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Professor Robert Booy

Professor
Paediatrics & Child Health, Children's Hospital, Westmead

C29 - Children's Hospital Westmead
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Research interests

Professor Robert Booy is Head of the Clinical Research team at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) where he joined in March, 2005. He is a medical graduate of the University of Queensland (1984) and trained in Paediatrics at the Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane.

He has held a range of positions in the UK including Professor of Child Health with the University of London; Lecturer in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at St Mary’s Hospital, London; Research Fellow with the University of Oxford; and was the recipient of a Wellcome training fellowship in epidemiology focusing on genetic factors important in meningococcal disease.

Professor Booys research interests extend from understanding the genetic basis of susceptibility to, and severity of, infectious diseases especially influenza and invasive disease caused by encapsulated organisms, the clinical, public-health, social and economic burden of these diseases (acutely and over the long-term) and means by which to prevent or control serious infections through vaccines, drugs and non-pharmaceutical measures.

Over the past 10 years, Professor Booy has been increasingly recognised as an expert in the influenza field, supervising many studies addressing the burden and prevention of influenza disease in children and adults in the UK, Australia and among Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. In addition he has led intervention studies with new vaccines, new vaccine delivery methods and alternate methods for preventing disease and transmission such as antivirals and personal protective equipment.

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Publications

2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2011

  
  • Ladhani, S., Oeser, C., Sheldon, J., Ramsay, M., Booy, R., Heath, P. (2011), Immunoglobulin deficiency in children with Hib vaccine failure. Vaccine. 29(49), 9137-9140. [Abstract]
  • Booy, R., Rashid, H., Yin, J., Khandaker, G., Leask, J. (2011), Mandating influenza vaccination in health-care workers. Lancet. , 1626. [Abstract]
  • Killingley, B., Enstone, J., Booy, R., Hayward, A., Oxford, J., Ferguson, N., Van-Tam, J. (2011), Potential role of human challenge studies for investigation of influenza transmission. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 11(11), 879-886. [Abstract]
  • Khandaker, G., Lester-Smith, D., Zurynski, Y., Elliott, E., Booy, R. (2011), Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and Seasonal Influenza A (H3N2) in Children's Hospital, Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 17(10), 1960-1962. [Abstract]
  • Yin, J., Khandaker, G., Rashid, H., Heron, L., Ridda, I., Booy, R. (2011), Immunogenicity and safety of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccine: systematic review and meta-analysis. Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 5(5), 299-305. [Abstract]
  • Yin, J., Wang, H., Skinner, S., Salkeld, G., Booy, R. (2011), Assessing seasonal vaccine-related cross-protection from 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza through teacher absenteeism. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. , 393-394. [Abstract]
