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Overview

David Isaacs is affiliated with the Children's Hospital at Westmead in Australia and has a significant research focus in the field of Medicine, with particular attention to Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Infectious Diseases.

Their body of research encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
  • Ethics in Medical Practice
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Interferon and Immune Responses

Among recent published papers attributed to or co-authored by David Isaacs, notable works include:

  • "An Ethics Framework for Making Resource Allocation Decisions Within Clinical Care: Responding to COVID-19" (2020) in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
  • "Otitis media guidelines for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: summary of recommendations" (2021) in The Medical Journal of Australia
  • "Consequences of physical distancing emanating from the COVID-19 pandemic: An Australian perspective" (2020) in Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
  • "COVID-19 and the metaphor of war" (2020) in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • "What we have learnt about trauma, loss and grief for children in response to COVID-19" (2021) in Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

David Isaacs has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Anne Preisz, Philip N Britton, Alison Kesson, Ben J. Marais, and Francesco Gavazzi, reflecting a network involving pediatrics and infectious disease research.

Their work has been published extensively in various venues, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
  • Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
  • Neurology
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood

In addition to journal articles, David Isaacs has also contributed to book publications, including the title La educación de las virtudes humanas, published by Dykinson eBooks in 2025.

Best Publications

  • The accuracy of clinical symptoms and signs for the diagnosis of serious bacterial infection in young febrile children: prospective cohort study of 15 781 febrile illnesses

    Jonathan C. Craig;Gabrielle J. Williams;Mike Jones;Miriam Codarini

  • Delayed versus Immediate Cord Clamping in Preterm Infants

    William O Tarnow-Mordi;Jonathan Morris;Adrienne Kirby;K Robledo

  • A ten year, multicentre study of coagulase negative staphylococcal infections in Australasian neonatal units

    David Isaacs

  • Problems in determining the etiology of community-acquired childhood pneumonia.

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  • Carbohydrate-protein conjugate vaccines.

    Gordon Ada;D Isaacs

  • Antibiotic duration and timing of the switch from intravenous to oral route for bacterial infections in children: systematic review and guidelines

    Brendan J McMullan;Brendan J McMullan;David Andresen;David Andresen;Christopher C Blyth;Minyon L Avent

  • Intrapartum antibiotics and early onset neonatal sepsis caused by group B Streptococcus and by other organisms in Australia

    David Isaacs;Jennifer A. Royle

  • Neonatal infections in Asia.

    R Tiskumara;S H Fakharee;C Q Liu;P Nuntnarumit

  • Antimicrobial resistance among children in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Phoebe C M Williams;David Isaacs;James A Berkley;James A Berkley

  • Handwashing and cohorting in prevention of hospital acquired infections with respiratory syncytial virus.

    D Isaacs;H Dickson;C O'Callaghan;R Sheaves

  • Epidemiology of coronavirus respiratory infections.

    D Isaacs;D Flowers;J R Clarke;H B Valman

  • Cell-mediated cytotoxic response to respiratory syncytial virus in infants with bronchiolitis.

    D. Isaacs;C.R.M. Bangham;A.J. Mcmichael

  • Pyomyositis in children.

    Anna J. Gubbay;David Isaacs

  • Systemic bacterial and fungal infections in infants in Australian neonatal units

    David Isaacs;Charles P Barfield;Keith Grimwood;Andrew J McPhee

  • Annual report: surveillance of adverse events following immunisation in Australia, 2004.

    Glenda L Lawrence;Ian Boyd;Peter B McIntyre;David Isaacs

  • Neonatal infections in China, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand

    Abdullah Al-Taiar;Majeda S. Hammoud;Liu Cuiqing;Jimmy K.F. Lee

  • Recurrent parotitis of childhood.

    C M Leerdam;H C O Martin;D Isaacs

  • Epidemiology of paediatric invasive fungal infections and a case-control study of risk factors in acute leukaemia or post stem cell transplant

    Katherine A. Hale;Peter J. Shaw;Luciano Dalla-Pozza;Chandini Raina MacIntyre;Chandini Raina MacIntyre

  • Ten-year study on the effect of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis on early onset group B streptococcal and Escherichia coli neonatal sepsis in Australasia

    Andrew J. Daley;David Isaacs

  • Kawasaki disease in Australia, 1993–95

    Jennifer A Royle;Katrina Williams;Elizabeth Elliott;Gary Sholler

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben J. Marais
Ben J. Marais University of Sydney
Peter McIntyre
Peter McIntyre University of Otago
Jonathan C. Craig
Jonathan C. Craig Flinders University
Ian Kerridge
Ian Kerridge University of Sydney
Keith Grimwood
Keith Grimwood Griffith University
Jane E. Francis
Jane E. Francis Charles Darwin University
Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
Gwendolyn L. Gilbert University of Sydney
Julie Leask
Julie Leask University of Sydney
Anthony C. Keech
Anthony C. Keech University of Sydney
Neil Marlow
Neil Marlow University College London

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