Let's Talk About: Paediatric Sepsis with Dr Adam Irwin

Posted Thursday 04 July 2024 | Children's Hospital Foundation

This World Sepsis Day, on Wednesday 13 September 2023, Children’s Hospital Foundation is proudly collaborating with the Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Program (QPSP) to increase education and raise awareness around paediatric sepsis.

QPSP is an innovative, multidisciplinary program aimed at reducing the burden of sepsis on families, clinicians and the health system through a world-leading holistic approach.

You are invited to attend our webinar, Let’s Talk About: Paediatric Sepsis and learn about:

• What is sepsis, and how to identify the signs and symptoms;
• Sepsis in children/importance of early recognition;
• The recognition and optimal management of sepsis and antimicrobial resistant infections in children.

We appreciate that the scheduled time will not suit everyone, however we invite you to register and pre-submit any questions you would like answered during the recorded session. You will receive an email once the recording is available and you can watch ‘on demand’.

Introducing Dr Adam Irwin

NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow

Dr Adam Irwin is a NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and conjoint Senior Lecturer in paediatric infectious disease at The University of Queensland and Queensland Children’s Hospital.

After studying medicine at the University of Birmingham Medical School and further training in paediatric infectious disease and immunology in London, he was awarded a PhD from the University of Liverpool Institute of Infection and Global Health in 2016.

As a paediatric infectious disease specialist, he moved to Queensland where his research focuses on the diagnosis and evaluation of pathogens and the use of antimicrobials in children.

He was awarded an early career fellowship, funded by the Children’s Hospital Foundation, for his vital research on early recognition of invasive infections and sepsis, and optimal use of antimicrobials including the most appropriate treatment of healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infections in children.