====== Nigel Crawford ======

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Prof. **Nigel Crawford** is an Australian paediatrician and vaccinologist based in [[australia:Victoria:Parkville]], [[Australia:Victoria]].

He is the Director of SAEFVIC ([[Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community]]) and the [[Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre]] (MVEC). He is also an Assistant Professor at the [[Murdoch Children's Research Institute]], is Head of Immunisation Services at the [[Royal Children’s Hospital]] (RCH) and Chair of [[Victorian Specialist Immunisation Services]] (VicSIS).((//A/Prof Nigel Crawford.// Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Retrieved November 30, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221130104349/https://www.mcri.edu.au/researcher-details/nigel-crawford))

===== History =====

==== COVID-19 ====

In 2021, Crawford was appointed the Chair of the [[Australian Therapeutic Advisory Group on Immunisation]] (ATAGI), Ex-officio Member of [[COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments for Australia – Science and Industry Technical Advisory Group]] (SITAG),((//The COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments for Australia – Science and Industry Technical Advisory Group.// (2022, October 13). Australian Government Department of Health. https://web.archive.org/web/20221111101837/https://www.health.gov.au/committees-and-groups/the-covid-19-vaccines-and-treatments-for-australia-science-and-industry-technical-advisory-group)) Member of [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade COVID-19 Vaccine Expert Advisory Group]] (EAG), Member of the [[Victorian Department of Health COVID-19 Vaccine Expert Advisory Group]] (EAG), member of [[Vaccination Special Interest Group]] (VACSIG)/ [[Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases]] (ASID), and the Victorian representative of [[TGA-JIC]] (Jurisdictional Immunisation Co-ordinators) vaccine safety meetings with [[Australian Government Department of Health]].

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In his conflict of interest form for ATAGI, Crawford disclosed performing research through his institution paid for by [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]].((//Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation - Conflict of Interest.// Australia Government Department of Health and Aged Care. Retrieved October 24, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221024032912/https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/atagi-conflict-of-interest-disclosures.pdf))

===== Further reading =====

  * [[https://thesolitaryreaper.substack.com/p/australias-top-vaccine-expert-nigel|Australia's top vaccine expert Nigel Crawford -- A man who wears many hats. Part-1: Crawford's role in ATAGI influencing Australian Federal Govt vaccine policies.]]
  * [[https://thesolitaryreaper.substack.com/p/part-2-australias-top-vaccine-expert|Part-2: Australia's top vaccine expert Nigel Crawford -- his influence in VIC, Vax Safety institutions in VIC & their Pharma ties -- can they be trusted?]]