Children's Burns and Trauma Research Group

The Children’s Burns and Trauma Research Group was established in 1999 by burns surgeon, Professor Roy Kimble and is now part of the UQ Child Health Research Centre. Our goal is to prevent children from sustaining traumatic injuries such as burns and to provide the best evidence-base for their treatment.

Our research aims to:

  • identify ways to decrease the number of children with burns and traumatic injuries, and to implement these changes;
  • provide scientific evidence for existing treatments and develop novel wound healing treatments for better care of children suffering from burns; and
  • improve the lives of all children suffering from burns or trauma.

Staff and postdoctoral researchers

  • Professor Roy Kimble

    Leader, Children's Burns and Trauma Research Group & ATH - Professor
    Child Health Research Centre
    ATH - Professor
    Children's Health Queensland Clinical Unit
  • Dr Belinda Wallis

    Honorary Research Fellow
    Child Health Research Centre
  • Alexandra De Young

    Dr Alexandra De Young

    Service Evaluation Research Coordinator
    Queensland Centre for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health
    Honorary Senior Research Fellow
    Child Health Research Centre
  • Dr Zephanie Tyack

    Honorary Associate Professor
    Child Health Research Centre
  • Dr Emma Hartshorn

    Industry Fellow
    Child Health Research Centre