Colin Robertson
Professor
Respiratory Diseases
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia
Biography
Professor Colin Robertson graduated from the University of NSW in 1974 and completed basic paediatric training at Adelaide Children's Hospital. He undertook further training in Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine over three years at Kings College Hospital, London and two years at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Professor Robertson completed an MSc in Epidemiology at Harvard in 1991 and an MD at UNSW in 1999. He joined the Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) in 1984 as a respiratory physician and in 2010 was appointed Chief of Medicine.
Research Interest
Respiratory Diseases,Pediatrics and Respiratory Medicine
Publications
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Triasih R, Duke T, Robertson CF. Outcomes following admission to intensive care for asthma. Archives of disease in childhood. 2011 Aug 1;96(8):729-34.
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Lowe AJ, Carlin JB, Bennett CM, Hosking CS, Allen KJ, Robertson CF, Axelrad C, Abramson MJ, Hill DJ, Dharmage SC. Paracetamol use in early life and asthma: prospective birth cohort study. Bmj. 2010 Sep 15;341:c4616.
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Vuillermin PJ, Robertson CF, Carlin JB, Brennan SL, Biscan MI, South M. Parent initiated prednisolone for acute asthma in children of school age: randomised controlled crossover trial. BMJ. 2010 Mar 1;340:c843.
