A/Prof Malcolm McDonald ~ Senior Clinical Research Fellow

Malcolm McDonald MBBS PhD FRACP FRCPA is a specialist outreach physician and researcher with a longstanding involvement in Indigenous health in the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland. He also has 40 years experience as a clinical teacher. Over this time he has worked in city-based university teaching hospitals, rural health centres and remote settings in Australia, East Africa and the South Pacific. Malcolm is a life-long supporter of the Geelong Football Club.

Research Disciplines

• Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology (1102)
• Public Health and Health Services (1117)
• Clinical Sciences (1103)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Indigenous Health (9203)
• Clinical Health (9201)

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Journal Articles

• McDonald M and Lawson K (in press) Doing it hard in the bush: aligning what gets measured with what matters. Australian Journal of Rural Health, pp. 1-6
• Tracey E, McDermott R and McDonald M (2016) Do worms protect against the metabolic syndrome? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 120. pp. 209-220
• Bowen A, Tong S, Andrews R, O'Meara I, McDonald M, Chatfield M, Currie B and Carapetis J (2014) Short-course oral co-trimoxazole versus intramuscular benzathine benzylpenicillin for impetigo in a highly endemic region: an open-label, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. Lancet, 384 (9960). pp. 2132-2140
• Hare K, Singleton R, Grimwood K, Valery P, Cheng A, Morris P, Leach A, Smith-Vaughan H, Chatfield M, Redding G, Reasonover A, McCallum G, Chikoyak L, McDonald M, Brown N, Torzillo P and Chang A (2013) Longitudinal nasopharyngeal carriage and antibiotic resistance of respiratory bacteria in indigenous Australian and Alaska native children with bronchiectasis. PLoS ONE, 8 (8). pp. 1-9
• Noonan S, Zurynski Y, Currie B, McDonald M, Wheaton G, Nissen M, Curtis N, Isaacs D, Richmond P, Ramsay J, Elliott E and Carapetis J (2013) A national prospective surveillance study of acute rheumatic fever in Australian children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 32 (1). pp. e26-e32
• Ralph A, Fittock M, Schultz R, Thompson D, Dowden M, Clemens T, Parnaby M, Clark M, McDonald M, Edwards K, Carapetis J and Bailie R (2013) Improvement in rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease management and prevention using a health centre-based continuous quality improvement approach. BMC Health Services Research, 13. pp. 1-13
• Vos L, Baer R and McDonald M (2013) Addressing chronic kidney disease in Far North Queensland: gains and opportunities. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 21 (6). pp. 313-318
• Brown A, Lilliebridge R, Tong S, Baird R, Ward P, McDonald M, Currie B and Carapetis J (2012) Is Streptococcus pyogenes resistant or susceptible to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole? Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 50 (12). pp. 4067-4072
• Hare K, Leach A, Morris P, Smith-Vaughan H, Torzillo P, Bauert P, Cheng A, McDonald M, Brown N, Chang A and Grimwood K (2012) Impact of recent antibiotics on nasopharyngeal carriage and lower airway infection in Indigenous Australian children with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 40 (4). pp. 365-369

Other research outputs

• Davis J and McDonald M (2012) Pyogenic liver abscess. In: UpToDate. Wolters Kluwer Health, pp. 1-9
• Sexton D and McDonald M (2012) Vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis. In: UpToDate. Wolters Kluwer Health, pp. 1-12
• McDonald M and Sexton D (2012) Drug fever. In: UpToDate. Wolters Kluwer Health, pp. 1-8

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