections in newborns more effectively.
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June 2020
Whole blood transcriptional responses of very preterm infants during late-onset sepsis
Blood responses in very preterm infants with LOS are characterised by altered host immune responses that appear to reflect unbalanced immuno-metabolic homeostasis
Published research Infectious Diseases Neonatal Infection and ImmunityMay 2020Plasma cytokine profiles in very preterm infants with late-onset sepsis
Very preterm infants have a marked innate inflammatory response at the time of late-onset sepsis
Vaccine Trials Group Neonatal Gut Health, Nutrition and Development Neonatal Infection and ImmunityNovember 2019Effectiveness of Palivizumab against Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Cohort and Case Series Analysis
Palivizumab appeared effective for reducing virologically confirmed respiratory syncytial virus in this high-risk cohort
Published research Infectious Diseases Infectious Disease Implementation Research Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Vaccine Trials Group Neonatal Infection and Immunity -
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