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Professor Hasantha Gunasekera

MBBS DCH MIPH (Hons) FRACP PhD

Professor of Paediatric Priority Populations
Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School

Phone

+61 2 9845 3399

Fax

+61 2 9845 3389

Email

hasantha.gunasekera@sydney.edu.au

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Curriculum vitae

Biographical details

Associate Editor, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
General Paediatrician, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (Westmead)
Chair, University Buddhist Education Foundation Trust
Board member, Treasurer, Academy of Child and Adolescent Health
Board member, Riverina Medical & Dental Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Research interests

General Paediatrics

Indigenous health

Refugee health

Otitis media

Medical education

Teaching and supervision

Child and Adolescent Health Block and Year 2 Back to Basics Child and Adolescent Health teaching. Paediatric teaching throughout the Sydney Medical Program (MD projects, lectures, bedside tutorials, clinical reasoning sessions, procedural skills, ethics forum, Indigenous health forum and research).

Higher Degree Research supervision:

Primary supervisor

PhD awarded: Dr Stuart Haggie- determinants of severity in childhood pneumonia

PhD candidate: Jack DeLAcy- social determinants of health among urban Aboriginal children, developmental screening and speech and language delays

MPhil (deferred):Dr Irene Chuah

Co-supervising

PhD candidate (UNSW): Kate Gonski- BPD CHROME at home (Broncho-pulmonary dysplasia continuous heart rate & oxygen monitoring evaluation)

PhD candidate (USYD): Tony Lian- Drumbeat.ai: Artificial intelligence to triage ear disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in rural and remote Australia

Masters supervision:

Masters of Psychology (Research treatise):
David Lui- validation of Child Trauma Screening Questionnaire among children seeking asylum and refugee backgrounds; &
Isabella Priestley- systematic review of mental health findings for children in immigration detention

Current projects

SEARCH: Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (ear health, development and speech and language assessment sections of this Cohort Study).

WATCH Non-inferiority RCT: Watchful waiting for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children with acute otitis media without perforation (Collaboration with Western Sydney University)

INFLATE RCT: Autoinflation for bilateral otitis media with effusion in Aboriginal children.

DEADLY Ears at discharge:RCT of Aboriginal health worker for discharge planning for Aboriginal children with chronic ear infections (Darwin)

ACCESS: Aboriginal Community Controlled Earhealth Support System: developing, embedding and evaluating best practice models of care

ATOMIC AI: Artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of otitis media

PATHWAYS project: Collaboration with Flinders University

Associations

Academy of Child and Adolescent Health

Australian Refugee Child Health Network

Australian Medical Association

Australian Indigenous Doctor's Association (Assoc member)

Riverina Medical & Dental Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Awards and honours

RACP Rue Wright Memorial Community Paediatrics Prize (2017)

RACP Paediatrics and Child Health Division Best Poster Prize (2017; co-author/co-supervisor)

Sydney Medical School Outstanding Teaching Award (2015)

The Children's Hospital at Westmead Best Bedside Teacher (2012)

USYD Discipline of Child & Adolescent Health Best CRS Tutor (2011)

RACP New Investigator Prize (2009)

RACP Quality Assurance Prize (2009)

Themes

Infection and Immunological Conditions, Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health, Lifespan

Keywords

Child health, Epidemiology, Indigenous health, Refugee & immigrant health

Approaches

Child, Clinical Trials, Epidemiology

Clinical speciality

Paediatrics

International links

Australia	(World Vision) World Vision 2018 KidsOffNauru Ambassador
Hong Kong S.A.R.	(Chinese University Hong Kong) Collaborative research project examining a proof of concept for remote clerking across international borders using telehealth.
Papua New Guinea	(University of PNG) External Examiner for DCH and Masters (Paediatric) candidates from 2012. The latter is the degree conferred to qualify as a Paediatrician in PNG and many other nations in the South Pacific (e.g., Solomon Islands and Vanuatu).
Switzerland	(World Health Organisation) World Hearing Forum, December 2019
Switzerland	(World Health Organization) Author Acute Otitis Media Management Guide for primary care healthcare practitioners (2023)
United States	(International Society for Otitis Media (ISOM)) Member of Epidemiology Panel