  • Eizenberg, P., Booy, R., Naser, N., Mason, G., Stamboulian, D., Weber, F. (2011), Acceptance of Intanza® 9 μg intradermal influenza vaccine in routine clinical practice in Australia and Argentina. Advances in Therapy. 28(8), 640-649. [Abstract]
  • Christie, D., Viner, R., Knox, K., Coen, P., Wang, H., El Bashir, H., Legood, R., Patel, B., Booy, R. (2011), Long-term outcomes of pneumococcal meningitis in childhood and adolescence. European Journal of Pediatrics. 170(8), 997-1006. [Abstract]
  • Cooper Robbins, S., Leask, J., Booy, R. (2011), Parents' attitudes towards the influenza vaccine and influencing factors. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 47(7), 419-22. [Abstract]
  • Khandaker, G., Marshall, H., Peadon, E., Zurynski, Y., Burgner, D., Buttery, J., Gold, M., Nissen, M., Elliott, E., Burgess, M., Booy, R. (2011), Congenital and neonatal varicella: impact of the national varicella vaccination programme in Australia. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 96(5), 453-456. [Abstract]
  • Jayakody, A., Sinha, S., Tyler, K., Khadr, S., Clark, C., Klineberg, E., Booy, R., Bhui, K., Head, J., Stansfeld, S., Roberts, H., Viner, R. (2011), Early sexual risk among black and minority ethnicity teenagers: a mixed methods study. Journal of Adolescent Health. 48(5), 499-506. [Abstract]
  • Khandaker, G., Dierig, A., Rashid, H., King, C., Heron, L., Booy, R. (2011), Systematic review of clinical and epidemiological features of the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 5(3), 148-156. [Abstract]
  • Petousis-Harris, H., Poole, T., Booy, R., Turner, N. (2011), Fever following administration of two inactivated influenza vaccines--a survey of parents of New Zealand infants and children 5 years of age and under. Vaccine. 29(16), 2933-2937. [Abstract]
  • Buttery, J., Danchin, M., Lee, K., Carlin, J., McIntyre, P., Elliott, E., Booy, R., Bines, J. (2011), Intussusception following rotavirus vaccine administration: post-marketing surveillance in the National Immunization Program in Australia. Vaccine. 29(16), 3061-3066. [Abstract]
  • Booy, R., Richmond, P., Nolan, T., McVernon, J., Marshall, H., Nissen, M., Reynolds, G., Ziegler, J., Heron, L., Lambert, S., Caubet, M., Mesaros, N., Boutriau, D. (2011), Immediate and Longer Term Immunogenicity of A Single Dose of the Combined Haemophilus Influenzae Type B-Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup C-Tetanus Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine in Hib-Primed Toddlers Aged 12 To 18 Months. The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 30(4), 340-2. [Abstract]
  • Booy, R., Khandaker, G., Heron, L., Yin, J., Doyle, B., Tudo, K., Hueston, L., Gilbert, G., Macintyre, C., Dwyer, D. (2011), Cross-reacting antibodies against the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus in older Australians. Medical Journal of Australia. 194(1), 19-23. [Abstract]
  • Blyth, C., Booy, R., Dwyer, D. (2011), Point of Care Testing: Diagnosis Outside the Virology Laboratory. In: Methods in Microbiology: Diagnostic Virology Protocols. (pp.415-434).United States: Springer Science+Business Media.
  • Khandaker, G., Zurynski, Y., Lester-Smith, D., Kesson, A., Heron, L., Dwyer, D., Elliott, E., Booy, R. (2011), Clinical features, oseltamivir treatment and outcome in infants aged <12 months with laboratory-confirmed influenza A in 2009. Antiviral Therapy. 16(7), 1005-1010. [Abstract]

