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1. Rheumatic heart disease

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3. Rheumatic heart disease discussed at national conference

   Menzies School of Health Research senior research fellow Josh Francis said there was positive news when it came to RHD “in the sense that there’s a really good plan coming together”.

4. The fight against rheumatic heart disease continues into the new decade

   Health experts from across Australia and New Zealand have teamed up with cultural advisors to address what they say is the greatest cardiovascular inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

5. Sharing a Heartbeat: Rheumatic heart disease movie released in Darwin

   A push for more awareness around the effects of rheumatic heart disease on pregnancy has led to a film developed, written, and directed by Australian Indigenous women.

6. Cardiologists identify alarming levels of rheumatic heart disease in Timor-Leste

   Research by Australian cardiologists has found the rates of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Timor-Leste are among the highest in the world. The landmark study was published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

7. Active screening needed for rheumatic heart disease in the NT

   The high burden of rheumatic heart disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people requires more active case finding and echocardiographic screening to detect undiagnosed cases, according to Australian experts

8. RN Breakfast | Rheumatic heart disease on COAG health agenda

   The Federal Government will outline a national plan to eradicate rheumatic heart disease at next week's COAG meeting of health ministers.

9. RN Breakfast | Rheumatic heart disease on COAG health agenda

   The Federal Government will outline a national plan to eradicate rheumatic heart disease at next week's COAG meeting of health ministers.

10. ABC | Rheumatic heart disease going undiagnosed by NT's fly-in doctors, cardiologist warns

    The Northern Territory is home to some of the highest known rates of rheumatic heart disease in the world, but the transient nature of the region's medical practitioners could be hindering the fight to stop it.

11. Rheumatic heart disease program in East Timor 'saving lives' with 'simple' penicillin injections

    Australian doctors are working with East Timorese health workers to screen and treat children and young people with the illness, using methods similar to those used in Australia.

12. Working with communities to end rheumatic heart disease

    Did you know that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) at rates 60 times higher than non-Indigenous Australians? RHD is permanent heart damage, resulting from a throat or skin infection caused by Group...

13. Rheumatic heart disease researchers on mission

    The Northern Territory has the highest rate of rheumatic heart disease in the world, which is partly due to poor living conditions such as overcrowded housing, said Associate Professor Anna Ralph from the Menzies School of Health Research.

14. Rheumatic heart disease endgame could save 650 lives in a decade

    A WIDE-RANGING push, co-designed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health leaders, to eliminate rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Australia could save more than 650 lives over the next decade.

15. Rheumatic heart disease: Preventable illness in Indigenous communities 'a national failure', AMA says

    The Australian Medical Association has singled out a preventable disease caused by impoverished living conditions and untreated infections as Australia's "national failure".

16. Arnhem Land children suffer world's highest known rates of rheumatic heart disease

    In a remote Indigenous community of 3,000 people, researchers have discovered the highest known rates of rheumatic heart disease in the world, where children as young as four have died from the entirely preventable condition.

17. Rheumatic heart disease in the Pacific island nations

    A pending motion from WHO might seek to eradicate rheumatic heart disease, which is still prevalent in Pacific island nations where progress is lagging.

18. Rheumatic heart disease focus for NT Fulbright Scholar

    Associate Professor Anna Ralph awarded an internationally renowned Fulbright Scholarship to help eliminate rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Australia.

19. The number of people with rheumatic heart disease in Australia continues to grow

    A report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has shown that the burden of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) continues to grow in Australia.

20. Timorese Government prepares plan to prevent and combat rheumatic heart disease

    The Timorese Ministry of Health is designing a prevention and diagnosis plan, part of the Family Health program, to combat rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, the ministry's minister announced today.

21. MEDIA RELEASE | Updated clinical guidelines improves detection of rheumatic heart disease

    Menzies and the Heart Foundation of Australia have released an updated clinical practice guideline that includes fundamental changes to support improved diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and prevent disease progression, based on international standards.

22. Bold bid to end Rheumatic Heart Disease

    Some of the nation’s leading medical researchers are in Darwin to step out a plan to wipe out rheumatic heart disease – a life-threatening condition that disproportionately affects Indigenous Australians.

23. Rheumatic heart disease a worry in the Top End

    AUSTRALIAN researchers say Indigenous children in the Northern Territory are up to three times more likely to suffer rheumatic heart disease than children in other remote areas.

24. Heads come together to control rheumatic heart disease

    The Third Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Forum, to be held tonight in Melbourne during the World Congress of Cardiology 2014, will establish a time-bound and outcome focused roadmap to control and improve outcomes for people with rheumatic heart disease (RHD).

25. Forum to forge path to end rheumatic heart disease

    200 international leading experts and advocates for rheumatic heart disease will converge at the 3rd Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Forum in Melbourne next week.

26. Beating rheumatic heart disease: Experts converge in Darwin

    Experts from around the country will meet in Darwin today at the RHD Australia Conference 2013: Practice and Culture to strengthen Australia’s fight to prevent rheumatic heart disease.

27. Call to arms to save children from rheumatic heart disease

    A leading paediatric cardiologist has emphasised the need to prevent RHD in Indigenous children to avoid premature death, cardiac surgery and stroke to allow them to live a fulfilling life.

28. Seminar to reduce world’s highest rate of rheumatic heart disease in children

    RHDAustralia will host a free seminar in Cairns tonight as part of Australia’s Rheumatic Fever Strategy to reduce the world’s highest recorded rate of acute rheumatic fever.

29. Launch of new e-learning modules to target world’s highest rate of rheumatic heart disease

    RHDAustralia will launch 15 new ‘clinician e-learning modules’ at a seminar in Darwin as part of Australia’s Rheumatic Fever Strategy to tackle the world’s highest recorded rate of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

30. Reducing Rheumatic Fever and Controlling Rheumatic Heart Disease in Pacific Island Nations

31. Report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Care in Australia

32. Phase 1: Report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Care in Queensland

33. Report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Care in the Northern Territory

34. Help us to end Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in Australia

    Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) starts with a Strep A infection of the throat or skin. If untreated, the infection can lead to acute rheumatic fever (ARF) which can feature sore joints, fever and heart inflammation. While the other symptoms of ARF go awa...

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36. Rheumatic heart disease diagnosis a step NEARER with funded training

    Image caption: Menzies Associate Professor Joshua Francis and his team teaching clinicians how to use echocardiography equipment.  A Menzies-led team has received nearly $1 million to help improve Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) care by work...

37. Rheumatic heart disease guidelines released

38. Working with communities to end rheumatic heart disease

39. The number of people with rheumatic heart disease in Australia continues to grow

    A report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has shown that the burden of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) continues to grow. in Australia.