Publications

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Journals

Nash, K., Gwynne, K., Dimitropoulos, Y., Fitzpatrick, M., Gunasekera, H., Halvorsen, L., Kong, K., Lumby, N., Macniven, R., Parter, C., et al (2024). INdigenous Systems and Policies Improved and Reimagined for Ear and hearing care (INSPIRE): A multi-method study protocol. BMJ Open, 14(1). [More Information]
Gisselsson-Solen, M., Gunasekera, H., Hall, A., Homoe, P., Kong, K., Sih, T., Rupa, V., Morris, P. (2024). Panel 1: Epidemiology and global health, including child development, sequelae and complications. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 178, 111861. [More Information]
Reath, J., Morris, P., Leach, A., Walsh, R., Abbott, P., O'Brien, S., Campbell, L., Gunasekera, H., Tyson, C., Askew, D., Usherwood, T., et al (2024). The views of parents and carers on managing acute otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: a qualitative study. Medical Journal of Australia. [More Information]
Abbott, P., Frede, C., Hu, W., Lujic, S., Trankle, S., Campbell, L., Gunasekera, H., Walsh, R., Leach, A., Morris, P., et al (2023). Acute otitis media symptoms and symptom scales in research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. PloS One, 18(2 February). [More Information]
Nash, K., Macniven, R., Clague, L., Coates, H., Fitzpatrick, M., Gunasekera, H., Gwynne, K., Halvorsen, L., Harkus, S., Holt, L., et al (2023). Ear and hearing care programs for First Nations children: a scoping review. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1). [More Information]
Delacy, J., Burgess, L., Cutmore, M., Sherriff, S., Woolfenden, S., Falster, K., Banks, E., Purcell, A., Kong, K., Coates, H., Dickson, M., Gunasekera, H., et al (2023). Ear health and hearing in urban Aboriginal children. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47(4). [More Information]
Constantinides, F., Orr, N., Nash, K., Evans, J., McMahon, C., Gunasekera, H., Harkus, S., Clague, L., Cross, C., Halvorsen, L., et al (2023). Examining relationships between parent-reported factors and recurring ear symptoms among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. [More Information]
Gandham, S., Gunasekera, H., Isaacs, D., Maycock, A., Britton, P. (2023). High Prevalence of Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress in Children of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Background. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 21(1), 71-80. [More Information]
Amarasena, L., Samir, N., Sealy, L., Hu, N., Rostami, M., Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H., Young, H., Agrawal, R., Levitt, D., et al (2023). Offshore detention: cross-sectional analysis of the health of children and young people seeking asylum in Australia. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 108(3), 185-191. [More Information]
Morrow, A., Orr, N., Nash, K., Coates, H., Cross, C., Evans, J., Gunasekera, H., Harkus, S., Harrison, L., McLeod, S., et al (2023). Parent Perspectives of Ear Health and the Relationship with Children’s Speech and Language in the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. Children, 10(1). [More Information]
Habib, A., Crossland, G., Patel, H., Wong, E., Kong, K., Gunasekera, H., Richards, B., Caffery, L., Perry, C., Sacks, R., Kumar, A., Singh, N. (2022). An Artificial Intelligence Computer-vision Algorithm to Triage Otoscopic Images From Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children. Otology & Neurotology, 43(4), 481-488. [More Information]
Habib, A., Kajbafzadeh, M., Hasan, Z., Wong, E., Gunasekera, H., Perry, C., Sacks, R., Kumar, A., Singh, N. (2022). Artificial intelligence to classify ear disease from otoscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Otolaryngology, 47(3), 401-413. [More Information]
Walsh, R., Reath, J., Gunasekera, H., Leach, A., Kong, K., Askew, D., Girosi, F., Hu, W., Usherwood, T., Lujic, S., et al (2022). INFLATE: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial comparing nasal balloon autoinflation to no nasal balloon autoinflation for otitis media with effusion in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Trials, 23(1), 309. [More Information]
Haggie, S., Selvadurai, H., Gunasekera, H., Fitzgerald, D., Lord, D., Chennapragada, S. (2022). Paediatric empyema: are ultrasound characteristics at the time of intervention predictive of reintervention? Pediatric Pulmonology, 7(7), 1643-1650. [More Information]
Haggie, S., Barnes, E., Selvadurai, H., Gunasekera, H., Fitzgerald, D. (2022). Paediatric pneumonia: deriving a model to identify severe disease. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 107(5), 491-496. [More Information]
Campbell, L., Reath, J., Hu, W., Gunasekera, H., Askew, D., Watego, C., Kong, K., Walsh, R., Doyle, K., Leach, A., et al (2022). The socioemotional challenges and consequences for caregivers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with otitis media: A qualitative study. Health Expectations, 25(4), 1374-1383. [More Information]
Nusem, E., Bray, L., Lillia, J., Schofield, L., Scott, K., Gunasekera, H., Cheng, T. (2022). Utility of 3D Printed Models Versus Cadaveric Pathology for Learning: Challenging Stated Preferences. Medical Science Educator, 32(6), 1513-1520. [More Information]
McGinness, H., Caldwell, P., Gunasekera, H., Scott, K. (2022). ‘Every Human Interaction Requires a Bit of Give and Take’: Medical Students’ Approaches to Pursuing Feedback in the Clinical Setting. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H., Xafis, V. (2021). Interpreters. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(1), 101-102. [More Information]
Leach, A., Morris, P., Coates, H., Nelson, S., O'Leary, S., Richmond, P., Gunasekera, H., Harkus, S., Kong, K., Brennan-Jones, C., Isaacs, D., et al (2021). Otitis media guidelines for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: summary of recommendations. Medical Journal of Australia, 214(5), 228-233. [More Information]
Haggie, S., Selvadurai, H., Gunasekera, H., Fitzgerald, D. (2021). Paediatric pneumonia in high-income countries: Defining and recognising cases at increased risk of severe disease. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 39, 71-81. [More Information]
Abbott, P., Askew, D., Watego, C., Hu, W., Campbell, L., Tyson, C., Walsh, R., Hussey, S., Doyle, K., Gunasekera, H., Usherwood, T., et al (2021). Randomised clinical trial research within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health services: A qualitative study. BMJ Open, 11(12), e21050839. [More Information]
Green, A., Abbott, P., Luckett, T., Davidson, P., Delaney, J., Delaney, P., Gunasekera, H., DiGiacomo, M. (2021). ‘It's quite a complex trail for families now' – Provider understanding of access to services for Aboriginal children with a disability. Journal of Child Health Care, 25(2), 194-211. [More Information]
McGinness, H., Caldwell, P., Gunasekera, H., Scott, K. (2020). An educational intervention to increase student engagement in feedback. Medical Teacher, 42(11), 1289-1297. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Falster, K., Gunasekera, H., Burgess, L., Sherriff, S., Deuis, M., Thorn, A., Banks, E. (2020). Asthma in urban Aboriginal children: A cross-sectional study of socio-demographic patterns and associations with pre-natal and current carer smoking. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(9), 1448-1457. [More Information]
Zwi, K., Sealy, L., Samir, N., Hu, N., Rostami, R., Agrawal, R., Cherian, S., Coleman, J., Francis, J., Gunasekera, H., et al (2020). Asylum seeking children and adolescents in Australian immigration detention on Nauru: A longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 4(1), 1-7. [More Information]
Green, A., Abbott, P., Luckett, T., Davidson, P., Delaney, J., Delaney, P., Gunasekera, H., DiGiacomo, M. (2020). Collaborating across sectors to provide early intervention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with disability and their families: a qualitative study of provider perspectives. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 34(3), 388-399. [More Information]