2010

  
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  • Booy, R., Van Der Meeren, O., Ng, S., Celzo, F., Ramakrishnan, G., Jacquet, J. (2010), A decennial booster dose of reduced antigen content diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis vaccine (Boostrix???) is immunogenic and well tolerated in adults. Vaccine. 29(1), 45-50. [Abstract]
  • Chiu, C., Dey, A., Wang, H., Menzies, R., Deeks, S., Mahajan, D., Macartney, K., Brotherton, J., Jardine, A., Quinn, H., Jelfs, J., Booy, R., Lawrence, G., Jayasinghe, S., Roberts-Witteveen, A., Senanayake, S., Wood, N., McIntyre, P. (2010), Vaccine preventable diseases in Australia, 2005 to 2007. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 34 Supp, S1-167. [Abstract]
  • Leask, J., Chow, M., King, C., Booy, R. (2010), Caregivers' intentions regarding pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccination for their children. The Medical Journal of Australia. , 485-486. [Abstract]
  • Ladhani, S., Davila, S., Hibberd, M., Heath, P., Ramsay, M., Slack, M., Pollard, A., Booy, R. (2010), Association between Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Mal/TIRAP and Interleukin-10 Genes and Susceptibility to Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b Infection in Immunized Children. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 51(7), 761-7. [Abstract]
  • Khandaker, G., Khandaker, G., Dibben, C., Zurynski, Y., Elliott, E., Booy, R. (2010), Mania in a patient with H1N1: is oseltamivir the culprit or a red herring?. The American Journal of Psychiatry. , 1129-1130. [Abstract]
  • Kirk, M., Moffatt, C., Hall, G., Becker, N., Booy, R., Heron, L., Macintyre, R., Dwyer, D., Lindley, R. (2010), The Burden of Infectious Gastroenteritis in Elderly Residents and Staff of Long-Term Care Facilities, Australia. Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America. 31(8), 860-3. [Abstract]
  • Rosewell, A., Chiu, C., Lindley, R., Dwyer, D., Moffatt, C., Shineberg, C., Clarke, E., Booy, R., Macintyre, C. (2010), Surveillance for outbreaks of influenza-like illness in the institutionalized elderly. Epidemiology and infection. 138(8), 1126-34. [Abstract]
  • Leask, J., Booy, R., McIntyre, P. (2010), MMR, Wakefield and The Lancet: what can we learn?. The Medical Journal of Australia. 193(1), 5-7. [Abstract]
  • Khandaker, G., Doyle, B., Dwyer, D., Booy, R. (2010), Managing outbreaks of viral respiratory infection in aged care facilities - challenges and difficulties during the first pandemic wave. The Medical Journal of Australia. 192(12), 722. [Abstract]
  • Ladhani, S., Borrow, R., Heath, P., Ramsay, M., Booy, R. (2010), Low serum serotype-specific pneumococcal antibody concentrations in young children with Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) vaccine failure. Vaccine. 28(28), 4440-4444. [Abstract]
  • Ladhani, S., Heath, P., Aibara, R., Ramsay, M., Slack, M., Hibberd, M., Pollard, A., Moxon, E., Booy, R. (2010), Long-term complications and risk of other serious infections following invasive Haemophilus influenzae serotype b disease in vaccinated children. Vaccine. 28(10), 2195-2200. [Abstract]
  • Haworth, E., Rashid, H., Booy, R. (2010), Prevention of pandemic influenza after mass gatherings - learning from Hajj. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 103, 79-80. [Abstract]
  • Seppelt, I., Webb, S., Booy, R. (2010), All health professionals should receive the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine. Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine. 12, 3-5. [Abstract]
  • Dean, A., Moffatt, C., Rosewell, A., Dwyer, D., Lindley, R., Booy, R., Macintyre, C. (2010), Incompletely matched influenza vaccine still provides protection in frail elderly. Vaccine. 28(3), 864-7. [Abstract]
  • Nolan, T., McVernon, J., Skeljo, M., Richmond, P., Wadia, U., Lambert, S., Nissen, M., Marshall, H., Booy, R., Heron, L., Hartel, G., Lai, M., Basser, R., Gittleson, C., Greenberg, M. (2010), Immunogenicity of a Monovalent 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Vaccine in Infants and Children: A Randomized Trial. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association. 303(1), 37-46. [Abstract]
  • Jelfs, J., Rashid, H., Booy, R. (2010), Meningococcal vaccines. In: Travelers' Vaccines, 2nd Ed. (pp.189-206).United States: Pmph usa.
  • Booy, R., Dwyer, D. (2010), Truth, double truth and statistics. New South Wales public health bulletin. 21(1-2), 30-31. [Abstract]
  • Van Damme, P., Moiseeva, A., Marichev, I., Kervyn, A., Booy, R., Kuriyakose, S., Brockway, A., Ng, S., Leyssen, M., Jacquet, J. (2010), Five years follow-up following two or three doses of a hepatitis B vaccine in adolescents aged 11-15 years: a randomised controlled study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 10, 357. [Abstract]

