Jim Buttery

Professor Jim Buttery is the inaugural Professor of Child Health Informatics in the Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, at the University of Melbourne. A qualified paediatric infectious diseases physician with credentials including MBBS, FRACP, MSc, MD, and CHIA, he holds the position of Chief Clinical Research Information Officer in Infectious Diseases at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. He also serves as Group Leader in Health Informatics and Head of the Epidemiology Informatics research group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, where he leads a team of epidemiologists, data analysts, and statisticians. Previously, Professor Buttery worked at Monash Children’s Hospital and Monash University as Director of Research, head of Monash Immunisation, and Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology. He spent many years at the Royal Children’s Hospital prior to his roles at Monash and developed Australia’s leading vaccine safety service, SAEFVIC, remaining its Head of Epidemiology and Signal Detection. Additionally, he was Chair of Monash Partners’ Data Executive, overseeing data strategy for one of Australia’s largest academic health translation research centres.

Professor Buttery’s research focuses on the innovative application of real-world data to address key questions in infectious diseases epidemiology, vaccine safety, and effectiveness, as well as clinical child health informatics. He is Co-Director of the Global Vaccine Data Network, facilitating international collaborations on vaccine safety studies. He serves on the Advisory Committee on Vaccines for the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration and the Brighton Collaboration Science Board. His contributions include over 170 peer-reviewed publications, with an H-index of 35 and more than 4,000 citations recorded as of 2020, and citations exceeding 8,000 subsequently. Notable recent publications encompass 'Incidence of Childhood Stroke and Association With Recent Infection: A Population-Based Study Using Linked Data' (Neurology, 2026), 'Active surveillance methods to identify adverse events of special interest (AESIs) following vaccination against pandemic diseases: A scoping review' (Vaccine, 2026), 'Regional Risk Discrepancy Indicates a Slow Outbreak of Infant Botulism, Victoria, Australia' (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2026), and 'Statistical Methods for Multi-jurisdictional Australian Vaccine Safety Investigations of Rare Adverse Events' (Drug Safety, 2026). His leadership has advanced vaccine safety monitoring systems and health informatics strategies both nationally and globally.

Professional Email: jim.buttery@unimelb.edu.au