Chando, S., Craig, J., Burgess, L., Sherriff, S., Purcell, A., Gunasekera, H., Banks, S., Smith, N., Banks, E., Woolfenden, S. (2020). Developmental risk among Aboriginal children living in urban areas in Australia: the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH). BMC Pediatrics, 20(1), 13. [More Information]
Haggie, S., Gunasekera, H., Pandit, C., Selvadurai, H., Robinson, P., Fitzgerald, D. (2020). Paediatric empyema: Worsening disease severity and challenges identifying patients at increased risk of repeat intervention. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 105(9), 886-890. [More Information]
Leach, A., Homøe, P., Chidziva, C., Gunasekera, H., Kong, K., Bhutta, M., Jensen, R., Tamir, S., Das, S., Morris, P. (2020). Panel 6: Otitis media and associated hearing loss among disadvantaged populations and low to middle-income countries. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 130(Suppl 1), 1-32. [More Information]
Tannous, P., Fiscaletti, M., Wood, N., Gunasekera, H., Zurynski, Y., Biggin, A., Kilo, T., Hayes, E., Munns, C. (2020). Safety and effectiveness of stoss therapy in children with vitamin D deficiency. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(1), 81-89. [More Information]
Graydon, K., Waterworth, C., Miller, H., Gunasekera, H. (2019). Global burden of hearing impairment and ear disease. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 133(1), 18-25. [More Information]
Haggie, S., Fitzgerald, D., Pandit, C., Selvadurai, H., Robinson, P., Gunasekera, H., Britton, P. (2019). Increasing Rates of Pediatric Empyema and Disease Severity With Predominance of Serotype 3 S. pneumonia: An Australian Single-center, Retrospective Cohort 2011 to 2018. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 38(12), e320-e325. [More Information]
Colgan, K., Anderson, J., Maycock, A., Britton, P., Mackenzie, M., Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H. (2019). Latent tuberculosis may be missed by current screening practices: Analysis of interferon-gamma release assay results from a paediatric refugee clinic. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(7), 826-832. [More Information]
Sealy, L., Zwi, K., McDonald, G., Saavedra, A., Crawford, L., Gunasekera, H. (2019). Predictors of Discharge Against Medical Advice in a Tertiary Paediatric Hospital. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(8), 1-11. [More Information]
Rakhra, J., Williams, G., Marais, B., Craig, J., Gunasekera, H. (2019). Urinary tract infections in febrile children: Changing spectra of pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic susceptibilities? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(6), 680-689. [More Information]
Dimitropoulos, Y., Gunasekera, H., Blinkhorn, A., Byun, R., Binge, N., Gwynne, K., Irving, M. (2018). A collaboration with local Aboriginal communities in rural New South Wales, Australia to determine the oral health needs of their children and develop a community owned oral health promotion program. Rural and Remote Health, 18(2), 4453. [More Information]
Nyanga, R., Biviano, L., Warren, S., Windsor, J., Zwi, K., Gunasekera, H. (2018). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health-care delivery: The views of health-care professionals in Sydney's tertiary paediatric hospitals. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(9), 1023-1030. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Miller, H., Burgess, L., Chando, S., Sheriff, S., Tsembis, J., Kong, K., Coates, H., Curotta, J., Falster, K., McIntyre, P., Craig, J., et al (2018). Agreement between diagnoses of otitis media by audiologists and otolaryngologists in Aboriginal Australian children. Medical Journal of Australia, 209(1), 29-35. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H. (2018). Purpuric rash: Is it meningococcal disease? Medicine Today, 19(9), 54-55.
Rakhra, J., Williams, G., Marais, B., Craig, J., Gunasekera, H. (2018). Urinary tract infections in febrile children presenting to the Emergency Department: spectrum of bacteria and antibiotic susceptibilities. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 5(6), 680-689.
Gunasekera, H. (2017). Asthma and innate immunity in Amish and Hutterite communities. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(1), 91-92. [More Information]
Larkins, N., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Banks, E., Gunasekera, H., Cass, A., Kearnes, J., Craig, J. (2017). Blood pressure among Australian Aboriginal children. Journal of Hypertension, 35(9), 1801-1807. [More Information]
Young, C., Jaure, A., Gunasekera, H., Sherriff, S., Kalucy, D., Fernando, P., Craig, J. (2017). Health professional and community perspectives on reducing barriers to accessing specialist health care in metropolitan Aboriginal communities: A semi-structured interview study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(3), 277-282. [More Information]
Narinder, K., McCrossin, T., Gunasekera, H. (2017). Improving Anaphylaxis Management by Health Care Professional Education and Practical Skills Training in a Regional Centre. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(10), 1029-1030. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Isaacs, D. (2017). Outcome for 22-24 week gestation newborns. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(12), 1240-1240. [More Information]
Homoe, P., Kvaerner, K., Casey, J., Damoiseaux, R., van Dongen, T., Gunasekera, H., Jensen, R., Kvestad, E., Morris, P., Weinreich, H. (2017). Panel 1: Epidemiology and Diagnosis. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 156(4_suppl), S1-S21. [More Information]
Young, C., Gunasekera, H., Kong, K., Purcell, A., Muthayya, S., Vincent, F., Wright, D., Gordon, R., Bell, J., Gillor, G., Sherriff, S., Jaure, A., Craig, J., et al (2016). A case study of enhanced clinical care enabled by Aboriginal health research: the Hearing, EAr health and Language Services (HEALS) project. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40(6), 523-528. [More Information]
Abbott, P., Gunasekera, H., Leach, A., Askew, D., Walsh, R., Kong, K., Girosi, F., Bond, C., Morris, P., Lujic, S., Usherwood, T., et al (2016). A multi-centre open-label randomised non-inferiority trial comparing watchful waiting to antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media without perforation in low-risk urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (the WATCH trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Chando, S., Young, C., Craig, J., Gunasekera, H., Jaure, A. (2016). Parental views on otitis media: systematic review of qualitative studies. European Journal of Pediatrics, 175(10), 1295-1305. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Isaacs, D. (2015). Antenatal care for asylum seekers. Medical Journal of Australia, 202(11), 572-572. [More Information]
Attwood, L., Rodrigues, S., Winsor, J., Warren, S., Biviano, L., Gunasekera, H. (2015). Improving delivery of health care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(5), 534-540. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Kilham, H. (2015). In the beginning, there was general paediatrics.. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(1), 48-53. [More Information]
Paxton, G., Tosif, S., Graham, H., Smith, A., Beverley, C., Standish, J., McCloskey, K., Ferguson, G., Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H., Marais, B., Britton, P., Elliott, E., Raman, S., et al (2015). Perspective: 'The forgotten children: National inquiry into children in immigration detention (2014)'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(4), 365-368. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Tefuarani, N., Kilalang, C., Amini, J., Sobi, K., Vuvu, J., Duke, T. (2014). A day on the paediatric wards in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 50(6), 494-495. [More Information]