2009

  
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  • Iskander, M., Kesson, A., Dwyer, D., Rost, L., Pym, M., Wang, H., McCaskill, M., Booy, R. (2009), The burden of influenza in children under 5 years admitted to the Children's Hospital at Westmead in the winter of 2006. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 45(12), 698-703. [Abstract]
  • Simpkins, D., Wood, N., Jelfs, J., McIntyre, P., Menzies, R., Lawrence, G., Booy, R. (2009), Modern trends in mortality from meningococcal disease in Australia. The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 28(12), 1119-20. [Abstract]
  • Booy, R., El Bashir, H., Rashid, H., Shingadia, D., Haworth, E. (2009), Influenza and meningococcal disease: lessons for travellers and government from 2 epidemic diseases. Travel medicine and infectious disease. 7(4), 253-256. [Abstract]
  • Rafiq, S., Rashid, H., Haworth, E., Booy, R. (2009), Hazards of hepatitis at the Hajj. Travel medicine and infectious disease. 7(4), 239-246. [Abstract]
  • Meehan, A., Mackenzie, G., Shingadia, D., Booy, R. (2009), Protecting children with HIV against pneumococcal disease. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. , 394-395. [Abstract]
  • Lester-Smith, D., Zurynski, Y., Booy, R., Festa, M., Kesson, A., Elliott, E. (2009), The burden of childhood influenza in a tertiary paediatric setting. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 33(2), 209-215. [Abstract]
  • Sinclair, C., O'Toole, E., Paige, D., El Bashir, H., Robinson, J., Dobson, R., Lench, N., Stevens, H., Hitman, G., Booy, R., Mein, C., Kelsell, D. (2009), Filaggrin mutations are associated with ichthyosis vulgaris in the Bangladeshi population. British Journal of Dermatology. 160(5), 1113-1115. [Abstract]
  • Borg, J., Christie, D., Coen, P., Booy, R., Viner, R. (2009), Outcomes of meningococcal disease in adolescence: prospective, matched-cohort study. Pediatrics. 123(3), e502-9. [Abstract]
  • Legood, R., Coen, P., Knox, K., Viner, R., El Bashir, H., Christie, D., Patel, B., Booy, R. (2009), Health related quality of life in survivors of pneumococcal meningitis. Acta paediatrica. 98(3), 543-547. [Abstract]
  • MacIntyre, C., Cauchemez, S., Dwyer, D., Seale, H., Cheung, P., Browne, G., Fasher, M., Wood, J., Gao, Z., Booy, R., Ferguson, N. (2009), Face mask use and control of respiratory virus transmission in households. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 15(2), 233-241. [Abstract]
  • Rosewell, A., Wang, B., Saksena, N., MacIntyre, R., Lindley, R., Chiu, C., Shineberg, C., Clarke, E., McPhie, K., Ratnamohan, V., Booy, R., Dwyer, D. (2009), Failure to Detect Oseltamivir Resistance by Rolling Circle Amplification and Sequencing Following Use in an Influenza A (H3N2) Outbreak at an Aged Care Facility. Journal of Antivirals and Antiretrovirals. 1(1), 056-061.
  • Ladhani, S., Heath, P., Ramsay, M., Slack, M., Kibwana, E., Pollard, A., Booy, R. (2009), Long-Term Immunological Follow-Up of Children with Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b Vaccine Failure in the United Kingdom. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 49(3), 372-380. [Abstract]
  • Rashid, H., Haworth, E., Ellis, J., Booy, R., Shafi, S. (2009), Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction on Quickvue Influenza Test Strips. Point of Care. 8, 1-3.
  • Seale, H., Booy, R., MacIntyre, C. (2009), Trends in hospitalizations for diagnosed congenital cytomegalovirus in infants and children in Australia. BMC Pediatrics. 9, 7. [Abstract]
  • Seale, H., Weston, K., Dwyer, D., Zhu, M., Allchin, L., Booy, R., MacIntyre, C. (2009), The use of oseltamivir during an influenza B outbreak in a chronic care hospital. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 3(1), 15-20. [Abstract]

