Rate My Professor Liz Cotterell

Conjoint Associate Professor Liz Cotterell serves in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle. She holds qualifications of MBBS, Diploma in Paediatrics, Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in Paediatrics, and Master of Public Health from the University of New South Wales. Cotterell trained in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick, attaining Staff Specialist consultant status in 2002. During this period, she taught and supervised junior medical staff while contributing to research within the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT).

In 2010, she moved to Armidale, assuming roles as Associate Professor in Paediatrics at the University of New England's School of Rural Medicine, Clinical Dean of the Tablelands Clinical School as part of the Joint Medical Program with the University of Newcastle, General Paediatrician, and Clinical Director of Paediatrics at Armidale Rural Referral Hospital. She supervises third-, fourth-, and fifth-year medical students on clinical placements, delivers teaching in acute paediatric resuscitation and critical care skills in the simulation laboratory, and oversees inpatient and outpatient management of neonates, children, and adolescents. Her research focuses on knowledge translation for clinical practice guidelines in bronchiolitis and paediatric head injury, alongside telehealth applications for paediatric care in rural and regional New South Wales. As Associate Investigator, she contributes to projects including the Statewide Approach to Paediatric and Youth Trauma Guideline Appraisal Group (2023 MRFF Clinician Researchers Applied Research in Health ID 2031513) and Regional and Rural Research Translation in Bronchiolitis (2023 MRFF MRRART000031). Notable publications include "Effectiveness of Targeted Interventions on Treatment of Infants With Bronchiolitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial" (JAMA Pediatrics, 2021), "Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children" (Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2021), and "Australasian Bronchiolitis Guideline" (Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2018). Her work has shaped paediatric emergency practices across Australia and New Zealand via PREDICT involvement and guideline development.