40. Early detection & treatment of rheumatic heart disease in high risk communities

41. MEDIA RELEASE | Training remote health workers to diagnose rheumatic heart disease

    A new study to improve access to culturally safe, best quality care for Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in high-burden Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is underway after a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Cardiovascular Health Mission Grant application was successful.

42. MEDIA RELEASE | Training remote health workers to diagnose rheumatic heart disease

    A new study to improve access to culturally safe, best quality care for Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in high-burden Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is underway after a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Cardiovascular Health Mission Grant application was successful

43. ABC | Rheumatic heart disease still killing Australian children but a landmark study makes inroads

44. Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease by nurses in Fiji – testing of a training module

45. Evaluating the genetic contribution to Rheumatic Heart Disease pathogenesis in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

46. Senator reveals personal story of kidney disease

    Nephrologist at the Menzies School of Health Research, Paul Lawton, said his research team had been investigating key causes that dramatically impact upon remote Aboriginal communities.

47. Tropical disease kills crocodiles in NT

    A deadly tropical disease that affects humans was responsible for killing two crocodiles near Darwin, flipping previously held beliefs the predators were highly resistant to infection.

48. Killer disease strikes crocs

    Melioidosis is killing Territory crocodiles, according to a paper written by researchers at the Menzies School of Health Research.

49. Ear disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

    In remote communities across the Northern Territory (NT), only one in 10 Aboriginal children younger than three years have healthy ears, a new report in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) has found.

50. New Vaccine could help reduce Chronic ear disease.

    Menzies School of Health researchers are hoping to reduce rates of a chronic ear disease called Otis Media, in remote indigenous communities. (Image source: creative commons)

51. Jessica Mauboy sings out to end Indigenous diabetes and heart disease epidemic

    Singer Jessica Mauboy is calling for Darwin-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to complete a quick survey as part of the Diabetes and Related Conditions in Urban Indigenous People in the Darwin Region (DRUID) study, a ground-breaking diabetes and heart disease study.

52. Skin disease a 'national crisis'

    NT News report on the HOT NORTH One Disease Skin Symposium attend by Australia's first Indigenous dermatologist Larrakia woman Dr Dana Slape

53. A new action plan to tackle kidney disease

    The Government has launched the National Strategic Action Plan for Kidney Disease and awarded $3.5 million in funding to organisations to take immediate action.

54. Tackling the Top End's deadly dirt disease at the source

    The research through the Menzies School of Health Research by the newly graduated Dr Audrey Rachlin focused on the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes melioidosis.

55. In remote communities, where more health workers are needed, chronic disease is rising

    The community's battle is an example of what Menzies diabetes researcher Louise Maple-Brown says is a growing problem in the Northern Territory.

56. Research offers hope for rheumatic fever sufferers

    Northern Territory data has been used to prove that timely treatment for people with rheumatic fever reduces the risk of recurring illness and death.

57. Territory Kidney Care: integrated chronic disease support in the NT

    TKC represents a collaboration between Menzies School of Health Research, NT Health and the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT).

58. Extra vaccines may reduce 'unacceptable rates' of chronic ear disease in Indigenous children

    The Menzies School of Health Research is conducting a clinical trial in remote communities in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, and hope the results will change the public health approach and give more help to families.

59. Preventable disease leaves 13 year old with mechanical heart failure

    RHD Australia will mark World Heart Day on 29 September by reminding people that rheumatic heart disease is preventable. Diagnosed at the age of seven, Carlisa Willika from the Werenbun community north of Katherine in the Northern Territory has lived with rheumatic heart disease for five years.

60. New treatment trialled in battle against ear disease

    In a world first, Northern Territory researchers are trialling a new treatment to heal an ear disease plaguing Indigenous communities and causing lifelong disadvantage.

61. True burden of rheumatic fever in NZ underestimated

    The joint study by researchers from the University of Otago, ESR, University of Auckland and the Menzies School of Health Research, Australia.

62. Antibiotic use in remote communities contributing to the burden of disease

    A study of antibiotic prescription rates for Aboriginal children in remote communities in the Northern Territory (NT) has identified high rates of infections and antibiotic use in these communities.

63. Menzies delivers evaluation of federal Indigenous chronic disease package

    Primary healthcare policy and planning experts from Menzies have welcomed the release of the report into the landscape of chronic disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

64. Cases of deadly dirt disease melioidosis will increase, expert warns

    Professor Bart Currie from the Menzies School of Health Research said he expected the melioidosis bacteria would increase in tropical regions.

65. HealthLAB expands educational offering through Heart Foundation partnership

    People living in remote NT communities will benefit from an expanded health education offering through a partnership between Menzies and the Heart Foundation.

66. 730NT: Fight against kidney disease scourge

    For people from remote communities, the diagnosis of kidney failure often means moving far from home to have life-saving dialysis. Some communities are so concerned about the increasing number of people leaving for dialysis, that they've rallied to set up their own clinics.

67. Expert opinion - Kidney disease and COVID-19

    For many years, experts at Menzies School of Health Research have contributed to the development and revision of national guidelines for health service delivery. The COVID-19 pandemic poses multiple challenges to how we deliver critical health services...

68. Malaria is not only a blood disease, it also hides in the spleen, scientists have discovered

    Groundbreaking new research has found large numbers of malaria parasites hiding in the spleen. Until now, it was thought that once malaria parasites reached the bloodstream, they circulated and multiplied only in the blood.

69. Powerful predictor for the progression of kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations

    Study reveals powerful predictor for the progression of kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations

70. $20m Committed to Launch Leading National Research Centres for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

    Bringing together a team of internationally renowned Australian researchers and institutions, ASHRA is a partnership between Monash University, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, The George Institute for Global Health (Australia), University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, Menzies School of Health Research, University of Melbourne and Australian National University.

71. Confronting racism to improve healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients with kidney disease

    Action is urgently needed to confront the immense health disparities in kidney disease outcomes suffered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’

72. Daily Mail | How 90 PER CENT of Aboriginal children are born with ear disease and most will end up half-deaf with brain development problems

    A shocking 90 per cent of Aboriginal children in remote Northern Territory communities under three years old are born with an ear disease that can lead to significant development problems.

73. Media Release|True burden of rheumatic fever in NZ currently underestimated, new research reveals

    Media Release | University of Otago

74. Heart Foundation partnership with HealthLAB - NT News

    Heart Foundation partnership with HealthLAB - NT News report

75. NT News | Watch your heart beating

    Report on National Science Week HealthLAB visit to Milingimbi

76. NT kids more likely to get heart disease

    AUSTRALIAN researchers say indigenous children in the Northern Territory are up to three times more likely to suffer rheumatic heart disease compared to children in other remote areas.

