David is a clinical neonatologist and respiratory physiologist at the Melbourne Children’s Campus (Australia) with an interest in the optimal application of respiratory support in the NICU. David leads the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Neonatal Research Program. This is an interconnected program of molecular, imaging and clinical science aiming to better understand lung injury and develop new neonatal critical care respiratory support strategies guided by physiology and precision medicine. David has led large international clinical studies to improve respiratory outcomes of newborn infants. David is a member of several international and national leadership groups in neonatal respiratory diseases and chest imaging.

David is the lead investigator of the international POLAR Trial of PEEP to support the preterm lung at birth and the BLUEPRINT Study to map the phenotypes and evolution of early preterm respiratory health.