Professor Kristine Macartney
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Professor Kristine Macartney

Professor
Paediatrics and Child Health
Children's Hospital, Westmead
Director
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)
Professor Kristine Macartney

Professor Kristine Macartney is a paediatrician specialising in infectious diseases and vaccinology She is a medical graduate of the University of New South Wales and undertook her specialty training in Sydney and in the United States at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her Doctorate of Medicine was on rotavirus infection, in particular the mucosal immune response to novel vaccine candidates. She was a foundational member of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Kristine is currently the Director of the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), a paediatric infectious disease consultant at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and a Professor in the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney. Her research interests include translation of evidence into policy and practice, vaccine safety, and most other areas of vaccine preventable diseases research, particularly in relation to rotavirus, varicella zoster virus and influenza. She is the senior editor of the Australian Immunisation Handbook (9th and10th Editions and online) and has authored >200 peer-reviewed publications. She is a member of the Advisory Committee on Vaccines (ACV) of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the Communicable Diseases Network of Australia (CDNA) and the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI). She has acted as an expert consultant to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and is a member of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS).Kristine leads the Australian national AusVaxSafety and Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) networks, and is the founding chair of the Australian Regional Immunisation Alliance (ARIA).

Infection and Immunological Conditions
Project titleResearch student
Exploring wealth inequalities in immunisation in the Philippines.Carlo LORENZO

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Macartney, K., Crawford, N. (2017). Management and prevention of infectious diseases in IBD patients. In Daniel C. Baumgart (Eds.), Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: From epidemiology and immunobiology to a rational diagnostic and therapeutic approach. 2nd ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing. [More Information]
  • McIntyre, P., Macartney, K., Gilroy, N., Lester, R. (2010). Immunisation. In A Yung, D Spelman, A Street, J McCormack, T Sorrell, P Johnson (Eds.), Infectious Diseases: A clinical approach, (pp. 648-666). Melbourne: IP Communications.

Journals

  • Jayasinghe, S., Williams, P., Macartney, K., Crawford, N., Blyth, C. (2025). Assessing the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunisation schedule change from 3+0 to 2+1 in Australian children: A retrospective observational study (In Press). Clinical Infectious Diseases, 80(1), 207-214. [More Information]
  • Nguyen, T., Dawes, L., Huang, Y., Tay, E., Dymock, M., O’Moore, M., King, C., Macartney, K., Wood, N., Deng, L. (2025). Short term safety profile of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine in adults aged ≥ 60 years in Australia. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 56(101506), 1-3. [More Information]
  • Sonneveld, N., Jackson, J., Dey, A., Lambert, S., Clark, K., Cowie, B., Macartney, K., Beard, F. (2024). Australian vaccine preventable disease epidemiological review series: Hepatitis B, 2000-2019. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 48. [More Information]

2025

  • Jayasinghe, S., Williams, P., Macartney, K., Crawford, N., Blyth, C. (2025). Assessing the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunisation schedule change from 3+0 to 2+1 in Australian children: A retrospective observational study (In Press). Clinical Infectious Diseases, 80(1), 207-214. [More Information]
  • Nguyen, T., Dawes, L., Huang, Y., Tay, E., Dymock, M., O’Moore, M., King, C., Macartney, K., Wood, N., Deng, L. (2025). Short term safety profile of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine in adults aged ≥ 60 years in Australia. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 56(101506), 1-3. [More Information]

2024

  • Sonneveld, N., Jackson, J., Dey, A., Lambert, S., Clark, K., Cowie, B., Macartney, K., Beard, F. (2024). Australian vaccine preventable disease epidemiological review series: Hepatitis B, 2000-2019. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 48. [More Information]
  • Faksova, K., Grange, Z., Escolano, S., Sepulveda, G., Shetty, A., Pillsbury, A., Sullivan, C., Naveed, Z., Janjua, N., Giglio, N., Gidding, H., Macartney, K., et al (2024). COVID-19 vaccines and adverse events of special interest: A multinational Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) cohort study of 99 million vaccinated individuals. Vaccine, 42(9), 2200-2211. [More Information]
  • Koirala, A., Winkler, N., Sharpe, C., van Tussenbroek, T., Wood, P., Macartney, K., Quinn, H. (2024). Real-world utilisation of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing to enable face-to-face learning in Australian schools, an ecological study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48(3), 100159. [More Information]

2023

  • Ramsay, J., Jones, M., Vande More, A., Hunt, S., Williams, P., Messer, M., Wood, N., Macartney, K., Lee, F., Britton, W., Snelling, T., Caterson, I. (2023). A single blinded, phase IV, adaptive randomised control trial to evaluate the safety of coadministration of seasonal influenza and COVID-19 vaccines (The FluVID study). Vaccine, 41(48), 7250-7258. [More Information]
  • Hull, B., Hendry, A., Dey, A., Brotherton, J., Macartney, K., Beard, F. (2023). Annual immunisation coverage report 2021. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 47. [More Information]
  • Pillsbury, A., Phillips, A., Deng, L., Quinn, H., Macartney, K., Gidding, H. (2023). Background incidence rates of selected adverse events of special interest (AESI) to monitor the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. Vaccine, 41(22), 3422-3428. [More Information]

