We have a major focus on immunisation and vaccine-preventable diseases.

We have a major focus on immunisation and vaccine-preventable diseases and are conducting a number of intervention studies aimed at preventing infections and improving management of common diseases that affect Indigenous children. 

Learn more about our immunisation projects:

• Effectiveness and use of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in Indigenous adolescents and adults
• Evaluation of the role and function of the PneuMum Study Indigenous Reference Group as a model for conducting research involving children in the Northern Territory
• PneuMum: a randomised controlled trial of pneumococcal polysaccharide immunisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers to protect their babies from ear disease
• TROVE - Case control study of rotavirus vaccine effectiveness in the NT

Additional studies can also be found on the Ear & Oral Health Research page.