77. Melioidosis: The Most Neglected Tropical Disease

    Three sessions at the American Society for Microbiology 2017 Biothreats conference covered specific emerging diseases. Two of these, Zika and Ebola, have received a lot of media coverage (including on this blog), but the third disease, melioidosis, isn’t frequently found in newspaper headlines.

78. Preterm babies at risk of developing kidney disease

    How healthy we are in adulthood is, in many ways, determined while we are still in the womb. Babies born prematurely could be at greater risk of developing kidney disease later in life according to a landmark Monash University study investigating the impacts of preterm birth on kidney development.

79. ABC Radio National - 'tsunami' of kidney disease

    At the Garma Festival in the Northern Territory, RN Drive's Patricia Karvelas sat down with two experts in the field. Melanie Rarrtjiwuy Herdman Representing the CEO of Miwatj Health Dr Paul Lawton Kidney specialist from the Menzies School of Health Research who treated Dr G. Yunupingu

80. ABC Darwin Sundays - Job of the week - Infectious Disease Doctor

    Professor Anna Ralph talks about her role as an Infectious disease doctor and researcher.

81. Antibiotic use in remote communities contributing to the burden of disease

    The study, Antibiotic use for Australian Aboriginal children in three remote Northern Territory communities, was recently published in the journal PLOS

82. Eliminating skin disease in Aboriginal children could reduce antibiotic use by almost 20%

    A study has revealed that 95 per cent of children in five remote Aboriginal communities had received an antibiotic prescription before their first birthday and almost half of them had received up to six prescriptions.

83. Study investigating possible link between water quality and kidney disease in remote Northern Territory

    Residents in remote communities say their water supplies are making them sick. Dr Paul Lawton is collecting data about water quality and end-stage kidney disease.

84. “Polycystic kidney disease, the most common genetic kidney disorder you've probably never heard of”

    Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common genetic kidney disorder, and the fourth most common cause of kidney failure in Australian adults. It affects about one in 1,000 Australians.

85. NPS | Rheumatic fever and heart disease

86. Smart phones to help with remote area heart sickness

    Dr Alice Mitchell is helping in the fight against one of the leading causes of death among young Indigenous people

87. Disease of the month: tuberculosis

    With a history as long as mankind’s, TB lies dormant in one third of our global population.

88. Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia - End Game funding provides pathway to protect Australian Indigenous youth

89. Researcher tackles NT respiratory disease

    A health researcher who is tackling some of the world's highest rates of respiratory disease in indigenous children in the Northern Territory has won a $25,000 national grant to further her fight.

90. Doctor targets kidney disease

    Dr Jaquelyne Hughes - research fellow and nephrologist a finalist in the Bupa Health Foundation Emerging Health Research Award

91. Ear disease affecting Territory children

92. Study reveals new ground made in fight against kidney disease

    New research has revealed an improvement in life expectancy for those suffering from end-stage kidney disease.

93. Swimming pools: neither friend nor foe for Aboriginal children with severe ear disease

    Research by Menzies has found that swimming pools are unlikely to significantly reduce or increase levels of severe middle ear disease in remote Aboriginal communities.

94. MEDIA RELEASE | MoU renewed to strengthen zoonotic disease work in Timor-Leste

    A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) and the Timor-Leste Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Forestry (MALFF) has been signed this week, continuing the collaborative partnership.

95. Mobile health lab aims to reduce chronic disease during National Science Week

    An interactive mobile health laboratory will visit four Northern Territory (NT) communities between 15 and 20 August as part of National Science Week, to spark people’s interest in science and health, and demonstrate how lifestyle choices can impact people’s future health.

96. Heartfelt song beats back infection

    The song debuted at the Barunga Festival, after a collaboration between Skinnyfish Music, the Bupa Health Foundation, Telethon Kids and the Menzies School of Health Research.

97. Paddy's life with rheumatic fever

    ONCE a month for the next nine years, Paddy Cahill must receive a painful penicillin shot or the young Territorian will develop rheumatic heart disease.

98. NT News | Home at heart of doc's work

    Menzies' Dr Jaqui Hughes has been named the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association's doctor of the year

99. Enhancing clinical care for kidney disease

    In the NT, escalating rates of severe or end-stage kidney disease are devastating Aboriginal communities. Almost 1000 Aboriginal Territorians now require life-preserving dialysis three times per week.

100. ABC Radio | Indigenous thinking combats heart disease and stroke

     The risk factors for heart disease or stroke are often high blood pressure, cholesterol, and maybe smoking. But Indigenous people think that the wisdom of culture can help combat these negative elements.

101. Tackling heart disease and diabetes in Indigenous Australians

102. 'I'm too young to die': the disease of disadvantage forcing Indigenous children to have open-heart surgery

     An entirely preventable condition called rheumatic heart disease is leaving Indigenous children with severe and irreversible heart damage

103. The Australian - Third World disease a blight on indigenous

     Some of the nation’s leading RHD medical researchers are meeting in Darwin to create a plan to wipe out the life-threatening condition, which disproportionately affects indigenous Australians.

104. Tuberculosis remains a worry in Australia despite low disease rates, experts warn

     Health experts have urged people most at risk of tuberculosis to be tested, in order to help keep the killer disease at bay in Australia.

105. Menzies launches a BRUCE-TL project to tackle brucellosis disease

106. MEDIA RELEASE | Menzies researchers RESPOND to priority diseases in our global neighbourhood

     Menzies will lead a 4-year health system strengthening partnership in the Asia-Pacific region, under the Partnerships for a Healthy Region Initiative by the Australian Government.

107. Menzies and MALFF sign MoU renewed to strengthen work of zoonotic disease in TL

108. Mobile health lab aims to reduce chronic disease during National Science Week

     An interactive mobile health laboratory will tour the Top End between 11 and 18 August as part of National Science Week.

109. ABC Radio | Take Heart: Deadly Heart

     Senior Noongar woman Vicki Wade is the director of RHD Australia, and has 40 years of experience in healthcare. She's also a co-producer of Take Heart: Deadly Heart, a documentary that tells the story of how remote Aboriginal communities are adopting innovative strategies to eliminate rheumatic heart disease.

110. Take Heart: Deadly Heart screening

     The film shines a spotlight on a health crisis, rheumatic heart disease, that has been eliminated in all other developed countries, but continues to burden those most vulnerable in Australia.

111. Tongans use social media to fight lifestyle diseases

     The training comes as new research from the Menzies School of Health looking at Australia's indigenous community has shown that using Facebook to deliver health messages can be effective.

112. Community-led approach reducing rheumatic fever

     A community-based research project in the Northern Territory is providing hope to remote communities in reducing rheumatic fever cases.

113. Heart

     Indigenous people are up to eight times more likely to be hospitalised and nearly 20 times as likely to die from Rheumatic Heart Disease.

