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Prof Stephen Graham

Prof Stephen Graham

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Role Group Leader / Honorary Fellow Manager
Professor Steve Graham is the Leader of the International Child Health Group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

Professor Graham is a Paediatrician with 20 years' experience in international child health including African and Asia-Pacific regions. He has worked in Papua New Guinea (1985), Thailand (1993/4) and Malawi (1995-2007). While with the College of Medicine in Malawi, he helped establish the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust clinical research programme in Blantyre and was Deputy Director from 2001 to 2007.

Professor Graham was awarded the Leverhulme Medal for distinguished contribution to tropical medicine by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom, in 2007. He was appointed to a current post at the University of Melbourne in 2008. Steve has since developed collaborative links in the Asia-Pacific region and works part-time for the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

He is a founding member and current chair of the Child Tuberculosis (TB) subgroup of the World Health Organization (WHO) Stop TB Partnership, as well as a member of the Strategic Technical Advisory Group on TB for the WHO, and research committees for Wellcome Trust, UK, and National Institutes of Health, USA.
Professor Steve Graham is the Leader of the International Child Health Group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

Professor Graham is a Paediatrician with 20 years' experience in international child health including African and Asia-Pacific...
Professor Steve Graham is the Leader of the International Child Health Group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

Professor Graham is a Paediatrician with 20 years' experience in international child health including African and Asia-Pacific regions. He has worked in Papua New Guinea (1985), Thailand (1993/4) and Malawi (1995-2007). While with the College of Medicine in Malawi, he helped establish the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust clinical research programme in Blantyre and was Deputy Director from 2001 to 2007.

Professor Graham was awarded the Leverhulme Medal for distinguished contribution to tropical medicine by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom, in 2007. He was appointed to a current post at the University of Melbourne in 2008. Steve has since developed collaborative links in the Asia-Pacific region and works part-time for the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

He is a founding member and current chair of the Child Tuberculosis (TB) subgroup of the World Health Organization (WHO) Stop TB Partnership, as well as a member of the Strategic Technical Advisory Group on TB for the WHO, and research committees for Wellcome Trust, UK, and National Institutes of Health, USA.

Top Publications

  • Tebruegge, M, Ritz, N, Donath, S, Dutta, B, Forbes, B, Clifford, V, Zufferey, C, De Rose, R, Robins-Browne, RM, Hanekom, W, et al. Mycobacteria-Specific Mono- and Polyfunctional CD4+ T Cell Profiles in Children With Latent and Active Tuberculosis: A Prospective Proof-of-Concept Study. Frontiers in Immunology 10: 431 2024
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  • Enarson, PM, Gie, RP, Mwansambo, CC, Chalira, AE, Lufesi, NN, Maganga, ER, Enarson, DA, Cameron, NA, Graham, SM. Potentially Modifiable Factors Associated with Death of Infants and Children with Severe Pneumonia Routinely Managed in District Hospitals in Malawi. PLOS ONE 10(8) : e0133365 2024
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  • Chisti, MJ, Graham, SM, Duke, T, Ahmed, T, Ashraf, H, Faruque, ASG, La Vincente, S, Banu, S, Raqib, R, Salam, MA. A Prospective Study of the Prevalence of Tuberculosis and Bacteraemia in Bangladeshi Children with Severe Malnutrition and Pneumonia Including an Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF Assay. PLOS ONE 9(4) : e93776 2024
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  • Chisti, MJ, Graham, SM, Duke, T, Ahmed, T, Faruque, ASG, Ashraf, H, Bardhan, PK, Shahid, ASMSB, Shahunja, KM, Salam, MA. Post-Discharge Mortality in Children with Severe Malnutrition and Pneumonia in Bangladesh. PLOS ONE 9(9) : e107663 2024
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  • Main, S, Lestari, T, Triasih, R, Chan, G, Davidson, L, Majumdar, S, Santoso, D, Phung, S, Laukkala, J, Graham, S, et al. Training for Tuberculosis Elimination in Indonesia: Achievements, Reflections, and Potential for Impact. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 4(3) : 107 2024
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