Kim Mulholland
Professor
Infection and Immunity
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia
Biography
Professor Mulholland is an Australian paediatrician with extensive experience in research leading to or evaluating the introduction of new vaccines in the developing world. Between 1989 and 1995 he lead the Haemophilus influenzae type B ( Hib) vaccine research program in the Gambia, which involved three Phase 2 trials of Hib vaccine, a maternal immunization study and a large Phase 3 trial. The latter study formed the prototype for future pneumococcal vaccine trials. Between 1995 and 2000 Professor Mulholland worked at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, assisting with the design and oversight of Gambian and South African pneumococcal trials. He also established a pneumonia trialists group that established standardized methods and definitions for pneumococcal carriage and radiological pneumonia in vaccine trials. Since 2000 he has worked in at the London School of Hygiene and tropical Medicine, the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.
Research Interest
Immunology and Pneumococcal Research
Publications
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Grant GB, Campbell H, Dowell SF, Graham SM, Klugman KP, Mulholland EK, Steinhoff M, Weber MW, Qazi S. Recommendations for treatment of childhood non-severe pneumonia. The Lancet infectious diseases. 2009 Mar 31;9(3):185-96.