114. MEDIA RELEASE | Community-led approach delivers promising results to reduce rheumatic fever

     Findings from a new study in the Northern Territory provide hope for reducing rheumatic fever cases and the bacterial infections that trigger the condition.

115. MEDIA RELEASE | Community-led approach delivers promising results to reduce rheumatic fever

     Findings from a new study in the Northern Territory provide hope for reducing rheumatic fever cases and the bacterial infections that trigger the condition.

116. Identifying a unique inflammatory signature in Acute Rheumatic Fever - a pilot study

117. Heart

118. Menzies secures critical funding to improve heart health

     The quality of research at Menzies has again been recognised, this time through the Heart Foundation Research Program Awards.

119. Chronic disease | Research Translation

     Speakers: Dr Anna Ralph | Rheumatic heart disease, Associate Professor Louise Maple-Brown | Diabetes in Pregnancy, Associate Professor John Condon | Indigenous Cancer, Professor Alan Cass | Kidney health

120. Improving diagnosis and surveillance of infectious diseases in Timor-Leste

     A new initiative has been developed to help improve diagnosis and surveillance of infectious diseases in Timor-Leste.

121. Tackling ear disease in remote communities

     Maximising the protection of infants and young children from the many bacteria that cause ear disease.

122. Graduate Certificate of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

     Offers an introduction to core concepts and skills in infectious disease prevention and control.

123. Kidney disease

124. Genomic sequencing transforming infectious disease surveillance

     The Top End of Australia has unique environmental bacteria that can cause severe human disease. Acinetobacter, is a good example: although it is best known globally as a multidrug-resistant hospital pathogen, it presents differently in the Top End as a nasty form of pneumonia acquired in the community.

125. The Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Consortium

     The CKD Consortium: Evaluation of chronic kidney disease identification and management in primary care in three jurisdictions across Australia

126. Diet and kidney disease

127. Living with kidney disease

128. Boosting quality of life for kids with lung disease

     Bronchiectasis is a relatively rare condition in developed countries; however many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory have bronchiectasis.

129. STRONG TL - disease control in Timor-Leste

     Surveillance Training, Research Opportunities and National Guidelines for communicable disease control in Timor-Leste

130. Working to beat kidney disease

     A commentary by Senator Nigel Scullion, Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister

131. Lunchtime Seminar | One Disease short film and new resources

     One Disease has just released a new resource called “Walking Together Working Together”, this new short film highlights the voice of Indigenous Australians who One Disease are working with in remote communities.

132. Deadly soil-borne disease warning issued

     GOVEITES are being reminded that December's heavy rains have created ideal conditions for the bacteria which causes the potentially deadly soil-borne disease, melioidosis.

133. Disparity in rates of kidney disease and transplants

134. One Disease - Work to date - Irene O'Meara

135. STRONG TL - Disease control in Timor-Leste

136. The role of clinical decision tools in chronic disease care

     Through RACGP Foundation-supported research, a GP academic is hoping to put an end to ‘blanket recommendations’ for chronic disease.

137. Renal disease across Australia and recent and future advances and innovations

     Professor Alan Cass, Director, Menzies School of Health Research: Renal disease across Australia and recent and future advances and innovations

138. Swimming pools: neither friend nor foe for Aboriginal children with severe ear disease

     Research by Menzies has found that swimming pools are unlikely to significantly reduce or increase levels of severe middle ear disease in remote Aboriginal communities.

139. Wellbeing Intervention for Chronic Kidney Disease (WICKD)

140. Renal team staff draw on personal experiences to help kidney disease patients

     Image caption: Henry Craigie and Niamah Walters have been enjoying their work with the Territory Kidney Care (TKC) team.  Menzies is updating information for people living with kidney disease in northern and central Australia and some of the re...

141. Catching Some Air- Asserting Indigenous Information Rights in Renal Disease

142. New mosquito trap to improve disease detection in northern Australia

     Researchers involved in the HOT NORTH research initiative are trialling new mosquito traps that will allow for the rapid detection of a range of mosquito-borne illnesses threatening northern Australia.

143. Potentially fatal disease melioidosis linked to water and grasses

144. Systematic review of effective chronic kidney disease programs

145. Territory Kidney Care: integrated chronic disease support in the NT

     Territory Kidney Care (TKC) was conceived in response to the collective demand of health services and communities for better integration of services.

146. The Global Burden of Disease study 2010: RHD writing group

147. INS holds International Sceintifica Conference to strengthen disease control system

     The National Institute of Health (INS) is holding its 2nd Annual International Scientific Conference with the theme ‘Strengthening the System fir Diagnosing and Controlling Infectious Diseases in Timor-Leste’. The Conference was held for two days from 22 to 23 November.

148. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) action plan - editable

149. Start of a landmark study on the deadly tropical bacterial disease melioidosis

150. CVD Check NT: Understanding and addressing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a diabetes epidemic

151. Department of Health awards $3.28M to Kirby Institute infectious disease research

     $1.63 million was awarded to the REal world Assessment of people living with Chronic Hepatitis B in Australia (REACH-B) Study.

152. North to South: The care and outcomes of people with end - stage kidney disease

153. Call to cut salt, sugar in basic foods as remote NT communities tackle kidney disease

     Food manufacturers should find ways to reduce salt and sugar in basic foods to help prevent the high rates of kidney disease in remote Australian communities, health experts have said ahead of World Kidney Day on March 10.

154. Cancer, nutrition and kidney disease the focus of new Indigenous health research funding

     Australia’s emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers will be able to expand their critical work in Indigenous health following a recent funding announcement made to the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies).

155. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships to Prevent Lung Disease (APPLE Study)

156. The path-micro-biology of protracted bacterial bronchitis and chronic suppurative lung disease in children

157. eGFR study: Accurate assessment of renal function and progression of chronic kidney disease in Indigenous Australians

158. A structured systems approach to improving health promotion practice for chronic disease prevention in Indigenous communities.

159. Kidney disease: National taskforce needed to address health crisis among Indigenous people, medical experts warn

     Dialysis patient Didamain Uibo says she does not get homesick anymore, after more than three decades receiving treatment at a clinic far away from her community.

160. PneuMum: a randomised controlled trial of pneumococcal polysaccharide immunisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers to protect their babies from ear disease

161. Chronic Suppurative Lung Disease/Bronchiectasis (Chronic Lung Sickness)

162. Q&A with infectious diseases expert Professor Josh Davis

     Professor Josh Davis is a clinician researcher, and divides his time between clinical work as an infectious diseases physician in Newcastle, and research work as a senior principal research fellow based at Menzies. He is also the President of the Austr...

