Dr Andrew Collaro
Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Scientist
Queensland Children's Hospital
Adjunct Associate Fellow
Child Health Research Centre
Researcher biography
Andrew is a trained paediatric respiratory and sleep scientist working at the Queensland Children's Hospital. He has recently completed his PhD looking at (1) the effect of early childhood respiratory infection on lifelong lung function, (2) lung function as a future predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality, (3) the effect specialist paediatric and adult respiratory outreach services are having on the lung function of children and adults seen and treated, and (4) which spirometry reference equation is most appropriate for use in Australian First Nations children and adults, and (5) has developed moving age-for-height fractional exhaled nitirc oxide (FeNO) reference values for use Australian First Nations childen and adults to faciliate better interpretation of FeNO test results. His current research is focused around improving paediatriac sleep disordered breathing diagnosis and monitoring using technologies such as novel devices and artificial intelligence, particularly in children with neurodisability.
Journal Articles
Kevat, Ajay, Alwadhi, Dhruv, Chew, Ai Xin, Iyer, Kartik, Chawla, Jasneek, Suresh, Sadasivam and Collaro, Andrew (2025). Positional obstructive sleep apnea in children prescribed continuous positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing. Journal of Sleep Research, e14443. doi: 10.1111/jsr.14443
Kortge, X. T., Collaro, A. J., Idris, G., Slee, N., Phua, Y. and Chawla, J. K. (2025). Management of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children With Craniofacial Abnormalities and Skeletal Dysplasia. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 11375. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000011375
Kevat, Ajay, Steinkey, Rylan, Suresh, Sadasivam, Ruehland, Warren R., Chawla, Jasneek, Terrill, Philip I., Collaro, Andrew and Iyer, Kartik (2024). Evaluation of automated pediatric sleep stage classification using U-Sleep: a convolutional neural network. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 21 (2), 277-285. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.11362
Collaro, Andrew J., Foong, Rachel, Chang, Anne B., Marchant, Julie M., Blake, Tamara L., Cole, Johanna F., Pearson, Glenn, Hii, Rebecca, Brown, Henry, Chatfield, Mark D., Hall, Graham and McElrea, Margaret S. (2024). Which reference equation should we use for interpreting spirometry values for First Nations Australians? A cross‐sectional study. Medical Journal of Australia, 220 (10), 523-529. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52306
Chang, Anne B., Boyd, Jeanette, Bush, Andrew, Hill, Adam T., Powell, Zena, Zacharasiewicz, Angela, Alexopoulou, Efthymia, Collaro, Andrew J., Chalmers, James D., Constant, Carolina, Douros, Konstantinos, Fortescue, Rebecca, Griese, Matthias, Grigg, Jonathan, Hector, Andreas, Karadag, Bulent, Mazulov, Oleksandr, Midulla, Fabio, Moeller, Alexander, Proesmans, Marijke, Wilson, Christine, Yerkovich, Stephanie T., Kantar, Ahmad and Grimwood, Keith (2024). A core outcome set for bronchiectasis in children and adolescents for use in clinical research: an international consensus study. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 12 (1), 78-88. doi: 10.1016/s2213-2600(23)00233-3
Collaro, A.J., Sclip, K.D., Pinzon Perez, W.F. and Chawla, J.C. (2023). Contactless sleep monitoring using the Sonomat in children with Down syndrome. Sleep Medicine, 109, 104-109. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.06.028
Tanner, Sarah, Collaro, Andrew and Chawla, Jasneek (2023). The management of residual OSA post-adenotonsillectomy in children with down syndrome: the experience of a large tertiary sleep service. Sleep Medicine, 109, 158-163. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.06.009
Collaro, Andrew J, McElrea, Margaret S, Perret, Jennifer L, Dharmage, Shyamali C and Chang, Anne B (2023). Lessons from UK historical cohort studies of lower respiratory tract infections – Authors' reply. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 7 (7), e15-E15. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00130-X
Lanzlinger, Daniela, Kevat, Ajay, Collaro, Andrew, Poh, Siew Hui, Pinzon Pérez, William and Chawla, Jasneek (2023). Tolerance of polysomnography in children with neurodevelopmental disorders compared to neurotypical peers. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 19 (9), 1625-1631. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.10626
Collaro, Andrew J., McElrea, Margaret S., Marchant, Julie M., Chatfield, Mark D., Sondergeld, Peter, Perret, Jennifer L., Vicendese, Don, Anuntaseree, Wanaporn, Dharmage, Shyamali C. and Chang, Anne B. (2023). The effect of early childhood respiratory infections and pneumonia on lifelong lung function: a systematic review. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 7 (6), 429-440. doi: 10.1016/s2352-4642(23)00030-5
Collaro, Andrew J., Chang, Anne B., Marchant, Julie M., Vicendese, Don, Chatfield, Mark D., Cole, Johanna F., Blake, Tamara L. and McElrea, Margaret S. (2023). Developing fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) predicted and upper limit of normal values for a disadvantaged population. Chest, 163 (3), 624-633. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.10.014
