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Professor Peter McIntyre

Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 474 0999 extn 58567
Email
hod.wch@otago.ac.nz

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Position
Professor and Head of Department
Department
Department of Women's and Children's Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MB BS(Hons)Queensland PhD Sydney DMedSc FRACP FAFPHM
Research summary
Epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases. Use of big data (disease and immunisation coverage registers). Vaccine trials.
Teaching
Supervised multiple students at honours', masters' and PhD level, advanced trainees in paediatrics and public health medicine. Summer student won Gil Barbezat prize for Summer Studentship 20/22.
Memberships
  • Strategic Advisory Group of Experts for the Immunisation, World Health Organisation (Geneva) 2019
  • Member, COVID-19 Vaccine Technical Advisory Group, NZ Ministry of Health
Clinical
<ul> <li>Qualified in paediatric infectious diseases and public health medicine</li> <li>Medical Advisor to Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC), Auckland</li> </ul>

Research

Peter McIntyre, Head of Department, has been a Professor in the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health of the University of Otago since 2018. From 2004 to 2017, he was Director of Australia’s National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance and a Professor in the Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health at the University of Sydney.

His PhD was in the epidemiology and prevention of invasive Hib disease (University of Sydney 1995) and in 2021 he was awarded a Doctor of Medical Science by the University of Sydney for 66 papers on vaccine coverage, impact and effectiveness. His major research interests have been in invasive pneumococcal and meningococcal disease and pertussis and most recently waning immunity to measles for which he is leading a HRC clinical trial commencing in 2023. He is author of more than 450 publications, relating to a wide range of vaccines and vaccine-preventable disease topics.

Publications

Hobbs, M., Marek, L., Young, A., Willing, E., Dawson, P., & McIntyre, P. (2023). Examining spatial variation for immunisation coverage in pregnant women: A nationwide and geospatial retrospective cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand. Social Science & Medicine, 335, 116228. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116228

DeLacy, J., Burgess, L., Cutmore, M., Sherriff, S., Woolfenden, S., Falster, K., … McIntyre, P., … Gunasekera, H. (2023). Ear health and hearing in urban Aboriginal children. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47(4), 100075. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100075

McIntyre, P. B., Best, E., Byrnes, C. A., Sinclair, O., Trenholme, A., & Grant, C. C. (2023). Pertussis deaths in New Zealand without community transmission: An infant immunity gap? Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 37, 100850. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100850

Hobbs, M., Young, A., Turner, N., Dawson, P., Willing, E., McIntyre, P., & McIntosh, C. G. (2023). A new national health system: The opportunity to address data quality issues in maternal immunisation coverage. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1578), 94-99. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Doppen, M., Kearns, C., Weatherall, M., Kearns, N., McIntyre, P., Hills, T., & Beasley, R. (2023). When should a longer needle be used for intramuscular injection in obese patients? A combined analysis of New Zealand data. Vaccine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.03.018

Bao, J., Nunez, C., Elliott, E., Dinsmore, N., McRae, J., Morris, A., … McIntyre, P., … on behalf of the PAEDS Investigators, & APSU Contributors. (2023). Acute flaccid paralysis in Australian children from 2007 to 2017. Neuroepidemiology, 57(1), 25-34. doi: 10.1159/000528293

Journal - Research Article

DeLacy, J., Burgess, L., Cutmore, M., Sherriff, S., Woolfenden, S., Falster, K., … McIntyre, P., … Gunasekera, H. (2023). Ear health and hearing in urban Aboriginal children. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47(4), 100075. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100075

Journal - Research Article

Doppen, M., Kearns, C., Weatherall, M., Kearns, N., McIntyre, P., Hills, T., & Beasley, R. (2023). When should a longer needle be used for intramuscular injection in obese patients? A combined analysis of New Zealand data. Vaccine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.03.018

Journal - Research Article

Hobbs, M., Marek, L., Young, A., Willing, E., Dawson, P., & McIntyre, P. (2023). Examining spatial variation for immunisation coverage in pregnant women: A nationwide and geospatial retrospective cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand. Social Science & Medicine, 335, 116228. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116228

Journal - Research Article

Hobbs, M., Young, A., Turner, N., Dawson, P., Willing, E., McIntyre, P., & McIntosh, C. G. (2023). A new national health system: The opportunity to address data quality issues in maternal immunisation coverage. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1578), 94-99. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Journal - Research Article

