Gladymar Perez Chacon

About

I am an early-career researcher in infectious disease prevention, public health, and epidemiology at the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales (UNSW, academic track). My research focuses on how social determinants of health contribute to health disparities among people living with HIV and key populations. Drawing on my extensive experience in infectious disease research and data analytics, I apply epidemiological methods to large administrative datasets to examine a wide range of outcomes, including the uptake of HPV vaccination among marginalised populations and the timely initiation of antiretroviral therapy, which are relevant both within Australia and internationally. My PhD research focused on the role of whooping cough immunisation in preventing atopic diseases. It accrued world-first data demonstrating the safety and caregiver acceptability of a novel whooping cough vaccination schedule for Australian infants.

Work

UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow/Epidemiologist

Australia

Telethon Kids Institute
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Research Officer/Epidemiologist

Australia

Telethon Kids Institute
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Clinical Research Fellow

Australia

Telethon Kids Institute
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Clinical Research Fellow

Australia

Universidad Central de Venezuela
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Lecturer

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Education

Curtin University
Australia

PhD

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Peru

DTM&H

Universidad Central de Venezuela
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

MD

Publications

Immunogenicity of co-administered vaccine antigens with whole-cell or acellular pertussis vaccines in infancy: a randomised controlled trial

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Immune impacts of infant whole-cell and acellular pertussis vaccination on co-administered vaccines

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Journal of Infection

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Global, regional, and national trends in routine childhood vaccination coverage from 1980 to 2023 with forecasts to 2030: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.

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Lancet (London, England)

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Immunogenicity, reactogenicity, and IgE-mediated immune responses of a mixed whole-cell and acellular pertussis vaccine schedule in Australian infants: A randomised, double-blind, noninferiority trial

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PLOS Medicine

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Modelling long COVID using Bayesian networks

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Infant whole-cell versus acellular pertussis vaccination in 1997 to 1999 and risk of childhood hospitalization for food-induced anaphylaxis: Linked administrative databases cohort study

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The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

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Infant Whole-Cell Versus Acellular Pertussis Vaccination in 1997 to 1999 and Risk of Childhood Hospitalization for Food-Induced Anaphylaxis: Linked Administrative Databases Cohort Study

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The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

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Syphilis point-of-care tests: an Australian perspective

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Microbiology Australia

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Immunogenicity, reactogenicity, and IgE-mediated immune responses of a mixed whole-cell and acellular pertussis vaccine schedule in Australian infants: A randomised, double-blind, noninferiority trial

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PLOS Medicine

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Association between pertussis vaccination in infancy and childhood asthma: A population-based record linkage cohort study

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PLOS ONE

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Immunogenicity, reactogenicity, and IgE-mediated immune responses of a mixed whole-cell and acellular pertussis vaccine schedule in Australian infants: a randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority trial

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preprint

Immunogenicity, reactogenicity, and IgE-mediated immune responses of a mixed whole-cell and acellular pertussis vaccine schedule in Australian infants: a randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority trial

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Association between pertussis vaccination in infancy and childhood asthma: A population-based record linkage cohort study

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PLOS ONE

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Statistical analysis plan for the OPTIMUM study: optimising immunisation using mixed schedules, an adaptive randomised controlled trial of a mixed whole-cell/acellular pertussis vaccine schedule

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Trials

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Pertussis immunisation in infancy and atopic outcomes: A protocol for a population-based cohort study using linked administrative data

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PLOS ONE

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Pertussis immunisation in infancy and atopic outcomes: A protocol for a population-based cohort study using linked administrative data

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PLOS ONE

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Whole-cell pertussis vaccine in early infancy for the prevention of allergy

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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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OPTIMUM study protocol: an adaptive randomised controlled trial of a mixed whole-cell/acellular pertussis vaccine schedule

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BMJ Open

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OPTIMUM study protocol: an adaptive randomised controlled trial of a mixed whole-cell/acellular pertussis vaccine schedule

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BMJ Open

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Improved detection of Strongyloides stercoralis in modified agar plate cultures

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The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Description of an oral Chagas disease outbreak in Venezuela, including a vertically transmitted case

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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

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Coinfection with Hymenolepis nana, Hymenolepis diminuta, Giardia intestinalis, and human immunodeficiency virus: A case report with complex immunologic interactions

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The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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High occurrence of Acanthamoeba genotype T4 in soil sources from Bolívar State, Venezuela

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Acta Parasitologica

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Urinary rhabditiform larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis in disseminated disease affecting a kidney-transplanted patient

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Revista Medica Herediana

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