163. Combating zoonotic diseases in our region

     The Australian research institutions receiving funding through the program include CSIRO, Menzies School of Health Research, University of Melbourne’s Nossal Institute for Global Health, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness & the Burnet Institute.

164. Mosquito poo could help to detect diseases

     SCIENTISTS are experimenting with mozzie poo as a new method of controlling the spread of mosquito-borne diseases throughout tropical Australia. HOT NORTH

165. Menzies to improve diagnosis and surveillance of infectious diseases in TL

     A new initiative has been developed by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) to improve diagnosis and surveillance of infectious diseases in Timor-Leste.

166. Tatoli | Menzies launch seroprevalance study to describe the extent of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases

     Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies), revealed Covid-19 Vaccination is a very important strategy in Timor-Leste, for protecting people against diseases Measles, Rubella, Hepatitis B, and Dengue epidemiology in Timor-Leste.

167. NMRC Researchers Utilize a Unique Study Platform to Examine Multiple Diseases in Australia

     Researchers from the United States Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) works in collaboration with Professor Bart Currie from Menzies School of Health Research, one of the world's foremost authorities on melioidosis.

168. Journal of Infectious Diseases: Impaired Pulmonary Nitric Oxide Bioavailability in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

     Impaired Pulmonary Nitric Oxide Bioavailability in Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Association with Disease Severity and Delayed Mycobacterial Clearance with Treatment.

169. Croakey - Some lessons from a major evaluation of efforts to improve care for Indigenous people with chronic diseases

     An innovative evaluation of the major federal investment in Closing the Gap - the Indigenous Chronic Disease Package (ICDP) – has highlighted the tendency of such programs to be of most benefit for higher performing health services.

170. Infectious diseases specialist awarded $75 000 to continue fight against super-bug.

     The grant will provide vital funding to develop trials in the areas of Staphylococcus aureus (golden Staph) infections, bone and joint infections and skin infections.

171. Leading infectious diseases physician honoured with Frank Fenner Award

     Professor Josh Davis has been awarded the 2021 Frank Fenner Award for Advanced Research in Infectious Diseases.

172. Top honour for leading infectious diseases physician

     Professor Josh Davis has been awarded the 2021 Frank Fenner Award for Advanced Research in Infectious Diseases.

173. MEDIA RELEASE | Ministry of Health-led Wolbachia mosquitoes released in Timor-Leste to target infectious diseases

     [Tetun below] A new program to address the public health concern of dengue in Timor-Leste has seen the release of Wolbachia mosquitoes in the country’s capital, Dili. This is part of a collaboration between the Ministry of Health (MoH), Menzies Timor-Leste, Action on Poverty (AOP), and the World Mosquito Program (WMP).

174. Top award for Noongar woman with nursing in her blood

     The Senior | Vicki is senior cultural advisor with Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia, which is based at Darwin's Menzies School of Health Research.

175. Project of the month: RHD Genetics

     Australia has the highest recorded rates of Rheumatic Heart Disease in the world. But why are some people more susceptible than others?

176. NT Australian of the Year awards: Cardiologist Bo Remenyi

     A doctor championing the fight against the scourge of rheumatic heart disease in the Northern Territory has been named the Northern Territory's Australian of the year.

177. Infectious diseases specialist honoured with prestigious Academy Award

     One of Australia’s leading infectious diseases specialists has been recognised with a prestigious national award for his contributions in tackling the global burden of malaria.

178. Some lessons from a major evaluation of efforts to improve care for Indigenous people with chronic diseases

179. Under the Big Tree: Extraordinary stories from the movement to end neglected tropical diseases

     Reviewed by Dr Daniel Cooper, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia

180. $440 million funding boost for vital health and medical research for all stages of life

     $6 million in research funding for three Indigenous health grants in the Northern Territory. This includes $2.5 million for an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence at the Menzies School of Health Research to prevent and manage bronchiectasis, a lung disease which results in recurrent chest infections and is particularly common in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

181. SMH | Hope and healing

     A new approach to treatment is helping Indigenous Australians fight kidney disease

182. Saving Lives of remote children | NT News

     Darwin researchers have uncovered alarming rates of rheumatic heart disease in East Timorese children.

183. CDU Enews | Menzies staffer wins national award for RHD research

     Dr Josh Francis, a researcher from the Menzies School of Health Research, has been recognised by his national peers for his work on rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Timor-Leste.

184. Catchy new song could save thousands of children from deadly RHD

     Indigenous children in Barunga have put together a catchy song in the hope it will save others from a crippling disease killing thousands.

185. Coronavirus improves ability to tackle infectious diseases in Timor-Leste

     The rapid expansion of Timor-Leste’s laboratory abilities during the COVID-19 pandemic has better prepared the country to respond to future infectious disease outbreaks.

186. Wire | RHD SCREENING CONTINUES

     Health professionals and Maningrida stakeholders have come together to continue screenings of rheumatic heart disease (RHD).

187. Wire | RHD SCREENING CONTINUES

     Health professionals and Maningrida stakeholders have come together to continue screenings of rheumatic heart disease (RHD).

188. Healthier hearts in the tropical north

     As part of the National Health and Medical Research Council's '10 of the Best' series, read more about Professor Anna Ralph's research in acute rheumatic fever.

189. MEDIA RELEASE | Coronavirus improves ability to tackle infectious diseases in Timor-Leste

     The rapid expansion of Timor-Leste’s laboratory abilities during the COVID-19 pandemic has better prepared the country to respond to future infectious disease outbreaks.

190. Other tropical and emerging infectious diseases

     Each year, millions of people die from infectious diseases and malnutrition.

191. MEDIA RELEASE | Menzies Timor-Leste anniversary marks achievements and challenges, tackling infectious diseases old and new

     Three years ago today, Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) officially established an office in Timor-Leste, working with the government and partners to strengthen health systems in the country to better respond to infectious diseases challenges.

192. WHO-Menzies commit to strengthening TL’s health system in combating infectious diseases

     The World Health Organization (WHO) and Menzies Timor-Leste committed to supporting the Ministry of Health (MoH) in strengthening the national health system to control and combat infectious diseases in the country.

193. CA Infectious Diseases S Hewagama

194. Cosgrove drops in for tropical diseases tour

     GOVERNOR-GENERAL Peter Cosgrove stopped in at Darwin’s Menzies School of Health Research’s new facilities at the Royal Darwin Hospital campus yesterday.

195. TE Infectious Diseases C Marshall

196. The melioidosis files

     A potentially fatal bacterial disease, lurking in soil.

197. Overview

     SP Plus: An expanded model of secondary prevention for individuals with rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease and their families.

198. Words from Arnhem land: Aboriginal health messages need to be made with us rather than for us

     When researchers from Menzies School of Health Research starting working with us on rheumatic heart disease, we explained that the children needed better nutrition.