Corbett, E., Gunasekera, H., Maycock, A., Isaacs, D. (2014). Australia's treatment of refugee and asylum seeker children: The views of Australian paediatricians. Medical Journal of Australia, 201(7), 393-398. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H. (2014). Ethical dilemmas about orphan drugs for orphan diseases. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 50(8), 656. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H. (2014). Oral antibiotics confer small benefits and small harms in low-risk children with acute otitis media. Evidence-Based Medicine, 19(1), 9-9. [More Information]
Abbott, P., Rosenkranz, S., Hu, W., Gunasekera, H., Reath, J. (2014). The effect and acceptability of tympanometry and pneumatic otoscopy in general practitioner diagnosis and management of childhood ear disease. BMC Family Practice, 15(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Falster, K., Randall, D., Banks, E., Eades, S., Gunasekera, H., Reath, J., Jorm, L. (2013). Inequalities in ventilation tube insertion procedures between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in New South Wales, Australia: A data linkage study. BMJ Open, 3(11), 1-10. [More Information]
Wood, A., Singh-Grewal, D., De, S., Gunasekera, H. (2013). Kawasaki disease complicated by subluxation of cervical vertebrae (Grisel syndrome). Medical Journal of Australia, 199(7), 494-496. [More Information]
Rosenkranz, S., Abbott, P., Reath, J., Gunasekera, H., Hu, W. (2012). Promoting diagnostic accuracy in general practitioner management of otitis media in children: findings from a multimodal, interactive workshop on tympanometry and pneumatic otoscopy. Quality in Primary Care, 20(4), 275-285. [More Information]
Gray, K., Wood, N., Gunasekera, H., Sheikh, M., Hazelton, B., Isaacs, D. (2012). Vitamin D and Tuberculosis Status in Refugee Children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 31(5), 521-523. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Purcell, A., Eades, S., Banks, E., Wutzke, S., McIntyre, P., Redman, S., Woolfenden, S., Fernando, D., Craig, J. (2011). Healthy kids, health future: Ear health, speech and language among urban aboriginal children (the SEARCH study). Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(Suppl. 2), 6-6.
Woolfenden, S., Purcell, A., Fernando, D., Gunasekera, H. (2011). Parents' Evaluation of developmental status of urban Aboriginal children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(Suppl2), 28-28.
Sheikh, M., Wang, S., Pal, A., MacIntyre, C., Wood, N., Gunasekera, H. (2011). Vitamin D deficiency in refugee children from conflict zones. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 13(1), 87-93. [More Information]
Crogan, J., Gunasekera, H., Wood, N., Sheikh, M., Isaacs, D. (2010). Management of Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Refugee Children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 29(4), 357-359. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Knox, S., Morris, P., Britt, H., McIntyre, P., Craig, J. (2010). Spectrum and management of otitis media in Australian indigenous and non-indigenous children: a national study. Pediatrics, 121(S2), S128-S128.
Gunasekera, H., Morris, P., McIntyre, P., Craig, J. (2009). Management of children with otitis media: a summary of evidence from recent systematic reviews. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 45(10), 554-562. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Morris, P., Daniels, J., Couzos, S., Craig, J. (2009). Management of children with otitis media: a survey of Australian Aboriginal Medical Service practitioners. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 45(7-8), 457-463. [More Information]
Morris, P., Richmond, P., Lehmann, D., Leach, A., Gunasekera, H., Coates, H. (2009). New horizons: otitis media research in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 191(9), S73-S77. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Morris, P., Daniels, J., Couzos, S., Craig, J. (2009). Otitis media in Aboriginal children: the discordance between burden of illness and access to services in rural/remote and urban Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 45(7-8), 425-430. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., O'Connor, T., Vijayasekaran, S., Del Mar, C. (2009). Primary care management of otitis media among Australian children. Medical Journal of Australia, 191(9), S55-S59. [More Information]
Sheikh, M., Pal, A., Wang, S., Macintyre, C., Wood, N., Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H., Raman, S., Hale, K., Howell, A. (2009). The epidemiology of health conditions of newly arrived refugee children: a review of patients attending a specialist health clinic in Sydney. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 45(9), 509-513. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Morris, P., Daniels, J., Couzos, S., Craig, J. (2008). Management of Children with Otitis Media: a Survey of Australian Aboriginal Medical Services. Pediatrics, 121, S98-S99.
Gunasekera, H., Haysom, L., Morris, P., Craig, J. (2008). The Global Burden of Childhood Otitis Media and Hearing Impairment: A Systematic Review. Pediatrics, 121(S2), S107-S107.
Patradoon-Ho, P., Gunasekera, H. (2007). ADHD: a stimulating debate for young paediatricians. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 43(3), 196-196. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Knox, S., Morris, P., Britt, H., McIntyre, P., Craig, J. (2007). The spectrum and management of otitis media in Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous children: a national study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 26(8), 689-692. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H. (2006). Fear ever young: the terrorist death toll in perspective. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 99(12), 646-646. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H. (2006). Fear ever young: the terrorist death toll in perspective. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 99(12), 646. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H. (2006). Febrile confusion: do the hyperpyrexia study conclusions fit? Pediatrics, 118(6), 2605-2607. [More Information]
Patradoon-Ho, P., Gunasekera, H., Ryan, M., Ambler, G. (2006). Inhaled corticosteroids, adrenal suppression and benign intracranial hypertension. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(5), 279-280. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Ambler, G. (2006). Safety and efficacy of blood glucose management practices at a diabetes camp. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 42(10), 643-648. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Haysom, L., Morris, P., Craig, J. (2006). The global burden of childhood otitis media and hearing impairment: a systematic review. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Gunasekera, H. (2006). The repeating history of objections to the fortification of bread and alcohol: from iron filings to folic acid. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(6), 343-344.
Gunasekera, H. (2006). The repeating history of objections to the fortification of bread and alcohol: from iron filings to folic acid. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(6), 343-344. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H. (2005). Designer infant formulas: making a killing. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 98(12), 551-552. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Chapman, S., Campbell, S. (2005). Sex and drugs in popular movies: an analysis of the top 200 films. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 98(10), 464-470. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Buckmaster, A. (2004). Training in general paediatrics: Is it time for change? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 40(9-10), 510-516. [More Information]

