Researcher

Professor John Bernard Ziegler

My Expertise

HIV / AIDS in children, immunology, breast feeding & HIV, perinatal transmission of HIV, allergies, arthritis in children, immune deficiencies, chronic fatigue (syndrome) and humour in teaching.

Fields of Research (FoR)

Paediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Allergy, Genetic Immunology

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Biography

Professor Ziegler joined Sydney Children’s Hospital (SCH) in 1976 and UNSW in 1977.  He was head of the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and the HIV Service, SCH until 2015..  He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and of the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology.

He graduated in Medicine from the University of Sydney in 1966, gained membership of the RACP in 1969 and fellowship in...view more

Professor Ziegler joined Sydney Children’s Hospital (SCH) in 1976 and UNSW in 1977.  He was head of the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and the HIV Service, SCH until 2015..  He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and of the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology.

He graduated in Medicine from the University of Sydney in 1966, gained membership of the RACP in 1969 and fellowship in 1974, was awarded MD, University of NSW (UNSW) in 1995 and the Graduate Diploma in Higher Education at UNSW in 1998.  He trained in Clinical Immunology at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney and Children’s Hospital, Boston.

He was cofounder of the Australasian Society of HIV Medicine, its first secretary and served as President. He chairs the Immunoglobulin User Group for NSW Health.  He is a member of expert panel for the Advisory Committee on Medicines (which provides advice to the Therapeutic Goods Administration on drug licensing applications).

Major contributions in HIV include the first description of mother-to-infant transmission of HIV during breast feeding and the definition of the risk of HIV via breast feeding during maternal seroconversion.  He helped in the setting up of surveillance mechanisms for perinatal exposure to HIV in Australia and has published a description of patterns of perinatal exposure to HIV in Australia.

Current research interests also include genetics of congenital immune deficiency disorders, natural history and physiological factors in adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome and epidemiology and diagnosis of severe food allergy in Australian children.  He has compared the methods used in Holocaust denial with those used in attempts to refute a relationship between HIV and AIDS and sees exploring factors leading to denial of scientific evidence in health as a priority.

He married Mary Stein in 1969 and they have 3 children and 7 grandchildren.  Being inept at handling spherical objects of any size, for exercise he prefers to bicycle around Sydney with a few friends.  In 2009 he was awarded membership of the Order of Australia (AM).


My Research Activities

Genetics of primary immunodeficiency and autoinflammatory diseases

Diagnosis and management of food allergy in children


My Research Supervision


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Areas of supervision

ILP


Currently supervising

ILP, PhD

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Location

Sydney Children's Hospital
High St
Randwick NSW 2031



Contact

(02) 93821111
(02) 9363 2203

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