2008

  
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  • Rashid, H., Shafi, S., Haworth, E., Memish, Z., El Bashir, H., Ali, K., Booy, R. (2008), Influenza vaccine in Hajj pilgrims: policy issues from field studies. Vaccine. 26(37), 4809-12. [Abstract]
  • Rashid, H., Haworth, E., Shafi, S., Memish, Z., Booy, R. (2008), Pandemic influenza: mass gatherings and mass infection. The Lancet infectious diseases. , 526-7. [Abstract]
  • Holland, D., Booy, R., Looze, F., Eizenberg, P., McDonald, J., Karrasch, J., McKeirnan, M., Salem, H., Mills, G., Reid, J., Weber, F., Saville, M. (2008), Intradermal Influenza Vaccine Administered Using a New Microinjection System Produces Superior Immunogenicity in Elderly Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. The Journal of infectious diseases. 198(5), 650-8. [Abstract]
  • Ajayi-Obe, E., Coen, P., Handa, R., Hawrami, K., Aitken, C., McIntosh, E., Booy, R. (2008), Influenza A and respiratory syncytial virus hospital burden in young children in East London. Epidemiology and infection. 136, 1046-58. [Abstract]
  • Rashid, H., Shafi, S., Haworth, E., El Bashir, H., Memish, Z., Sudhanva, M., Smith, M., Auburn, H., Booy, R. (2008), Viral respiratory infections at the Hajj: comparison between UK and Saudi pilgrims. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 14(6), 569-574. [Abstract]
  • Burrell, C., Booy, R., Wood, N., Egan, A., Taverner, D., Williams, K., Liauw, W., Moskwa, A., Pepin-Covatta, S., Saville, M. (2008), Immunogenicity of a reduced dose of A/H3N2 in the 2005 southern hemisphere formulation of inactivated split influenza vaccine. Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2(3), 93-8. [Abstract]
  • Viner, R., Clark, C., Taylor, S., Bhui, K., Klineberg, E., Head, J., Booy, R., Stansfeld, S. (2008), Longitudinal risk factors for persistent fatigue in adolescents. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. 162(5), 469-75. [Abstract]
  • Rashid, H., Shafi, S., Haworth, E., Booy, R. (2008), Pneumococcal vaccination in adults. Archives of internal medicine. , 666-7. [Abstract]
  • Zurynski, Y., Lester-Smith, D., Festa, M., Kesson, A., Booy, R., Elliott, E. (2008), Enhanced surveillance for serious complications of influenza in children: role of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report. 32(1), 71-76. [Abstract]
  • Andre, F., Booy, R., Bock, H., Clemens, J., Datta, S., John, T., Lee, B., Lolekha, S., Peltola, H., Ruff, T., Santosham, M., Schmitt, H. (2008), Vaccination greatly reduces disease, disability, death and inequity worldwide. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 86(2), 140-146. [Abstract]
  • Lee, Y., Kelly, D., Yu, L., Slack, M., Booy, R., Heath, P., Siegrist, C., Moxon, R., Pollard, A. (2008), Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine failure in children is associated with inadequate production of high-quality antibody. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 46(2), 186-192. [Abstract]
  • Rashid, H., Booy, R., Shafi, S., Haworth, E. (2008), Conjugate versus polysaccharide vaccine. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 8, 215.
  • Rashid, H., Shafi, S., Booy, R., El Bashir, H., Ali, K., Zambon, M., Memish, Z., Ellis, J., Coen, P., Haworth, E. (2008), Influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infections in British Hajj pilgrims. Emerging Health Threats Journal. 1, e2.
  • Rashid, H., Shafi, S., Haworth, E., El Bashir, H., Booy, R. (2008), Influenza and RSV among returning travellers. British Journal of Infection Control. 9(4), 17-18.
  • Shafi, S., Booy, R., Haworth, E., Rashid, H., Memish, Z. (2008), Hajj: Health lessons for mass gatherings. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 1, 27-32.
  • Alexander, E., Telfer, P., Rashid, H., Ali, K., Booy, R. (2008), Nasopharyngeal carriage rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with sickle cell disease before and after the introduction of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 1, 40-44.
  • Rashid, H., Shafi, S., El Bashir, H., Haworth, E., Memish, Z., Ali, K., Booy, R. (2008), Influenza and the Hajj: defining influenza-like illness clinically. International journal of infectious diseases. , 102-103. [Abstract]
  • Rashid, H., Haworth, E., Booy, R. (2008), Point-of-care tests for influenza virus among travellers. Clinical microbiology and infection. , 97. [Abstract]
  • Sengupta, N., Booy, R., Schmitt, H., Peltola, H., Van-Damme, P., Schumacher, R., Campins, M., Rodrigo, C., Heikkinen, T., Seward, J., Jumaan, A., Finn, A., Olcén, P., Thiry, N., Weil-Olivier, C., Breuer, J. (2008), Varicella vaccination in Europe: are we ready for a universal childhood programme?. European Journal of Pediatrics. 167(1), 47-55. [Abstract]
  • Ladhani, S., Booy, R. (2008), Host Genetic Susceptibility to Infection. In: Infectious Diseases in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. (pp.225-311).United Kingdom: Springer.