Homaira, N., Strachan, R., Quinn, H., Beggs, S., Bhuiyan, M., Bowen, A., … McIntyre, P., … Snelling, T. (2023). Real world impact of 13vPCV in preventing invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in Australian children: A national study. Vaccine, 41, 85-91. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.11.006

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Jayasundara, D., Randall, D., Sheridan, S., Sheppeard, V., Liu, B., Richmond, P. C., … McIntyre, P. B., & Gidding, H. F. (2023). Estimating the excess burden of pertussis disease in Australia within the first year of life, that might have been prevented through timely vaccination. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52(1), 250-259. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac175

Journal - Research Article

Thindwa, D., Clifford, S., Kleynhans, J., von Gottberg, A., Walaza, S., Meiring, S., … McIntyre, P., … Flasche, S. (2023). Optimal age targeting for pneumococcal vaccination in older adults: A modelling study. Nature Communications, 14(1), 888. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36624-8

Journal - Research Article

Gianacas, C., Muscatello, D., Blogg, S., Kirk, M., McIntyre, P., Cheng, A., & Liu, B. (2022). Effectiveness of influenza vaccination in reducing subsequent antibiotic prescribing in young children attending Australian general practices: A case-control study. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piac021

Journal - Research Article

He, W.-Q., Gianacas, C., Muscatello, D. J., Newall, A. T., McIntyre, P., Cheng, A. C., & Liu, B. (2022). Effectiveness of influenza vaccination in reducing influenza-like illness and related antibiotic prescriptions in adults from a primary care-based case-control study. Journal of Infection. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.10.028

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Hills, T., Paterson, A., Woodward, R., Middleton, F., Carlton, L. H., McGregor, R., … Weatherall, M., … McIntyre, P., … Mirjalili, S. A. (2022). The effect of needle length and skin to deltoid muscle distance in adults receiving an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine, 40, 4827-4834. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.070

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Leach, A. J., Wilson, N., Arrowsmith, B., Beissbarth, J., Mulholland, E. K., Santosham, M., … McIntyre, P., … Morris, P. S. (2022). Immunogenicity, otitis media, hearing impairment, and nasopharyngeal carriage 6-months after 13-valent or ten-valent booster pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, stratified by mixed priming schedules: PREVIX_COMBO and PREVIX_BOOST randomised controlled trials. Lancet Infectious Diseases. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00272-9

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Marshall, K. S., Quinn, H. E., Pillsbury, A. J., Maguire, J. E., Lucas, R. M., Dey, A., … McIntyre, P. B. (2022). Australian vaccine preventable disease epidemiological review series: Pertussis, 2013-2018. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 46. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2022.46.3

Journal - Research Article

Quinn, H. E., Comeau, J. L., Marshall, H. S., Elliott, E. J., Crawford, N. W., Blyth, C. C., … McIntyre, P. B., & Wood, N. J. (2022). Pertussis disease and antenatal vaccine effectiveness in Australian children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 41(3), 180-185. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000003367

Journal - Research Article

Sheridan, S., McIntyre, P., Liu, B., Fathima, P., Snelling, T., Blyth, C., … ACIR Linkage Investigator Team. (2022). Pertussis burden and acellular pertussis vaccine effectiveness in high risk children. Vaccine, 40, 1376-1382. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.10.013

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Duncanson, M., Wheeler, B. J., Jelleyman, T., Dalziel, S. R., & McIntyre, P. (2021). Delayed access to care and late presentations in children during the COVID-19 pandemic New Zealand-wide lockdown: A New Zealand Paediatric Surveillance Unit study. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 57, 1600-1604. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15551

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McIntyre, P., Joo, Y. J., Chlu, C., Flanagan, K., & Macartney, K. (2021). COVID‑19 vaccines: Are we there yet? Australian Prescriber, 44(1), 19-25. doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2020.084

Journal - Research Article

Strachan, R., Homaira, N., Beggs, S., Bhuiyan, M. U., Gilbert, G. L., Lambert, S. B., … McIntyre, P., … Jaffé, A. (2021). Assessing the impact of the 13 valent pneumococcal vaccine on childhood empyema in Australia. Thorax, 76, 487-493. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216032

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Liu, B. C., He, W.-Q., Newall, A. T., Quinn, H. E., Bartlett, M., Hayen, A., … McIntyre, P. (2020). Effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccine in older adults: Nested matched case-control study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71, 340-350. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz821