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Conferences

Gunasekera, H., Purcell, A., Woolfenden, S., Craig, J. (2017). Research translation in urban Aboriginal health: the search and heals model. RACP Congress 2017, United States: Wiley Online Library.

Report

Gunasekera, H. (2022). National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Abbott, P., Belfrage, M., Chang, A., Coleman, J., Couzos, S., Fitzpatrick, J., Fitzsimons, E., Gunasekera, H., Tracy, M., Usherwood, T., et al (2018). National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Third Edition.

Research Reports

Elliott, E., Gunasekera, H. (2016). The health and well-being of children in immigration detention: Report to the Australian Human Rights Commission - Monitoring Visit to Wickham Point Detention Centre, Darwin, NT, October 16th - 18th 2015, (pp. 3 - 31). Sydney, Australia: Australian Human Rights Commission.

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2024

Nash, K., Gwynne, K., Dimitropoulos, Y., Fitzpatrick, M., Gunasekera, H., Halvorsen, L., Kong, K., Lumby, N., Macniven, R., Parter, C., et al (2024). INdigenous Systems and Policies Improved and Reimagined for Ear and hearing care (INSPIRE): A multi-method study protocol. BMJ Open, 14(1). [More Information]
Gisselsson-Solen, M., Gunasekera, H., Hall, A., Homoe, P., Kong, K., Sih, T., Rupa, V., Morris, P. (2024). Panel 1: Epidemiology and global health, including child development, sequelae and complications. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 178, 111861. [More Information]
Reath, J., Morris, P., Leach, A., Walsh, R., Abbott, P., O'Brien, S., Campbell, L., Gunasekera, H., Tyson, C., Askew, D., Usherwood, T., et al (2024). The views of parents and carers on managing acute otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: a qualitative study. Medical Journal of Australia. [More Information]

2023

Abbott, P., Frede, C., Hu, W., Lujic, S., Trankle, S., Campbell, L., Gunasekera, H., Walsh, R., Leach, A., Morris, P., et al (2023). Acute otitis media symptoms and symptom scales in research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. PloS One, 18(2 February). [More Information]
Nash, K., Macniven, R., Clague, L., Coates, H., Fitzpatrick, M., Gunasekera, H., Gwynne, K., Halvorsen, L., Harkus, S., Holt, L., et al (2023). Ear and hearing care programs for First Nations children: a scoping review. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1). [More Information]
Delacy, J., Burgess, L., Cutmore, M., Sherriff, S., Woolfenden, S., Falster, K., Banks, E., Purcell, A., Kong, K., Coates, H., Dickson, M., Gunasekera, H., et al (2023). Ear health and hearing in urban Aboriginal children. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47(4). [More Information]
Constantinides, F., Orr, N., Nash, K., Evans, J., McMahon, C., Gunasekera, H., Harkus, S., Clague, L., Cross, C., Halvorsen, L., et al (2023). Examining relationships between parent-reported factors and recurring ear symptoms among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. [More Information]
Gandham, S., Gunasekera, H., Isaacs, D., Maycock, A., Britton, P. (2023). High Prevalence of Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress in Children of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Background. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 21(1), 71-80. [More Information]
Amarasena, L., Samir, N., Sealy, L., Hu, N., Rostami, M., Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H., Young, H., Agrawal, R., Levitt, D., et al (2023). Offshore detention: cross-sectional analysis of the health of children and young people seeking asylum in Australia. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 108(3), 185-191. [More Information]
Morrow, A., Orr, N., Nash, K., Coates, H., Cross, C., Evans, J., Gunasekera, H., Harkus, S., Harrison, L., McLeod, S., et al (2023). Parent Perspectives of Ear Health and the Relationship with Children’s Speech and Language in the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. Children, 10(1). [More Information]

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2022

Habib, A., Crossland, G., Patel, H., Wong, E., Kong, K., Gunasekera, H., Richards, B., Caffery, L., Perry, C., Sacks, R., Kumar, A., Singh, N. (2022). An Artificial Intelligence Computer-vision Algorithm to Triage Otoscopic Images From Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children. Otology & Neurotology, 43(4), 481-488. [More Information]
Habib, A., Kajbafzadeh, M., Hasan, Z., Wong, E., Gunasekera, H., Perry, C., Sacks, R., Kumar, A., Singh, N. (2022). Artificial intelligence to classify ear disease from otoscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Otolaryngology, 47(3), 401-413. [More Information]
Walsh, R., Reath, J., Gunasekera, H., Leach, A., Kong, K., Askew, D., Girosi, F., Hu, W., Usherwood, T., Lujic, S., et al (2022). INFLATE: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial comparing nasal balloon autoinflation to no nasal balloon autoinflation for otitis media with effusion in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Trials, 23(1), 309. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H. (2022). National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Haggie, S., Selvadurai, H., Gunasekera, H., Fitzgerald, D., Lord, D., Chennapragada, S. (2022). Paediatric empyema: are ultrasound characteristics at the time of intervention predictive of reintervention? Pediatric Pulmonology, 7(7), 1643-1650. [More Information]
Haggie, S., Barnes, E., Selvadurai, H., Gunasekera, H., Fitzgerald, D. (2022). Paediatric pneumonia: deriving a model to identify severe disease. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 107(5), 491-496. [More Information]
Campbell, L., Reath, J., Hu, W., Gunasekera, H., Askew, D., Watego, C., Kong, K., Walsh, R., Doyle, K., Leach, A., et al (2022). The socioemotional challenges and consequences for caregivers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with otitis media: A qualitative study. Health Expectations, 25(4), 1374-1383. [More Information]
Nusem, E., Bray, L., Lillia, J., Schofield, L., Scott, K., Gunasekera, H., Cheng, T. (2022). Utility of 3D Printed Models Versus Cadaveric Pathology for Learning: Challenging Stated Preferences. Medical Science Educator, 32(6), 1513-1520. [More Information]
McGinness, H., Caldwell, P., Gunasekera, H., Scott, K. (2022). ‘Every Human Interaction Requires a Bit of Give and Take’: Medical Students’ Approaches to Pursuing Feedback in the Clinical Setting. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. [More Information]