199. Menzies HealthLAB to visit Bowali Visitor Centre

     The Menzies HealthLAB will be at the Bowali Visitor Centre on Wednesday, August 16 as part of National Science Week 2017. Using the latest technology to measure participants’ health and inform them about the impacts of smoking, alcohol misuse and diet, which can increase the risk of diabetes, cancer, kidney disease, obesity and cardiovascular disease.

200. NT RHD Evening Symposium 2016

     Free acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease seminar for health professionals, students and people who work in Indigenous communities.

201. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare releases worrying new report but RHDAustralia says it remains optimistic

     A report released last week by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has shown that the burden of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) continues to grow in Australia.

202. About

     Bibliography:  Sara translates evidence-based research related to acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease to support the Australian health workforce. Sara has a strong nursing, project management research background. She has provid...

203. ABC AM: New research into fighting malaria

     Scientists say new research into malaria will help provide new ways to combat the deadly disease.

204. 730NT: New Director of the Menzies School of Health Research

     Kidney disease expert Professor Alan Cass takes over the reins at Menzies.

205. Fewer deaths from melioidosis direct result of 30-year study

     The number of deaths /mortality rate in Darwin from an infectious disease found mostly in the tropics, melioidosis, has decreased from 31 to six per cent in the last 30 years a new paper published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal has found.

206. Indigenous Australians far less likely to get a kidney transplant

     One in four Indigenous Australians will develop kidney disease, but new figures show that they are far less likely to be able to access a kidney transplant.

207. Publications

     These publications relate to the study: Davis K, Remenyi B, Draper AD, Dos Santos J, Bayley N, Paratz E, et al. Rheumatic heart disease in Timor-Leste school students: an echocardiography-based prevalence study. Med J Aust. 2018 Apr 16;208(7):303...

208. Publications

     Roberts, K.V., Maguire, G.P., Brown, A., Atkinson, D.N., Remenyi, B., Wheaton, G., et al.  (2015). Rheumatic heart disease in Indigenous children in northern Australia: differences in prevalence and the challenges of screeni...

209. Publications

     Colquhoun, S.M., Carapetis, J.R., Kado, J.H., Steer, A.C. (2009). Rheumatic heart disease and its control in the Pacific. Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, 7(12), 1517-24. Parks, T., Kado, J., Colquhoun, S., Carapetis, J., Stee...

210. About

     Biography: Jacqui is a cardiac sonographer with clinical experience in echocardiography and specialises in echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease. She has held appointments as an expert sonographer in the Northern Territory of Austr...

211. Current Projects

     QUANTIFYING MYOCARDIAL INFLAMMATION IN ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER AND RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE: I heart MRI

212. Selected publications

     Ralph, A. P., Read, C., Johnston, V., de Dassel, J. L., Bycroft, K., Mitchell, A., . . . Carapetis, J. R. (2016). Improving delivery of secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease in remote Indigenous communities: study protocol for a stepped-...

213. Listen to Indigenous patient experts on how to transform renal care

     Their concerns and solutions are documented in a new report by the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin: Indigenous Patient Voices: gathering perspectives, finding solutions for chronic and end stage kidney disease.

214. InSight+ | "Our children don't have a future": the burden of RHD

     THE mayor of a remote Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land has said the town’s children “don’t have a future” unless governments boost their investment in tackling the social determinants driving one of the world’s highest rates of rheumatic heart disease (RHD).

215. Selected publications

     Francis, J. R., Fairhurst, H., Yan, J., Monteiro, A. F., Lee, A.-M., Maurays, J., . . . Williamson, J. (2023). Abbreviated Echocardiographic Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease by Non-experts with and without Offsite Expert Review: a Diagnostic...

216. Cough, step and jump: a profile of Professor Anne Chang

     One doctor’s mission to beat childhood lung disease.

217. CAAMA | Great potential to learn from Aboriginal people

     The winner of a prestigious Kidney Health Australia Clinical Science Award says kidney specialists need to better understand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander views on kidney transplant and how they wish to deal with kidney disease in communities.

218. Reimagining health education in remote communities

     Pop-up labs have been transformed to encourage healthy lifestyles and teach communities about how to stay healthy during lock-down and beyond. HealthLAB, a Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) initiative, is a pop-up lab where you can hav...

219. Menzies helps track the travels of the deadly melioidosis bacteria

     An international team of experts has confirmed the Australian origins of the bacterium (Burkholderia pseudomallei) which causes the potentially fatal infectious disease melioidosis and tracked its global dissemination.

220. Alice Mitchell | graduate profile

     Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is one of the leading causes of death among young indigenous people in remote communities across the Northern Territory. The condition is defined as damage to one or more heart valves due to Acute Rheumatic Fever, caused b...

221. Rain, hail or shine - Landmark study rolls on

     The largest, longest-running and most significant study of the lives of Indigenous babies born in Australia continued its fourth wave of data collection throughout 2014.

222. Selected publications

     Kerrigan V, McGrath SY, Majoni SW, Walker M, Ahmat M, Lee B, Cass A, Hefler M, Ralph AP. From “stuck” to satisfied: Aboriginal people’s experience of culturally safe care with interpreters in a Northern Territory hospital. BMC Heal...

223. Projects

     Current Projects: TREAT SC: A Randomised, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Early, Short Course Oral Dexamethasone for the Treatment of Sydenham’s Chorea in Children The Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis an...

224. Overview

     Australia has one of the highest reported rates of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the world.  Globally, there are at least 15.6 million people with RHD, and annually, over 230 000 people die from the disease. I...

225. Selected publications

     Jones, B., Marangou, J., Yan, J., et al. (2024). NEARER SCAN (LENO BESIK) evaluation of a task-sharing echocardiographic active case finding programme for rheumatic heart disease in Australia and Timor-Leste: Protocol for a hybrid type II effectiven...

226. Building care relationships in Alice Springs

     Story-sharing builds care relationships in Alice Springs Kidney disease affects many Indigenous families in Central Australia. People are forced to leave their home communities to access life-maintaining dialysis treatment in major towns like Alice ...

227. Epidemiologist Dr Karen Dempsey - part of the NT COVID-19 response

     When Timor-Leste voted for independence in 1999, violence erupted in the small island nation. Many Timorese were evacuated to Darwin to escape the withdrawing Indonesian troops. The Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control (CDC) managed the dia...

228. Building genomics expertise in the NT

     Menzies is investing and developing expertise in the emerging research area of genome sequencing. In the past year, we took the lead in a number of national and international collaborative programs investigating the genomics of tropical pathogens, a...