2022

  • Marshall, H., Andraweera, P., Ward, J., Kaldor, J., Andrews, R., Macartney, K., Richmond, P., Krause, V., Koehler, A., Whiley, D., et al (2022). An Observational Study to Assess the Effectiveness of 4CMenB against Meningococcal Disease and Carriage and Gonorrhea in Adolescents in the Northern Territory, Australia—Study Protocol. Vaccines, 10(2), 309. [More Information]
  • Hull, B., Hendry, A., Dey, A., Brotherton, J., Macartney, K., Beard, F. (2022). Annual immunisation coverage report 2020. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 46. [More Information]
  • Tran, C., Valeri, M., Chiu, C., Giles, M., Cheng, A., Macartney, K., Blyth, C., Crawford, N. (2022). ATAGI 2022 Annual Statement on Immunisation. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 46. [More Information]

2021

  • Stapelberg, N., Smoll, N., Randall, M., Palipana, D., Bui, B., Macartney, K., Khandaker, G., Wattiaux, A. (2021). A discrete-event, simulated social agent- based network transmission (DESSABNeT) model for communicable diseases: Method and validation using SARS-CoV-2 data in three large Australian cities. PloS One, 16(5 May). [More Information]
  • Strachan, R., Homaira, N., Beggs, S., Bhuiyan, M., Gilbert, G., Lambert, S., Macartney, K., Marshall, H., Martin, A., McCallum, G., Snelling, T., et al (2021). Assessing the impact of the 13 valent pneumococcal vaccine on childhood empyema in Australia. Thorax, 76(5), 487-493. [More Information]
  • Tran, C., Chiu, C., Cheng, A., Crawford, N., Giles, M., Macartney, K., Blyth, C. (2021). ATAGI 2021 annual statement on immunisation Last updated: 19 September 2021. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 45. [More Information]

2020

  • Glover, C., Crawford, N., Leeb, A., Wood, N., Macartney, K. (2020). Active SMS-based surveillance of adverse events following immunisation with influenza and pertussis-containing vaccines in Australian pregnant women using AusVaxSafety. Vaccine, 38(31), 4892-4900. [More Information]
  • Top, K., Macartney, K., Bettinger, J., Tan, B., Blyth, C., Marshall, H., Vaudry, W., Halperin, S., McIntyre, P. (2020). Active surveillance of acute paediatric hospitalisations demonstrates the impact of vaccination programmes and informs vaccine policy in Canada and Australia. Eurosurveillance, 25(25), 1-12. [More Information]
  • Phillips, A., Hickie, M., Totterdell, J., Brotherton, J., Dey, A., Hill, R., Snelling, T., Macartney, K. (2020). Adverse events following HPV vaccination: 11 years of surveillance in Australia. Vaccine, 38, 6038-6046. [More Information]

2019

  • Hull, B., Hendry, A., Dey, A., Brotherton, J., Macartney, K., Beard, F. (2019). Annual Immunisation Coverage Report 2017. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 43, 1-49. [More Information]
  • Carlson, S., Scanlan, C., Marshall, H., Blyth, C., Macartney, K., Leask, J. (2019). Attitudes about and access to influenza vaccination experienced by parents of children hospitalised for influenza in Australia. Vaccine, 37(40), 5994-6001. [More Information]
  • Macdonald-Laurs, E., Koirala, A., Britton, P., Rawlinson, W., Hiew, C., Mcrae, J., Dale, R., Jones, C., Macartney, K., McMullan, B., et al (2019). CSF neopterin, a useful biomarker in children presenting with influenza associated encephalopathy? European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 23(1), 204-213. [More Information]

2018

  • Pillsbury, A., Glover, C., Jacoby, P., Quinn, H., Fathima, P., Cashman, P., Leeb, A., Blyth, C., Gold, M., Snelling, T., Macartney, K. (2018). Active surveillance of 2017 seasonal influenza vaccine safety: an observational cohort study of individuals aged 6 months and older in Australia. BMJ Open, 8(10), 1-11. [More Information]
  • Edirisuriya, C., Beard, F., Hendry, A., Dey, A., Gidding, H., Hueston, L., Dwyer, D., Wood, J., Macartney, K., McIntyre, P. (2018). Australian rubella serosurvey 2012-2013: On track for elimination? Vaccine, 36(20), 2794-2798. [More Information]
  • Sheel, M., Beard, F., Quinn, H., Dey, A., Kirk, M., Koehler, A., Markey, P., McIntyre, P., Macartney, K. (2018). Australian vaccine preventable disease epidemiological review series: varicella-zoster virus infections, 1998-2015. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 42, 1-27.

