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Christopher C. Blyth, MBBS(Hons), DCH, FRACP, FRCPA, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor and Director
Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute
Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

Prof Blyth is a clinical academic and mid-career clinician-scientist. He is Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (School of Medicine, University of Western Australia) and Director of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases (WCVID; Telethon Kids Institute).
He established the Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) and is a Clinical Microbiologist with PathWest Laboratory. He has twenty years experience in conducting clinical paediatric and infectious diseases research focusing on questions relevant to public policy and practice.
His research focuses on influenza, RSV, COVID-19, vaccine safety, sepsis and antimicrobial resistance. His PhD (Preventing influenza morbidity in Australian children through vaccination; 2016) evaluated the WA preschool influenza vaccination program, significantly influencing national influenza policy.
He has been supported by a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (2016-19; 1111596) and more recently a NHMRC EL2 Investigator Grant (2020-24; 1173163).

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