229. Community engagement fundamental for effective delivery of care

     A research project in the Northern Territory (NT) is looking to minimise the transmission of Group A Streptococcus (GAS or ‘strep’) – the bacteria responsible for acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD).

230. Projects

     Current Projects The Communicate Study  RHDAustralia Searching for a Technology-driven Acute Rheumatic fever Test (START) STopping Acute Rheumatic Fever Infections to Strengthen Health: STARFISH Check4Strep PRIME-TB - Papua New Gui...

231. The Conversation: Lung gas holds clue for future tuberculosis treatment

     Australian researchers have uncovered a link between low levels of the gas nitric oxide in the lungs of tuberculosis patients and the body’s ability to fight the deadly disease, opening the door to potential new treatments.

232. Win for dialysis patients in Northern Territory

     THE Territory’s kidney disease sufferers will be the major beneficiaries of a new Medicare item to be announced by the Turnbull Government today.

233. Remote kidney patients face homelessness

     Patients and their support networks have called for equal health care closer to their homes in a new report released by the Menzies School of Health Research in the Northern Territory.

234. Short courses really right for the times

     For pandemic-priority it is hard to beat the Menzies School of Health Research which newly offers, a graduate certificate in infectious disease prevention and control.

235. About

     Biography: Ben is an honorary research fellow at Menzies and a junior doctor who recently completed his internship at Royal Darwin Hospital. He is also PhD student at the University of Oxford where he is supported by a Rhodes Scholarship.  His...

236. NHMRC fellow shapshot: Dr Paul Lawton

     Menzies research fellow, Dr Paul Lawton was recently awarded an Early Career Fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) yearly multi-million dollar funding round. Paul’s fellowship provides support f...

237. Overview

     Aims: To increase the amount of preventive treatment (secondary prophylaxis) given to people with acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Objectives: To test whether a model of care designed to optimise heal...

238. Selected publications

     Wyber R, Lizama C, Wade V, et al. (2022) Improving primary prevention of acute rheumatic fever in Australia: consensus primary care priorities identified through an eDelphi process, BMJ Open, 12:e056239. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056239 Vaughan, G...

239. Overview

     Aims: To collect saliva DNA samples from 500 Indigenous RHD patients and 1000 matched controls – participants of a similar age – for genotyping to better understand the pathogenesis (development patterns) of Rheumatic Heart Disease (R...

240. Current projects

     Beyond the Scars: Impacts of rheumatic heart disease in young Indigenous peoples STopping Acute Rheumatic Fever Infections to Strengthen Health (STARFISH) Check4Strep RHD Australia

241. Community collaboration ensures ending RHD is everybody’s business

     Collaboration is the driving force behind ‘END RHD Demonstration Communities’ – a new community-driven, research-backed approach to tackling rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in remote Australia.

242. Overview

     Aims: The aim of the project is to coordinate prevention and treatment programs and target efforts to address acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heard disease (RHD) by providing: National education, training and self-managemen...

243. DN Lusa - Timor-Leste Pedriño Study

     An Australian study has shown that Timor-Leste has one of the highest rates of rheumatic heart disease in the world, with most cases being diagnosed, until children and young people develop serious problems.

244. Overview

     Aims: To identify a collection of co-ordinately regulated biomarkers that describe a unique inflammatory signature for Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) Objectives: To develop a bead-based array tailored on the biomarkers identified in 1) to...

245. Reports

     Summary: ESP project findings across all areas of care For more detailed information on the key areas of health care click below: Rheumatic Heart Disease One page summary of Rheumatic Heart Disease findings Key messages Final Repor...

246. Tuberculosis services in PNG in the journal Public Health Action.

     A major output from the Tropical Disease Research Regional Collaborative Initiative between Menzies School of Health Research and the Burnet Institute was launched last week at the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Annual Medical Symposium in Port Moresby. A series of papers have been published by PNG health workers who provide tuberculosis services in PNG in a special supplement in the journal Public Health Action.

247. Indigenous voices to be heard

     Indigenous people with end-stage kidney disease from across northern and central Australia will be sharing their stories at an upcoming kidney conference in the hope of effecting change.

248. Funding fillip for fever tool - NT News

     DARWIN’S Menzies School of Health Research will work with the Telethon Kids Institute to develop a cutting edge diagnostic tool to detect acute rheumatic fever.

249. Overview

     Aim: To advance our understanding of the impact of diabetes and related metabolic disorders on the development of heart disease and early death in urban Indigenous Australians. Objectives: To follow-up the Darwin Region Urban Indigenou...

250. Overview

     Aims: To screen school students in Timor-Leste and the Northern Territory, using echocardiography to identify cases of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a highly abbreviated echo protocol for the dete...

251. Current projects

     Rheumatic Heart Disease in Pregnancy Pregnancy Choices

252. Indigenous kidney patients call for equitable care in new report

     Indigenous people with kidney disease living in remote and rural Australia as well as their support networks have made a resounding call for equitable health care closer to home in a report released today by Menzies School of Health Research.

253. Overview

     Aim: To advance our understanding of the impact of diabetes and related metabolic disorders on the development of heart disease and early death in urban Indigenous Australians. Objectives: To follow-up the Darwin Region Urban Indigenou...

254. Current projects

     Menzies-Ramaciotti Centre Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia AIMhi

255. Publications

     Click here to view rheumatic heart disease publications in PubMed.

256. NHMRC fellowship snapshot: Associate Professor Louise Maple-Brown

     Menzies’ Associate Professor Louise Maple-Brown was recently awarded a Practitioner Fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s latest multi-million dollar funding round.

257. Resources

     Resources for One21seventy

258. Overview

     Aims: To describe the epidemiology for a comprehensive reassessment of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) burden in 21 regions of the world for the period 1990 to 2009. Objectives: To produce estimates of the burden of diseases, injuri...

259. Overview

     Aims: The 'Act on Salt Partnership' aims to develop innovative solutions to reducing salt intakes in communities Summary: Salt intake in remote Indigenous communities is far above recommendations. Considering that heart disease is...

260. Menzies secures 2016 NHMRC funding for groundbreaking projects

     Innovation and transformation are at the heart of the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) projects which have secured funding in the highly competitive NHMRC grant round.

261. Overview

     Aims:  To build a local research workforce and empower local residents in community-based participatory action research methods  To foster a community with health literacy relating to acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its complication, ...

262. Resources

     World Health Federation Rheumatic Heart Disease network WPCCS presentations: Prevention and control of RF and RHD - Lessons from autonomous programmes Programmes and perspectives - The Pacific Islands...

263. Publications

     Davis, K., Remenyi, B., Draper, A. D., Dos Santos, J., Bayley, N., Paratz, E., Reeves, B., Appelbe, A., Cochrane, A., Johnson, T. D., Korte, L. M., Do Rosario, I. M., Da Silva Almeida, I. T., Roberts, K. V., Carapetis, J. R., & Francis, J. R. (2...

