Dr Grant Mackenzie

Researcher
Infection and Immunity
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia

Academician Pediatrics
Biography

Dr Grant Mackenzie is an epidemiologist/paediatrician with a particular interest in pneumococcal disease and vaccines, pneumonia and severe bacterial infections. He trained at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. His PhD at Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin described the effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in northern Australia. His Master of Public Health studies focussed on Aboriginal health, epidemiology and statistics. Dr Mackenzie then spent two years with a paediatric HIV programme in Nairobi, Kenya, seconded from the University of Sydney. He has been based at the Medical Research Council (UK) unit in The Gambia since 2008 and is now seconded there from Murdoch Childrens. Dr Mackenzie has an Honorary appointment with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Research Intrest

child health

List of Publications
Mackenzie GA, Carapetis JR, Leach AJ, Morris PS. Pneumococcal vaccination and otitis media in Australian Aboriginal infants: comparison of two birth cohorts before and after introduction of vaccination. BMC pediatrics. 2009 Feb 19;9(1):14.
Meehan A, Mackenzie G, Shingadia D, Booy R. Protecting children with HIV against pneumococcal disease. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2009 Jul 31;9(7):394-5.