Mr Andrew Collaro
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Child Health Research Centre
Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Scientist
Queensland Children's Hospital

Journal Articles
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
Collaro, Andrew J., Chang, Anne B., Marchant, Julie M., Vicendese, Don, Chatfield, Mark D., Cole, Johanna F., Blake, Tamara L. and McElrea, Margaret S. (2022). 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
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. 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. 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 Paper
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