Areas of Expertise

• Animal related Diseases
• Antimicrobial Diseases
• Childhood Diseases
• Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
• Food and Water Related Diseases
• Fungal and Parasitic Diseases
• HIV
• Hepatitis
• Influenza and Tuberculosis
• Insect and Arthropod Related Diseases
• Viral and Bacterial Diseases

Summary

David L. Paterson is a Professor of Medicine at The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR). He is also a Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician at The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, Brisbane.

Professor Paterson’s clinical work, research and teaching has been honoured and recognised internationally. He received both his medical degree and PhD from The University of Queensland. In 2007, Professor Paterson returned to Brisbane after spending ten years at The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, one of the leading academic medical institutions in The United States. His work at The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center included appointments as Chief of Transplant Infectious Diseases and Director of the Antibiotic Management Program.

Professor Paterson is the author of more than 400 peer-reviewed publications. He has authored more than 30 book chapters and is a member of the editorial board of two leading Infectious Diseases journals.

Positions

• Professor of Medicine, University of Queensland
• Research Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
• Research Associate in Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1997-1999
• Director, Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Other Higher Specialties (ISMETT)/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Italy, Palermo, Italy, 1999-2001
• Director, Antibiotic Management Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA, 2001-2007
• Chief, Transplant Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA, 2003-2007

Qualifications