Onthewards: Onthepods

Chris Elliot interviews Danielle Wurzel on the topic of Croup, a respiratory illness that usually occurs in children aged 6 months to 6 years. Summary Writer:  Theoni Haralabopoulos Script Writer:  Theoni Haralabopoulos Editors:  Danielle Wurzel and Jenifer Liang Interviewee:  Danielle Wurzel Interviewer:  Chris Elliot About Dr Danielle Wurzel Danielle Wurzel is a Paediatric Respiratory Physician, she has appointments as a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine at the Royal Children’s Hospital, research fellow at School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne, and Honorary Research Fellow at the Murdoch Children’s Institute. Her clinical interests include a broad range of respiratory problems, with a special interest in respiratory viral infections and childhood cough. Danielle has a PhD in wet cough in childhood and bronchiectasis, with an ongoing research program to investigate the early origins of bronchiectasis with the aim of developing interventions to prevent chronic lung di