2017

  • Pillsbury, A., Quinn, H., Cashman, P., Leeb, A., Macartney, K. (2017). Active SMS-based influenza vaccine safety surveillance in Australian children. Vaccine, 35(51), 7101-7106. [More Information]
  • Reyes, J., Wood, J., Beutels, P., Macartney, K., McIntyre, P., Menzies, R., Mealing, N., Newall, A. (2017). Beyond expectations: Post-implementation data shows rotavirus vaccination is likely cost-saving in Australia. Vaccine, 35(2), 345-352. [More Information]
  • Khatami, A., Khan, F., Macartney, K. (2017). Enteric Fever in Children in Western Sydney, Australia, 2003-2015. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 36(12), 1124-1128. [More Information]

2016

  • Hendry, A., Dey, A., Beard, F., Khandaker, G., Hill, R., Macartney, K. (2016). Adverse events following immunisation with bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccination: baseline data to inform monitoring in Australia following introduction of new unregistered BCG vaccine. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 40(4), E470-E474.
  • Li-Kim-Moy, J., Yin, K., Patel, C., Beard, F., Chiu, C., Macartney, K., McIntyre, P. (2016). Australian vaccine preventable disease epidemiological review series: Influenza 2006 to 2015. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 40(4), E482-E495.
  • DeSilva, M., Munoz, F., Mcmillan, M., Kawai, A., Marshall, H., Macartney, K., Joshi, J., Oneko, M., Rose, A., Dolk, H., et al (2016). Congenital anomalies: Case definition and guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data. Vaccine, 34(49), 6015-6026. [More Information]

2015

  • Britton, P., Macartney, K., Arbuckle, S., Little, D., Kesson, A. (2015). A Rare Case of Q Fever Osteomyelitis in a Child From Regional Australia. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 4(3), 28-31. [More Information]
  • Macartney, K., Gidding, H., Trinh, L., Wang, H., McRae, J., Crawford, N., Gold, M., Kynaston, J., Blyth, C., Zurynski, Y., Elliott, E., Booy, R., McIntyre, P., Wood, N., et al (2015). Febrile seizures following measles and varicella vaccines in young children in Australia. Vaccine, 33(11), 1412-1417. [More Information]
  • Davey, H., Muscatello, D., Wood, J., Snelling, T., Ferson, M., Macartney, K. (2015). Impact of high coverage of monovalent human rotavirus vaccine on Emergency Department presentations for rotavirus gastroenteritis. Vaccine, 33(14), 1726-1730. [More Information]

2014

  • Quinn, H., Snelling, T., Macartney, K., McIntyre, P. (2014). Duration of protection after first dose of acellular pertussis vaccine in infants. Pediatrics, 133(3), e513-e519. [More Information]
  • Beard, F., Macartney, K. (2014). Infants born in Australia to mothers from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis: to BCG or not to BCG? Medical Journal of Australia, 200(3), 149-149. [More Information]
  • Quinn, H., Wood, N., Cannings, K., Dey, A., Wang, H., Menzies, R., Moberley, S., Reid, S., McIntyre, P., Macartney, K. (2014). Intussusception after monovalent human rotavirus vaccine in Australia: Severity and comparison of using healthcare database records versus case confirmation to assess risk. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 33(9), 959-965. [More Information]

2013

  • Smith, B., Hazelton, B., Heywood, A., Snelling, T., Peacock, K., Macartney, K. (2013). Disseminated tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis in Australian-born children; case reports and review of current epidemiology and management. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(3), e246-e250. [More Information]
  • Jayasinghe, S., Macartney, K. (2013). Estimating rotavirus gastroenteritis hospitalisations by using hospital episode statistics before and after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine in Australia. Vaccine, 31(6), 967-972. [More Information]
  • Ward, K., Dey, A., Hull, B., Quinn, H., Macartney, K., Menzies, R. (2013). Evaluation of Australia's varicella vaccination program for children and adolescents. Vaccine, 31(10), 1413-1419. [More Information]

2012

  • Mahajan, D., Cook, J., Dey, A., Macartney, K., Menzies, R. (2012). Annual report: surveillance of adverse events following immunisation in Australia, 2011. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 36(4), E315-E332. [More Information]
  • Dey, A., Wang, H., Menzies, R., Macartney, K. (2012). Changes in hospitalisations for acute gastroenteritis in Australia after the national rotavirus vaccination program. Medical Journal of Australia, 197(8), 453-457. [More Information]
  • Khandaker, G., Zurynski, Y., Buttery, J., Marshall, H., Richmond, P., Dale, R., Royle, J., Gold, M., Snelling, T., Whitehead, B., Jones, C., Heron, L., Macartney, K., Elliott, E., Booy, R., et al (2012). Neurologic complications of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: Surveillance in 6 pediatric hospitals. Neurology, 79(14), 1474-1481. [More Information]