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2021

Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H., Xafis, V. (2021). Interpreters. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(1), 101-102. [More Information]
Leach, A., Morris, P., Coates, H., Nelson, S., O'Leary, S., Richmond, P., Gunasekera, H., Harkus, S., Kong, K., Brennan-Jones, C., Isaacs, D., et al (2021). Otitis media guidelines for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: summary of recommendations. Medical Journal of Australia, 214(5), 228-233. [More Information]
Haggie, S., Selvadurai, H., Gunasekera, H., Fitzgerald, D. (2021). Paediatric pneumonia in high-income countries: Defining and recognising cases at increased risk of severe disease. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 39, 71-81. [More Information]
Abbott, P., Askew, D., Watego, C., Hu, W., Campbell, L., Tyson, C., Walsh, R., Hussey, S., Doyle, K., Gunasekera, H., Usherwood, T., et al (2021). Randomised clinical trial research within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health services: A qualitative study. BMJ Open, 11(12), e21050839. [More Information]
Green, A., Abbott, P., Luckett, T., Davidson, P., Delaney, J., Delaney, P., Gunasekera, H., DiGiacomo, M. (2021). ‘It's quite a complex trail for families now' – Provider understanding of access to services for Aboriginal children with a disability. Journal of Child Health Care, 25(2), 194-211. [More Information]

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2020

McGinness, H., Caldwell, P., Gunasekera, H., Scott, K. (2020). An educational intervention to increase student engagement in feedback. Medical Teacher, 42(11), 1289-1297. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Falster, K., Gunasekera, H., Burgess, L., Sherriff, S., Deuis, M., Thorn, A., Banks, E. (2020). Asthma in urban Aboriginal children: A cross-sectional study of socio-demographic patterns and associations with pre-natal and current carer smoking. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(9), 1448-1457. [More Information]
Zwi, K., Sealy, L., Samir, N., Hu, N., Rostami, R., Agrawal, R., Cherian, S., Coleman, J., Francis, J., Gunasekera, H., et al (2020). Asylum seeking children and adolescents in Australian immigration detention on Nauru: A longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 4(1), 1-7. [More Information]
Green, A., Abbott, P., Luckett, T., Davidson, P., Delaney, J., Delaney, P., Gunasekera, H., DiGiacomo, M. (2020). Collaborating across sectors to provide early intervention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with disability and their families: a qualitative study of provider perspectives. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 34(3), 388-399. [More Information]
Chando, S., Craig, J., Burgess, L., Sherriff, S., Purcell, A., Gunasekera, H., Banks, S., Smith, N., Banks, E., Woolfenden, S. (2020). Developmental risk among Aboriginal children living in urban areas in Australia: the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH). BMC Pediatrics, 20(1), 13. [More Information]
Haggie, S., Gunasekera, H., Pandit, C., Selvadurai, H., Robinson, P., Fitzgerald, D. (2020). Paediatric empyema: Worsening disease severity and challenges identifying patients at increased risk of repeat intervention. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 105(9), 886-890. [More Information]
Leach, A., Homøe, P., Chidziva, C., Gunasekera, H., Kong, K., Bhutta, M., Jensen, R., Tamir, S., Das, S., Morris, P. (2020). Panel 6: Otitis media and associated hearing loss among disadvantaged populations and low to middle-income countries. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 130(Suppl 1), 1-32. [More Information]
Tannous, P., Fiscaletti, M., Wood, N., Gunasekera, H., Zurynski, Y., Biggin, A., Kilo, T., Hayes, E., Munns, C. (2020). Safety and effectiveness of stoss therapy in children with vitamin D deficiency. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(1), 81-89. [More Information]

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2019

Graydon, K., Waterworth, C., Miller, H., Gunasekera, H. (2019). Global burden of hearing impairment and ear disease. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 133(1), 18-25. [More Information]
Haggie, S., Fitzgerald, D., Pandit, C., Selvadurai, H., Robinson, P., Gunasekera, H., Britton, P. (2019). Increasing Rates of Pediatric Empyema and Disease Severity With Predominance of Serotype 3 S. pneumonia: An Australian Single-center, Retrospective Cohort 2011 to 2018. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 38(12), e320-e325. [More Information]
Colgan, K., Anderson, J., Maycock, A., Britton, P., Mackenzie, M., Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H. (2019). Latent tuberculosis may be missed by current screening practices: Analysis of interferon-gamma release assay results from a paediatric refugee clinic. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(7), 826-832. [More Information]
Sealy, L., Zwi, K., McDonald, G., Saavedra, A., Crawford, L., Gunasekera, H. (2019). Predictors of Discharge Against Medical Advice in a Tertiary Paediatric Hospital. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(8), 1-11. [More Information]
Rakhra, J., Williams, G., Marais, B., Craig, J., Gunasekera, H. (2019). Urinary tract infections in febrile children: Changing spectra of pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic susceptibilities? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(6), 680-689. [More Information]

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2018

Dimitropoulos, Y., Gunasekera, H., Blinkhorn, A., Byun, R., Binge, N., Gwynne, K., Irving, M. (2018). A collaboration with local Aboriginal communities in rural New South Wales, Australia to determine the oral health needs of their children and develop a community owned oral health promotion program. Rural and Remote Health, 18(2), 4453. [More Information]
Nyanga, R., Biviano, L., Warren, S., Windsor, J., Zwi, K., Gunasekera, H. (2018). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health-care delivery: The views of health-care professionals in Sydney's tertiary paediatric hospitals. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(9), 1023-1030. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Miller, H., Burgess, L., Chando, S., Sheriff, S., Tsembis, J., Kong, K., Coates, H., Curotta, J., Falster, K., McIntyre, P., Craig, J., et al (2018). Agreement between diagnoses of otitis media by audiologists and otolaryngologists in Aboriginal Australian children. Medical Journal of Australia, 209(1), 29-35. [More Information]
Abbott, P., Belfrage, M., Chang, A., Coleman, J., Couzos, S., Fitzpatrick, J., Fitzsimons, E., Gunasekera, H., Tracy, M., Usherwood, T., et al (2018). National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Third Edition.
Gunasekera, H. (2018). Purpuric rash: Is it meningococcal disease? Medicine Today, 19(9), 54-55.
Rakhra, J., Williams, G., Marais, B., Craig, J., Gunasekera, H. (2018). Urinary tract infections in febrile children presenting to the Emergency Department: spectrum of bacteria and antibiotic susceptibilities. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 5(6), 680-689.

