Nigel Curtis

The University of Melbourne & Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases

Professor Nigel Curtis is a paediatric infectious diseases physician and clinician scientist. He is Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Melbourne, Leader of the Infectious Diseases Research Group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and Head of Infectious Diseases at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne.

He is the Chief Principal Investigator of The BRACE Trial, a randomised controlled trial of BCG vaccination to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers that has recruited in 34 sites in three continents worldwide.

Nigel Curtis

The University of Melbourne & Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases

Professor Nigel Curtis is a paediatric infectious diseases physician and clinician scientist. He is Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Melbourne, Leader of the Infectious Diseases Research Group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and Head of Infectious Diseases at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne.

He is the Chief Principal Investigator of The BRACE Trial, a randomised controlled trial of BCG vaccination to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers that has recruited in 34 sites in three continents worldwide.