2011

  • Mahajan, D., Cook, J., McIntyre, P., Macartney, K., Menzies, R. (2011). Annual report: surveillance of adverse events following immunisation in Australia, 2010. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 35(4), 263-280. [More Information]
  • Macartney, K., Porwal, M., Dalton, D., Cripps, T., Maldigri, T., Isaacs, D., Kesson, A. (2011). Decline in rotavirus hospitalisations following introduction of Australia's national rotavirus immunisation programme. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(5), 266-270. [More Information]
  • Georgousakis, M., Jelfs, J., Macartney, K. (2011). Immunisation for life: Don't forget adults. Medicine Today, 12(4), 29-37.

2010

  • Macartney, K. (2010). Heads Up: Monovalent polio vaccines are better. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 46(5), 275.
  • McIntyre, P., Macartney, K., Gilroy, N., Lester, R. (2010). Immunisation. In A Yung, D Spelman, A Street, J McCormack, T Sorrell, P Johnson (Eds.), Infectious Diseases: A clinical approach, (pp. 648-666). Melbourne: IP Communications.
  • Macartney, K. (2010). Pertussis vaccination. Medicine Today, 11, 63-64.

2009

  • Wood, J., Gidding, H., Heywood, A., Macartney, K., McIntyre, P., MacIntyre, C. (2009). Potential impacts of schedule changes, waning immunity and vaccine uptake on measles elimination in Australia. Vaccine, 27(2), 313-318. [More Information]
  • Macartney, K., Burgess, M. (2009). Rapid impact of rotavirus vaccination in the United States: implications for Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 191(3), 131-132. [More Information]
  • Macartney, K. (2009). What's new in childhood immunisation? Medicine Today, 10, 24-30.

2008

  • Wood, J., MacIntyre, R., Macartney, K. (2008). Assessing varicella vaccine efficacy. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 27(2), 190; author reply 190-1. [More Information]
  • Leask, J., Quinn, H., Macartney, K., Trent, M., Massey, P., Carr, C., Turahui, J. (2008). Immunisation attitudes, knowledge and practices of health professionals in regional NSW. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 32(3), 224-229. [More Information]
  • Leask, J., Macartney, K. (2008). Parental decisions about vaccination: Collective values are important. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 44(10), 534-535. [More Information]

2007

  • Macartney, K., MacIntyre, C., McIntyre, P. (2007). Current developments in varicella-zoster virus disease prevention. A report on the varicella-zoster virus workshop convened by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases on 16-17 November 2006. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 31(3), 303-310. [More Information]
  • Newall, A., Beutels, P., Macartney, K., Wood, J., MacIntyre, C. (2007). The cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in Australia. Vaccine, 25, 8851-8860. [More Information]
  • Brotherton, J., Wang, H., Schaffer, A., Quinn, H., Menzies, R., Hull, B., Lawrence, C., Wood, J., Wood, N., Rosewell, A., Newall, A., Macartney, K., Gidding, H., McIntyre, P., Booy, R., et al (2007). Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Australia, 2003 to 2005. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 31(Suppl June 2007), 1-152. [More Information]

2006

  • Newall, A., MacIntyre, C., Wang, H., Hull, B., Macartney, K. (2006). Burden of severe rotavirus disease in Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 42(9), 521-527. [More Information]

2005

  • Macartney, K., McIntyre, P. (2005). Universal varicella vaccination. Comment. Medical Journal of Australia, 183(5), 278-9. [More Information]
  • Macartney, K., Beutels, P., McIntyre, P., Burgess, M. (2005). Varicella vaccination in Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 41(11), 544-552. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2022

  • Vaccine effectiveness against Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant in NSW using linked data, Macartney K, Gidding H, NSW Health/COVID-19 Emergency Response Priority Research Support Program

2021

  • Australian Expert Technical Assistance Program for Regional COVID-19 Vaccine Access Policy, Planning and Implementation (AETAP-PPI), Macartney K, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Federal)/Research Support
  • Monitoring and Investigating the Safety and Effectiveness of The Covid-19 Vaccination Program, Macartney K, NSW Health/Covid-19 Research Grant
  • COVID-19 Schools and Early Childhood Education and Care Services Transmission Investigation Project Continuation, Macartney K, Wood N, Koirala A, NSW Health/Covid-19 Research Grant
  • Designing and testing COVID-19 vaccine public health messages for key target audiences, Macartney K, Leask J, Beard F, Koo F, Bolsewicz K, Steffens M, Bullivant B, Clark K, Crooks K, Seale H, NSW Health/Covid-19 Research Grant

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