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2017

Gunasekera, H. (2017). Asthma and innate immunity in Amish and Hutterite communities. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(1), 91-92. [More Information]
Larkins, N., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Banks, E., Gunasekera, H., Cass, A., Kearnes, J., Craig, J. (2017). Blood pressure among Australian Aboriginal children. Journal of Hypertension, 35(9), 1801-1807. [More Information]
Young, C., Jaure, A., Gunasekera, H., Sherriff, S., Kalucy, D., Fernando, P., Craig, J. (2017). Health professional and community perspectives on reducing barriers to accessing specialist health care in metropolitan Aboriginal communities: A semi-structured interview study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(3), 277-282. [More Information]
Narinder, K., McCrossin, T., Gunasekera, H. (2017). Improving Anaphylaxis Management by Health Care Professional Education and Practical Skills Training in a Regional Centre. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(10), 1029-1030. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Isaacs, D. (2017). Outcome for 22-24 week gestation newborns. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(12), 1240-1240. [More Information]
Homoe, P., Kvaerner, K., Casey, J., Damoiseaux, R., van Dongen, T., Gunasekera, H., Jensen, R., Kvestad, E., Morris, P., Weinreich, H. (2017). Panel 1: Epidemiology and Diagnosis. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 156(4_suppl), S1-S21. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Purcell, A., Woolfenden, S., Craig, J. (2017). Research translation in urban Aboriginal health: the search and heals model. RACP Congress 2017, United States: Wiley Online Library.

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2016

Young, C., Gunasekera, H., Kong, K., Purcell, A., Muthayya, S., Vincent, F., Wright, D., Gordon, R., Bell, J., Gillor, G., Sherriff, S., Jaure, A., Craig, J., et al (2016). A case study of enhanced clinical care enabled by Aboriginal health research: the Hearing, EAr health and Language Services (HEALS) project. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40(6), 523-528. [More Information]
Abbott, P., Gunasekera, H., Leach, A., Askew, D., Walsh, R., Kong, K., Girosi, F., Bond, C., Morris, P., Lujic, S., Usherwood, T., et al (2016). A multi-centre open-label randomised non-inferiority trial comparing watchful waiting to antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media without perforation in low-risk urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (the WATCH trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Chando, S., Young, C., Craig, J., Gunasekera, H., Jaure, A. (2016). Parental views on otitis media: systematic review of qualitative studies. European Journal of Pediatrics, 175(10), 1295-1305. [More Information]
Elliott, E., Gunasekera, H. (2016). The health and well-being of children in immigration detention: Report to the Australian Human Rights Commission - Monitoring Visit to Wickham Point Detention Centre, Darwin, NT, October 16th - 18th 2015, (pp. 3 - 31). Sydney, Australia: Australian Human Rights Commission.

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2015

Gunasekera, H., Isaacs, D. (2015). Antenatal care for asylum seekers. Medical Journal of Australia, 202(11), 572-572. [More Information]
Attwood, L., Rodrigues, S., Winsor, J., Warren, S., Biviano, L., Gunasekera, H. (2015). Improving delivery of health care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(5), 534-540. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Kilham, H. (2015). In the beginning, there was general paediatrics.. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(1), 48-53. [More Information]
Paxton, G., Tosif, S., Graham, H., Smith, A., Beverley, C., Standish, J., McCloskey, K., Ferguson, G., Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H., Marais, B., Britton, P., Elliott, E., Raman, S., et al (2015). Perspective: 'The forgotten children: National inquiry into children in immigration detention (2014)'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(4), 365-368. [More Information]

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2014

Gunasekera, H., Tefuarani, N., Kilalang, C., Amini, J., Sobi, K., Vuvu, J., Duke, T. (2014). A day on the paediatric wards in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 50(6), 494-495. [More Information]
Corbett, E., Gunasekera, H., Maycock, A., Isaacs, D. (2014). Australia's treatment of refugee and asylum seeker children: The views of Australian paediatricians. Medical Journal of Australia, 201(7), 393-398. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H. (2014). Ethical dilemmas about orphan drugs for orphan diseases. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 50(8), 656. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H. (2014). Oral antibiotics confer small benefits and small harms in low-risk children with acute otitis media. Evidence-Based Medicine, 19(1), 9-9. [More Information]
Abbott, P., Rosenkranz, S., Hu, W., Gunasekera, H., Reath, J. (2014). The effect and acceptability of tympanometry and pneumatic otoscopy in general practitioner diagnosis and management of childhood ear disease. BMC Family Practice, 15(1), 1-10. [More Information]

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2013

Falster, K., Randall, D., Banks, E., Eades, S., Gunasekera, H., Reath, J., Jorm, L. (2013). Inequalities in ventilation tube insertion procedures between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in New South Wales, Australia: A data linkage study. BMJ Open, 3(11), 1-10. [More Information]
Wood, A., Singh-Grewal, D., De, S., Gunasekera, H. (2013). Kawasaki disease complicated by subluxation of cervical vertebrae (Grisel syndrome). Medical Journal of Australia, 199(7), 494-496. [More Information]

2012

Rosenkranz, S., Abbott, P., Reath, J., Gunasekera, H., Hu, W. (2012). Promoting diagnostic accuracy in general practitioner management of otitis media in children: findings from a multimodal, interactive workshop on tympanometry and pneumatic otoscopy. Quality in Primary Care, 20(4), 275-285. [More Information]
Gray, K., Wood, N., Gunasekera, H., Sheikh, M., Hazelton, B., Isaacs, D. (2012). Vitamin D and Tuberculosis Status in Refugee Children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 31(5), 521-523. [More Information]

2011

Gunasekera, H., Purcell, A., Eades, S., Banks, E., Wutzke, S., McIntyre, P., Redman, S., Woolfenden, S., Fernando, D., Craig, J. (2011). Healthy kids, health future: Ear health, speech and language among urban aboriginal children (the SEARCH study). Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(Suppl. 2), 6-6.
Woolfenden, S., Purcell, A., Fernando, D., Gunasekera, H. (2011). Parents' Evaluation of developmental status of urban Aboriginal children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(Suppl2), 28-28.
Sheikh, M., Wang, S., Pal, A., MacIntyre, C., Wood, N., Gunasekera, H. (2011). Vitamin D deficiency in refugee children from conflict zones. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 13(1), 87-93. [More Information]

2010

Crogan, J., Gunasekera, H., Wood, N., Sheikh, M., Isaacs, D. (2010). Management of Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Refugee Children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 29(4), 357-359. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Knox, S., Morris, P., Britt, H., McIntyre, P., Craig, J. (2010). Spectrum and management of otitis media in Australian indigenous and non-indigenous children: a national study. Pediatrics, 121(S2), S128-S128.