2007

  
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  • Cameron, J., Allan, G., Johnston, F., Finn, A., Heath, P., Booy, R. (2007), Severe complications of chickenpox in hospitalised children in the UK and Ireland. Archives of disease in childhood. 92(12), 1062-1066. [Abstract]
  • Rashid, H., Shafi, S., Haworth, E., El Bashir, H., Ali, K., Memish, Z., Booy, R. (2007), Value of rapid testing for influenza among Hajj pilgrims. Travel medicine and infectious disease. 5(5), 310-313. [Abstract]
  • Schaffer, A., Brotherton, J., Booy, R. (2007), Do human papillomavirus vaccines have any role in newborns and the prevention of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis in children?. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 43(9), 579-580. [Abstract]
  • Teo, S., Ellis, J., Aitken, C., Booy, R. (2007), Transmission of influenza A in families. The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 26(7), 645-7. [Abstract]
  • Iskander, M., Booy, R., Lambert, S. (2007), The burden of influenza in children. Current opinion in infectious diseases. 20(3), 259-263. [Abstract]
  • Brotherton, J., Wang, H., Schaffer, A., Quinn, H., Menzies, R., Hull, B., Lawrence, G., Wood, J., Wood, N., Rosewell, A., Newall, A., MacIntyre, R., Macartney, K., Gidding, H., McIntyre, P., Booy, R. (2007), Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Australia, 2003 to 2005. Communicable diseases intelligence. 31 Suppl, S1-152. [Abstract]
  • Booy, R., Jelfs, J., El Bashir, H., Nissen, M. (2007), Impact of meningococcal C conjugate vaccine use in Australia. The Medical journal of Australia. 186, 108-109. [Abstract]
  • Booy, R., Iskander, M., Viner, R. (2007), Prevention of meningococcal disease. The New England journal of medicine. , 524-5; author reply 525-6. [Abstract]
  • Schmitt, H., Booy, R., Aston, R., Van Damme, P., Schumacher, R., Campins, M., Rodrigo, C., Heikkinen, T., Weil-Olivier, C., Finn, A., Olcén, P., Fedson, D., Peltola, H. (2007), How to optimise the coverage rate of infant and adult immunisations in Europe. BMC medicine. 5, 1-8. [Abstract]
  • Clark, C., Haines, M., Head, J., Klineberg, E., Arephin, M., Viner, R., Taylor, S., Booy, R., Bhui, K., Stansfeld, S. (2007), Psychological symptoms and physical health and health behaviours in adolescents: a prospective 2-year study in East London. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 102(1), 126-135. [Abstract]