Collaro, Andrew J., Chang, Anne B., Marchant, Julie M., Chatfield, Mark D., Dent, Annette, Fong, Kwun M. and McElrea, Margaret S. (2022). Association of gas diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide with cardiovascular morbidity and survival in a disadvantaged clinical population. Lung, 200 (6), 783-792. doi: 10.1007/s00408-022-00580-9
Chang, Anne B., Boyd, Jeanette, Bush, Andrew, Hill, Adam T., Powell, Zena, Zacharasiewicz, Angela, Alexopoulou, Efthymia, Chalmers, James D., Collaro, Andrew J., Constant, Carolina, Douros, Konstantinos, Fortescue, Rebecca, Griese, Matthias, Grigg, Jonathan, Hector, Andreas, Karadag, Bulent, Mazulov, Oleksandr, Midulla, Fabio, Moeller, Alexander, Proesmans, Marijke, Wilson, Christine, Yerkovich, Stephanie T., Kantar, Ahmad and Grimwood, Keith (2022). Quality standards for managing children and adolescents with bronchiectasis: an international consensus. Breathe, 18 (3) 220144, 1-15. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0144-2022
Chang, Anne B., Boyd, Jeanette, Bush, Andrew, Hill, Adam T., Powell, Zena, Zacharasiewicz, Angela, Alexopoulou, Efthymia, Chalmers, James D., Collaro, Andrew J., Constant, Carolina, Douros, Konstantinos, Fortescue, Rebecca, Griese, Matthias, Grigg, Jonathan, Hector, Andreas, Karadag, Bulent, Mazulov, Oleksandr, Midulla, Fabio, Moeller, Alexander, Proesmans, Marijke, Wilson, Christine, Yerkovich, Stephanie T., Kantar, Ahmad and Grimwood, Keith (2022). International consensus statement on quality standards for managing children/adolescents with bronchiectasis from the ERS CRC Child-BEAR-Net. European Respiratory Journal, 59 (6) 2200264, 2200264. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00264-2022
Collaro, Andrew J., Chang, Anne B., Marchant, Julie M., Chatfield, Mark D., Vicendese, Don, Blake, Tamara L., McElrea, Margaret S. and Dharmage, Shyamali C. (2021). Early childhood pneumonia is associated with reduced lung function and asthma in first nations Australian children and young adults. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10 (24) 5727, 5727. doi: 10.3390/jcm10245727
Collaro, Andrew J., Chang, Anne B., Marchant, Julie M., Chatfield, Mark D., Blake, Tamara L. and McElrea, Margaret S. (2021). How do Cormic Index profiles contribute to differences in spirometry values between White and First Nations Australian children?. Pediatric Pulmonology, 56 (12), 3966-3974. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25692
Collaro, Andrew J., Chang, Anne B., Marchant, Julie M., Chatfield, Mark D., Dent, Annette, Blake, Tamara, Mawn, Patsi, Fong, Kwun and McElrea, Margaret S (2021). Associations between lung function and future cardiovascular morbidity and overall mortality in a predominantly First Nations population: a cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 13 100188, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100188
Collaro, Andrew J., Chang, Anne B., Marchant, Julie M., Chatfield, Mark D., Dent, Annette, Blake, Tamara, Mawn, Patsi, Fong, Kwun and McElrea, Margaret S. (2021). Determinants and Follow-up of Lung Function Data from a Predominantly First Nations Cohort of Adults Referred to Specialist Respiratory Outreach Clinics in Regional and Remote Queensland. Lung, 199 (4), 417-425. doi: 10.1007/s00408-021-00453-7
Collaro, Andrew J., Chang, Anne B., Marchant, Julie M., Rodwell, Leanne T., Masters, Ian B., Chatfield, Mark D. and McElrea, Margaret S. (2020). Pediatric patients of outreach specialist Queensland clinics have lung function improvement comparable to that of tertiary pediatric patients. Chest, 158 (4), 1566-1575. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.03.084
Collaro, Andrew J., Chang, Anne B., Marchant, Julie M., Masters, Ian B., Rodwell, Leanne T., Takken, Allan J. and McElrea, Margaret S. (2020). Culturally appropriate outreach specialist respiratory medical care improves the lung function of children in regional and remote Queensland. Lung, 198 (2), 361-369. doi: 10.1007/s00408-020-00332-7
Conference Papers
Kevat, A., Suresh, S., Chawla, J. and Collaro, A. (2024). Positional OSA in children: single-centre prevalence and associated CPAP adherence. Sleep DownUnder 2024, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 16-19 October 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae070.187
Kevat, A., Suresh, S., Kilner, D., Chawla, J. and Collaro, A. (2024). Positional OSA in children: single-centre prevalence and associated CPAP adherence. Sleep DownUnder 2024, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 16-19 October 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae070.186
Sclip, K., Collaro, A. and Chawla, J. (2023). Caregivers’ Perspectives on the Sonomat as a Polysomnography Alternative in Children with Down syndrome. Sleep DownUnder 2023, Adelaide, SA Australia, 8-11 November 2023. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad035.016
Collaro, Andrew, Chang, Anne B., Marchant, Julie, Masters, Ian Brent, Rodwell, Leanne, Chatfield, Mark and McElrea, Margaret (2020). Spirometry improvement is similar for Australian children treated at outreach clinics and tertiary hospitals. ERS International Congress 2020, Barcelona, Spain, 6–9 September 2020. Sheffield, United Kingdom: European Respiratory Society. doi: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.1169
Thesis
, and Collaro, Andrew James (2023). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lung function: Determinants, outcomes, and reference values. doi: 10.5204/thesis.eprints.240005