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Associate Professor Sunday Pam serves as Head of the Rockhampton Regional Clinical Unit and Academic Lead for the Rural Clinical School in the University of Queensland School of Medicine. A Staff Paediatrician at Rockhampton Hospital, he plays a key role in clinical training and medical education in regional Queensland. His academic qualifications include MBBS from Ahmadu Bello University, MSc in Mother and Child Health from the University of London, DCH from Sydney, MRCPCH, FRACP, FWACP, and MMEd from the University of Dundee. Prior to his current roles, his career involved clinical and research work in Nigeria, focusing on paediatric and neonatal conditions at institutions such as Jos University Teaching Hospital.

Pam's research specializations include medical education, assessment, paediatric infectious diseases, neonatology, congenital anomalies, nutritional rickets, malaria, and HIV in children. He has authored over 34 works, including 31 journal articles, two conference publications, and one book chapter, spanning 1996 to 2025. Key publications are 'Paediatric acute urinary retention in Central Queensland' (2025, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health), 'Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in Central Queensland, Australia' (2024, Communicable Diseases Intelligence), 'Acute bronchiolitis in regional Queensland: how well are we doing?' (2022, Asia Pacific Journal of Pediatric and Child Health), 'Difficulties in diagnosing vertebral osteomyelitis in a child' (2021, BMJ Case Reports), 'Can neonatal pneumothorax be successfully managed in regional Australia?' (2020, Rural and Remote Health), 'Sacrococcygeal teratoma: Clinical characteristics and long-term outcome in Nigerian children' (2009, Annals of African Medicine), and 'Adaptation of calcium absorption during treatment of nutritional rickets in Nigerian children' (2008, British Journal of Nutrition). He received funding for the Late Preterm Infants Post-birth Rehospitalization Morbidity Study (2014-2015, International Pediatric Association Foundation Inc) and is available for higher degree research supervision. His work has garnered over 900 citations, contributing to advancements in paediatric care in rural and developing contexts.