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Biography
Dr Christopher Blyth is a productive early-mid career researcher with the School of Medicine, University of Western Australia and NHMRC Career Development Fellow. He is Head of Department of the Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Perth Children's Hospital, Clinical Microbiologist with PathWest Laboratory Medicine and Research Fellow with the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute. He has contributed to Infectious Diseases Research throughout his career developing skills in clinical epidemiology, paediatrics and microbiology.
Roles and responsibilities
Dr Blyth is an active member of a number of international and national committees and working groups. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of America and regularly reviews for several international Infectious Diseases journals.
He has received numerous invitations to deliver plenary sessions at international, national and local meetings including Interscience Conference on Antimicrobials Agents and Chemotherapy and International Congress of Chemotherapy 2015, IDWeek 2013 (meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America), International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection 2013 and World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Meeting 2007.
He has received numerous invitations to deliver plenary sessions at international, national and local meetings including Interscience Conference on Antimicrobials Agents and Chemotherapy and International Congress of Chemotherapy 2015, IDWeek 2013 (meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America), International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection 2013 and World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Meeting 2007.
Funding overview
Dr Blyth is currently leading a productive research group focusing on influenza, pneumonia, vaccine safety and hospital surveillance for pediatric infections. He is chief investigator on current grants totalling >A$9 million including internationally and nationally competitive grants totalling >A$7 million (Gates Global Health Grant, NHMRC partnership and project grants and NHMRC fellowship). In addition, he is chief investigator on numerous commonwealth and state government funded projects.
Teaching overview
Dr Blyth is a significant contributor to paediatric teaching at UWA. In addition to bedside teaching and lecturers, he has provide significant paediatric input into the newly developed MD curriculum. He is also supervising junior doctors in training, two masters students and a PhD student.
Research
His current research focus include the epidemiology, diagnosis, management and prevention of childhood infection with particularly focus on influenza, upper and lower respiratory tract infection, pneumonia, respiratory co-infection, emerging viral pathogens and vaccine safety.
Previous positions
Honorary Research Fellow, Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute
Specialist Paediatrician in Infectious Diseases
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Western Australia
Clinical Microbiologist PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and King Edward Memorial Hospital for
Women, Western Australia
Dr Blyth has been the clinical lead of the paediatric infectious diseaes service at Princess Margaret Hospital and a clinical microbiologist for PathWest Laboratory Medicine since returning to WA in 2010. In this role, he provides leadership to an expanding statewide service and frequently contributes to emerging infectious diseases issues affecting all Western Australian children.
Specialist Paediatrician in Infectious Diseases
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Western Australia
Clinical Microbiologist PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and King Edward Memorial Hospital for
Women, Western Australia
Dr Blyth has been the clinical lead of the paediatric infectious diseaes service at Princess Margaret Hospital and a clinical microbiologist for PathWest Laboratory Medicine since returning to WA in 2010. In this role, he provides leadership to an expanding statewide service and frequently contributes to emerging infectious diseases issues affecting all Western Australian children.
Keywords
- Paediatric infectious disease
- Microbiology
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Research Output 2006 2019
Adjunctive protein synthesis inhibitor antibiotics for toxin suppression in Staphylococcus aureus infections: a systematic appraisal
Campbell, A. J., Dotel, R., Blyth, C. C., Davis, J. S., Tong, S. Y. C. & Bowen, A. C., 1 Jan 2019, In : Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 74, 1, p. 1-5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
Staphylococcus aureus
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Exotoxins
Infection
6
Citations
(Scopus)
Antibiotic allergy labels in children are associated with adverse clinical outcomes
Lucas, M., Arnold, A., Sommerfield, A., Trevenen, M., Braconnier, L., Schilling, A., Abass, F., Slevin, L., Knezevic, B., Blyth, C., Murray, K., von Ungern-Sternberg, B. & Rueter, K., 1 Mar 2019, In : Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 7, 3, p. 975-982 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Hypersensitivity
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Length of Stay
Lactams
Lincosamides
Assessing the burden of respiratory syncytial virus disease in Australia
Moore, H. C. & Blyth, C. C., Jun 2019, In : Medical Journal of Australia. 210, 10, p. 444-445Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Attitudes about and access to influenza vaccination experienced by parents of children hospitalised for influenza in Australia
Carlson, S. J., Scanlan, C., Marshall, H. S., Blyth, C. C., Macartney, K. & Leask, J., 20 Sep 2019, In : Vaccine. 37, 40, p. 5994-6001 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Hospitalized Child
influenza
Human Influenza
Vaccination
Parents
Australian Aboriginal children have higher hospitalization rates for otitis media but lower surgical procedures than non-Aboriginal children: A record linkage population-based cohort study
Westphal, D. W., Lehmann, D., Williams, S. A., Richmond, P. C., Lannigan, F. J., Fathima, P., Blyth, C. C. & Moore, H. C., 1 Apr 2019, In : PLoS One. 14, 4, e0215483.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
otitis media
Otitis Media
cohort studies
linkage (genetics)
Hospitalization
Projects 2011 2024
Invasive Staphylococcus Aureus Infections and Hospitalisations ISAIAH in Australian Children - A Two Year Prospective Multicentre Cohort Study Examining Contemporary Paediatric Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of S.aureus
Blyth, C. & Bowen, A.
Australian Society of Antimicrobials
1/01/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
TPCHRF - Round 4 - Rapid culture-independent diagnosis of paediatric meningitis and encephalitis
1/07/16 → 30/06/18
Project: Research