2009

Gunasekera, H., Morris, P., McIntyre, P., Craig, J. (2009). Management of children with otitis media: a summary of evidence from recent systematic reviews. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 45(10), 554-562. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Morris, P., Daniels, J., Couzos, S., Craig, J. (2009). Management of children with otitis media: a survey of Australian Aboriginal Medical Service practitioners. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 45(7-8), 457-463. [More Information]
Morris, P., Richmond, P., Lehmann, D., Leach, A., Gunasekera, H., Coates, H. (2009). New horizons: otitis media research in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 191(9), S73-S77. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Morris, P., Daniels, J., Couzos, S., Craig, J. (2009). Otitis media in Aboriginal children: the discordance between burden of illness and access to services in rural/remote and urban Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 45(7-8), 425-430. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., O'Connor, T., Vijayasekaran, S., Del Mar, C. (2009). Primary care management of otitis media among Australian children. Medical Journal of Australia, 191(9), S55-S59. [More Information]
Sheikh, M., Pal, A., Wang, S., Macintyre, C., Wood, N., Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H., Raman, S., Hale, K., Howell, A. (2009). The epidemiology of health conditions of newly arrived refugee children: a review of patients attending a specialist health clinic in Sydney. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 45(9), 509-513. [More Information]

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2008

Gunasekera, H., Morris, P., Daniels, J., Couzos, S., Craig, J. (2008). Management of Children with Otitis Media: a Survey of Australian Aboriginal Medical Services. Pediatrics, 121, S98-S99.
Gunasekera, H., Haysom, L., Morris, P., Craig, J. (2008). The Global Burden of Childhood Otitis Media and Hearing Impairment: A Systematic Review. Pediatrics, 121(S2), S107-S107.

2007

Patradoon-Ho, P., Gunasekera, H. (2007). ADHD: a stimulating debate for young paediatricians. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 43(3), 196-196. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Knox, S., Morris, P., Britt, H., McIntyre, P., Craig, J. (2007). The spectrum and management of otitis media in Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous children: a national study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 26(8), 689-692. [More Information]

2006

Gunasekera, H. (2006). Fear ever young: the terrorist death toll in perspective. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 99(12), 646-646. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H. (2006). Fear ever young: the terrorist death toll in perspective. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 99(12), 646. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H. (2006). Febrile confusion: do the hyperpyrexia study conclusions fit? Pediatrics, 118(6), 2605-2607. [More Information]
Patradoon-Ho, P., Gunasekera, H., Ryan, M., Ambler, G. (2006). Inhaled corticosteroids, adrenal suppression and benign intracranial hypertension. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(5), 279-280. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Ambler, G. (2006). Safety and efficacy of blood glucose management practices at a diabetes camp. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 42(10), 643-648. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Haysom, L., Morris, P., Craig, J. (2006). The global burden of childhood otitis media and hearing impairment: a systematic review. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Gunasekera, H. (2006). The repeating history of objections to the fortification of bread and alcohol: from iron filings to folic acid. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(6), 343-344.
Gunasekera, H. (2006). The repeating history of objections to the fortification of bread and alcohol: from iron filings to folic acid. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(6), 343-344. [More Information]

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2005

Gunasekera, H. (2005). Designer infant formulas: making a killing. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 98(12), 551-552. [More Information]
Gunasekera, H., Chapman, S., Campbell, S. (2005). Sex and drugs in popular movies: an analysis of the top 200 films. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 98(10), 464-470. [More Information]

2004

Gunasekera, H., Buckmaster, A. (2004). Training in general paediatrics: Is it time for change? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 40(9-10), 510-516. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2020

ACCESS: Aboriginal Community Controlled Ear health Surveillance System: developing, embedding and evaluating best practice models of care, Gunasekera H, Wright D, Woolfenden S, Newman J, Bailey S, Falster K, Banks E, Craig J, Sherwood J, Teixeira-Pinto A, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Fund

2019

Deadly Ears at Discharge - A hospital-based randomised controlled trial of an additional ear and hearing assessment to inform discharge planning by a trained Aboriginal Ear Health Worker in Aboriginal children with chronic ear infection, Gunasekera H, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies
Improving interactivity and educational equity with 3D-printed cadaveric hearts, Scott K, Gunasekera H, Cheng T, Askwith J, Nusem E, Bray L, Clarke J, DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant
Improving ear health among Indigenous children, Gunasekera H, Iredell J, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/MRFF - Rapid Applied Research Translation (RART) - Sydney Health Partners

2017

Centre of Research Excellence CRE in Partnership Pathways to Better Care and Outcomes for Aboriginal Young People, Craig J, Redman S, Eades S, Banks E, Jaure A, Gunasekera H, Dickson M, Williamson A, Howard K, Green S, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Centres of Research Excellence

2016

A multi-centre randomised controlled trial to compare nasal balloon autoinflation versus no nasal balloon autoinflation for otitis media with effusion in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (the INFLATE trial), Abbott P, Gunasekera H, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants
Evidence for action to improve the health of urban Aboriginal children and adolescents: The SEARCH Study, Banks E, Gunasekera H, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants

2014

Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous Children's Healthy EARs (ICHEAR), Leach A, Gunasekera H, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Centres of Research Excellence

2013

Centre of Research Excellence in Otitis Media of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children , Gunasekera H, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Centres of Research Excellence
Randomised controlled trial of antimicrobial treatment versus watchful waiting for acute otitis media without perforation in low risk Aboriginal children , Reath J, Gunasekera H, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants

2011

SEARCH: better evidence, better health for urban Aboriginal children, Craig J, Banks E, Eades S, D'Este C, Bailey S, Redman S, Williamson A, Pope S, Parter C, Gunasekera H, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Partnership Projects
Centre of Research Excellence in urban Aboriginal child health, Bailey S, Banks E, Barwick D, Craig J, D Este C, Delaney-Thiele D, Fernando D, Gunasekera H, Lyons S, Purcell A, Raphael B, Williamson A, Woolfenden S, Wright D, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute/BLO Project
Health trajectories in urban Aboriginal children: the SEARCH Study, Banks E, Eades S, D'Este C, Bailey S, Redman S, Purcell A, Williamson A, Gunasekera H, McIntyre P, Clapham K, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants

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