Journal - Research Article

Wood, N., McIntyre, P., Marshall, H., & Roberton, D. (2010). Acellular pertussis vaccine at birth and one month induces antibody responses by two months of age. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 29(3), 209-215. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181bc98d5

Journal - Research Article

Nolan, T., McIntyre, P., Roberton, D., & Descamps, D. (2002). Reactogenicity and immunogenicity of a live attenuated tetravalent measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine. Vaccine, 21(3-4), 281-289. doi: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00459-0

Journal - Research Article

Gilbert, G. L., Burgess, M. A., Ferson, M. J., Garland, S., Grimwood, K., Hogg, G., … McIntyre, P. (1998). Tuberculosis in children in Australia: strategies for control. Medical Journal of Australia, 168(Feb 2), 121-124.

Journal - Research Article

Grimwood, K., Collignon, P. J., Currie, B. J., Ferson, M. J., Gilbert, G. L., Hogg, G. G., … McIntyre, P. B. (1997). Antibiotic management of pneumococcal infections in an era of increased resistance. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 33(4), 287-295.

Journal - Research Article

Kesson, A. M., Grimwood, K., Burgess, M. A., Ferson, M. J., Gilbert, G. L., Hogg, G., … McIntyre, P. (1996). Acyclovir for the prevention and treatment of varicella zoster in children, adolescents and pregnancy. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 32(3), 211-217.

Journal - Research Article

McIntyre, P. B., Best, E., Byrnes, C. A., Sinclair, O., Trenholme, A., & Grant, C. C. (2023). Pertussis deaths in New Zealand without community transmission: An infant immunity gap? Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 37, 100850. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100850

Journal - Research Other

Basseal, J. M., Bennett, C. M., Collignon, P., Currie, B. J., Durrheim, D. N., Leask, J., … McIntyre, P., … Marais, B. J. (2022). Key lessons from the COVID-19 public health response in Australia. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100616

Journal - Research Other

McIntyre, P. B., Aggarwal, R., Jani, I., Jawad, J., Kochhar, S., MacDonald, N., … Cravioto, A. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine strategies must focus on severe disease and global equity. Lancet, 399, 406-410. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02835-X

Journal - Research Other

McIntyre, P., Petousis-Harris, H., Ussher, J., & Ingram, J. (2022). How should New Zealand manage COVID from now: Limit all infections or focus on preventing severe disease? The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/how-should-new-zealand-manage-covid-from-now-limit-all-infections-or-focus-on-preventing-severe-disease-189461

Journal - Research Other

Smith, J., & McIntyre, P. (2022). Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination site abscess: When is it a problem? Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 58, 715-716. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15635

Journal - Research Other

Cunningham, A. L., McIntyre, P., Subbarao, K., Booy, R., & Levin, M. J. (2021). Vaccines for older adults. BMJ, 372, n188. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n188

Journal - Research Other

Flanagan, K. L., MacIntyre, C. R., McIntyre, P. B., & Nelson, M. R. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 vaccines: Where are we now? [Clinical commentary review]. Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 9(10), 3535-3543. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.07.016

Journal - Research Other

Bao, J., Thorley, B., Isaacs, D., Dinsmore, N., Elliott, E. J., McIntyre, P., & Britton, P. N. (2020). Polio: The old foe and new challenges: An update for clinicians. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 56, 1527-1532. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15140

Journal - Research Other

McIntyre, P. (2020). Challenges in valuing vaccine prevention of severe early-infant infections. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71, 1988-1989. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa170

Journal - Research Other

Muscatello, D. J., & McIntyre, P. B. (2020). Comparing mortalities of the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and of the 1918-19 winter pandemic influenza wave in the USA. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(6), 2089-2091. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa186

Journal - Research Other

Bao, J., Thorley, B., Elliott, E. J., McIntyre, P., & Britton, P. N. (2019). Acute flaccid myelitis: Has it gone unrecognised in Australian children? [Short report]. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 43, 1-7. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2020.44.22

Journal - Research Other

Theis, N. J., Calvert, T., McIntyre, P., Robertson, S. P., & Wheeler, B. J. (2019). Cantu syndrome and hypopituitarism: Implications for endocrine monitoring. Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 1, 19-0103. doi: 10.1530/edm-19-0103

Journal - Research Other

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