2006

  
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  • Shafi, S., Rashid, H., Ali, K., El Bashir, H., Haworth, E., Memish, Z., Booy, R. (2006), Influenza vaccine uptake among British Muslims attending Hajj, 2005 and 2006. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). , 1220. [Abstract]
  • Booy, R., Brown, L., Grohmann, G., Macintyre, C. (2006), Pandemic vaccines: promises and pitfalls. The Medical journal of Australia. 185(10), S62-S65. [Abstract]
  • Peadon, E., Burgner, D., Nissen, M., Buttery, J., Zurynski, Y., Elliott, E., Gold, M., Marshall, H., Booy, R. (2006), Case for varicella surveillance in Australia. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 42(11), 663-4. [Abstract]
  • Viner, R., Haines, M., Taylor, S., Head, J., Booy, R., Stansfeld, S. (2006), Body mass, weight control behaviours, weight perception and emotional well being in a multiethnic sample of early adolescents. International journal of obesity. 30(10), 1514-21. [Abstract]
  • Schmitt, H., Siegrist, C., Salmaso, S., Law, B., Booy, R. (2006), B. Zinka et al., Unexplained cases of sudden infant death shortly after hexavalent vaccination. Vaccine. , 5781-2; author reply 5785-6. [Abstract]
  • Schmitt, H., Siegrist, C., Salmaso, S., Law, B., Booy, R. (2006), B. Zinka et al., unexplained cases of sudden infant death shortly after hexavalent vaccination. Vaccine. 24(31-32), 5781-5782. [Abstract]
  • Booy, R., Sengupta, N., Bedford, H., Elliman, D. (2006), Measles, mumps, and rubella: prevention. Clinical evidence. 15(15), 448-468. [Abstract]
  • Coen, P., Tully, J., Stuart, J., Ashby, D., Viner, R., Booy, R. (2006), Is it exposure to cigarette smoke or to smokers which increases the risk of meningococcal disease in teenagers?. International journal of epidemiology. 35(2), 330-6. [Abstract]
  • Jayakody, A., Viner, R., Haines, M., Bhui, K., Head, J., Taylor, S., Booy, R., Klineberg, E., Clark, C., Stansfeld, S. (2006), Illicit and traditional drug use among ethnic minority adolescents in East London. Public health. 120(4), 329-38. [Abstract]
  • Heikkinen, T., Booy, R., Campins, M., Finn, A., Olcén, P., Peltola, H., Rodrigo, C., Schmitt, H., Schumacher, F., Teo, S., Weil-Olivier, C. (2006), Should healthy children be vaccinated against influenza? A consensus report of the Summits of Independent European Vaccination Experts. European journal of pediatrics. 165(4), 223-8. [Abstract]
  • El Bashir, H., Heath, P., Papa, T., Ruggeberg, J., Johnson, N., Sinha, R., Balfour, G., Booy, R. (2006), Antibody responses to meningococcal (groups A, C, Y and W135) polysaccharide diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine in children who previously received meningococcal C conjugate vaccine. Vaccine. 24(14), 2544-9. [Abstract]
  • Tully, J., Viner, R., Coen, P., Stuart, J., Zambon, M., Peckham, C., Booth, C., Klein, N., Kaczmarski, E., Booy, R. (2006), Risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents: matched cohort study. BMJ. 332(7539), 445-450. [Abstract]
  • Booy, R., Chiu, C., Dwyer, D. (2006), Antivirals for treatment and prevention of human seasonal influenza. Microbiology Australia. 27, 163-165.
  • Viner, R., Haines, M., Head, J., Bhui, K., Taylor, S., Stansfeld, S., Hillier, S., Booy, R. (2006), Variations in associations of health risk behaviors among ethnic minority early adolescents. The Journal of adolescent health. 38(1), 55. [Abstract]
  • Viner, R., Clark, C., Taylor, S., Bhui, K., Klineberg, E., Head, J., Booy, R., Stansfeld, S. (2006), Risk factors for persistent fatigue in adolescents: a population-based study. Journal of Adolescent Health. 38, 113-114.
  • Booy, R. (2006), Commentary on vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy children: "How effective are vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy children?". Evidence-based Child Health. 1, 525-527.

Current national competitive grants*

2011

Adolescent Rural Cohort Study Hormones, Health, Education, Environments and Relationships
Steinbeck K, Hawke C, Hazell P, Skinner R, Ivers R, Booy R, Cumming R, Fulcher G
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant ($975,652 over 4 years)

2010

Centre for Research Excellence in Critical and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Iredell J, Sorrell T, Gilbert G, Kerridge I, Booy R, Dwyer D, Sintchenko V, Bennett B, Jones C
NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence ($2,499,690 over 5 years)

* Grants administered through the University of Sydney

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