University of Tasmania, Australia

Manager, Technical Services and Major Projects

BSc(Hons)(UNE), PhD(MU)

General Responsibilities

Dr Champion has management responsibility for the School's technical profession staff, who support the practical teaching for the MBBS, BMedRes, BParamed, and service teaching for BNursing and BPharm degrees. He is also responsible for ensuring the School's needs are represented in a range of projects currently underway.

Publications

Selected Publications

• Bradbury, R. S., Roddam, L. F., Merritt, A., Reid, D. W., & Champion, A. C. (2010). Virulence gene distribution in clinical, nosocomial and environmental isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 59, 881-890.
• Bradbury, R. S., Champion, A. C. & Reid, D. W. (2010). Epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a tertiary referral teaching hospital. Journal of Hospital Infection, 73(2), 151-156.
• Sanderson, K., Wescombe, L. E., Kirov, S. M., Champion, A. C., & Reid, D. W. (2008). Bacterial cyanogenesis occurs in the cystic fibrosis lung. European Respiratory Journal, 32(2), 329-333.
• Bradbury, R. S., Champion, A. C. & Reid, D. W. (2008). Poor clinical outcomes associated with a multi-drug resistant clonal strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Tasmanian cystic fibrosis population. Respirology, 13(6), 886-892.
• Reid, D. W., Carroll, V., O'May, C., Champion, A. C., & Kirov, S. M. Increased airway iron as a potential factor in the persistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis. The European Respiratory Journal, 30(2), 286-292.
• Reid, D. W., Kirov, S. M., Webb, J. S., Carroll, V., Kjelleberg, S., Champion, A. C. & Sanderson, K. Biofilm dispersal and exacerbations of cystic fibrosis lung disease. Pediatric Pulmonology, 41(12), 1254.

Web Access Research Portal (WARP)

Additional Information

Research Interests

Dr Champion's current research interest is the interactions of bacteria with environmental amoebae as a model for virulence in disease. He collaborates with Dr Richard Bradbury and members of the Centre for Clinical Research Excellence (CRE) in Respiratory Disease.

Dr Champion has a long-standing interest in research ethics, and is currently chair of the Tasmanian Human and Medical Research Ethics Committee.