Rate My Professor Christopher Brennan-Jones

Christopher Brennan-Jones is a Clinical Professor in Paediatrics at the UWA Medical School, University of Western Australia. He qualified in clinical audiology at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, in 2013 and earned his PhD in telehealth in 2016 through the Ear Science Institute at the University of Western Australia. In his current roles, he heads Ear Health at the Telethon Kids Institute in the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, serves as a senior paediatric audiologist at Perth Children’s Hospital, and co-leads the Raine Study Senses Special Interest Group. Brennan-Jones is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Audiology, coordinates its 'Cochrane Corner', guest lectures in Clinical Audiology at UWA, and supervises research in UWA’s Clinical Audiology program. He co-chairs the Children’s Hearing Research Group at Perth Children’s Hospital, a multidisciplinary network of over 20 research-active clinicians.

His research focuses on preventing and treating otitis media and hearing loss in children, particularly improving ear and hearing health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children via telehealth innovations. He maintains Cochrane systematic reviews on chronic suppurative otitis media interventions. Key publications include 'Antibiotics versus topical antiseptics for chronic suppurative otitis media' (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2025), 'Aural toilet (ear cleaning) for chronic suppurative otitis media' (2025), 'Wideband absorbance among Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal children with suspected otitis media' (Ear and Hearing, 2026), and 'A hospital-based asynchronous ENT telehealth service for children with otitis media' (Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2025). With over 40 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and presentations at more than 40 scientific meetings, he has secured over $2.5 million in grants as chief investigator. Awards include an NHMRC Research Fellowship, Raine/Robson Fellowship (2019), 2016 WA Premier’s Science Award (Student Scientist of the Year), Woodside Early Career Scientist of the Year (2020), 40 under 40 Woodside STEM Award (2020), and Tall Poppy Campaign (2019). He serves on the WA Child Ear Health Strategy, CRE_ICHEAR technical advisory group, and WHO World Hearing Forum, and acts as a WA Science Ambassador.