264. Kidney research on the national agenda

     Dr Jaquelyne Hughes, a Torres Strait Islander woman and the country’s first Indigenous kidney specialist, continued to shine the spotlight on the experiences of Indigenous Australians with chronic kidney disease. In September, Dr Hughes, who i...

265. I HEAR BETA study improves hearing outcomes

     Improving hearing outcomes through I HEAR BETA study Indigenous children living in remote areas of the NT are prone to a severe middle ear disease known as chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), or runny ears. Although disease rates have decre...

266. Anaerobic Chamber to help improve lives of Indigenous Children.

     The Chamber is a crucial piece of equipment for growing anaerobic bacteria that can be found in children under the age of 5 with middle ear infections and chronic lung disease.

267. National Indigenous Times | Indigenous patients in need of new kidneys aren’t getting a fair go

     Indigenous patients with kidney disease are missing out on transplants because they are not being put on waiting lists for the potentially life-saving surgery, new research has found.

268. Publications

     Colquhoun, S.M., Carapetis, J.R., Kado, J.H., Reeves, B.M., Remenyi, B., May, W., et al. (2013). Pilot study of nurse-led rheumatic heart disease echocardiography screening in Fiji - a novel approach in a resource-poor setting. Cardiol...

269. Overview

     Aims: To establish the prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in high-risk Indigenous Australian children and to compare the findings with children at low risk for RHD To determine the accuracy of cardiac auscultation in detecting ech...

270. Current projects

     •    Lecturer in the Masters of Public Health Program •    Epidemiologist with Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia  

271. Body and build of Indigenous Australians in the spotlight

     The first ever detailed study of the body build and composition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has been undertaken to help reduce the risk and impact of kidney disease in Indigenous populations.

272. About

     Biography: Henrique is a proud Indigenous Australian of the Yuin nation and Badu Islands who was born and raised in Darwin. He is currently working with the Menzies-Ramaciotti Centre and Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia teams and aims to move in...

273. A bold new vision

     Menzies welcomes its new director, renowned kidney specialist and public health expert, Alan Cass.

274. Lab teaches remote kids healthy living

     IN a busy classroom on the Tiwi Islands, teacher's aide Stan blows into a breathalyser measuring carbon dioxide from smoke in the body, almost sending himself off the classroom scale. His students dissolve into laughter.WHEN asked, he sheepishly admits to smoking. "You play footy? You'll run faster if you quit," says a researcher from the Heart Foundation.

275. New program to tackle ear infection crisis

     The five-year Hearing for Learning program is based on research by scientists at the Menzies School of Health Research and will employ and train community residents to help spot and treat ear disease and hearing problems.

276. Tuberculosis rates fall in the Top End

     The rate of tuberculosis (TB) in the Northern Territory (NT) is decreasing. However it is still the highest in Australia, according to a collaborative study between the Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control, Menzies School of Health Research and the Doherty Institute.

277. Community driven change: On Track Watch in Arnhem Land

     The ‘On Track Watch’ project in remote northeast Arnhem Land is an innovative approach to community-driven control of acute rheumatic fever. Drawing on traditional knowledge and resources, Aboriginal community members will be supported to identify practical and clinically sound strategies to tackle their high rates of ARF and RHD.

278. A global picture of melioidosis

     The bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is found in soil and water and causes the disease melioidosis in humans and animals. It was upgraded to a Tier 1 Select Agent by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2012 — the designation given to pathogens considered of highest risk.

279. Health Lab promotes healthy living in the NT

     The Health Lab teaches Aboriginal children how to look after their health also look at ways to prevent chronic disease in Aboriginal communities through out the Northern Territory. Dietitian Claire Georga from the Menzies School of Health Researchers works with the kids to promote healthy living allowing them to test their heath to give them a better understanding of what is good for the body and what isn’t.

280. Current projects

     Fleming Fund Country Grant to Timor-Leste STRONG TL - strengthen communicable disease surveillance and control in Timor-Leste Pedriño Study  RECARDINA study Resistance in Urine and Skin isolates in Timor-Leste (RUSTLE) Tub...

281. Overview

     Aims: To support Pacific Island nations to strengthen and develop Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) prevention activities while undertaking research to define and improve primary health care strategies, establish baseline epidemiology, and undertake ...

282. ScienceNews | A newly approved drug could be a boon for treating malaria

     The first new treatment in 60 years for a particularly stubborn kind of malaria is raising hopes that it might help eradicate the disease.

283. Overview

     Project title:  Early detection and treatment of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in high risk communities using community led approaches for active case finding, education and engagement in care. Aims: To facilitate early diagnosis, effe...

284. Pioneering research hopes to improve Indigenous lung health

     The first ever detailed study of the bacteriology of bronchiectasis in Indigenous children has been undertaken to better understand and prevent the disease progression.

285. Malaria research leads CDU graduate to USA

     Completing his PhD with CDU through the Menzies School of Health Research, Damian Oyong has made a significant contribution to fighting the disease.

286. NT News | Melioidosis death rates drop to 6%

     THE mortality rate for melioidosis, a soil dwelling disease, has dropped in the last 30 years, while the number of diagnosed cases has increased.

287. NT communities bombarded by global cocktail

     The bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes is linked to poor health throughout Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory (NT) and can lead to life-threatening conditions such as rheumatic heart disease (RHD). For over 20 years a succession of Menzi...

288. Overview

     Data collection completed analysis underway Aims: To provide an evidence base with a view to improving clinical care and outcomes for women with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in pregnancy and their babies. Objectives: To investigate...

289. Australian Financial Review - Dr Paul Lawton at Garma

     The loss of Dr G Yunupingu to kidney disease has shone a light on the "largely preventable" renal health nightmare afflicting remote communities, his doctor says.

290. Preventing RHD through community-driven activities

     Health activities driven by remote Indigenous communities may be key to the sustainable and successful treatment and prevention of a potentially fatal disease, a study has found.

291. AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS PLAY VITAL ROLE IN ADDRESSING THE GLOBAL SCABIES CRISIS

     In a world-first study, treatment of a whole community with oral ivermectin has been shown to virtually eliminate scabies, providing new hope in the fight to control this debilitating disease.

292. Q&A: What You Need to Know About Melioidosis

     CDC investigators continue to search for the source of the bacteria that caused four infections—two of them lethal—in four different states. The Scientist spoke with melioidosis expert Bart Currie about the disease.

293. Overview

     Aims: To provide semi-national Indigenous mortality rates from Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in Australia Objectives: To investigate RHD mortality rates and trends for Indigenous compared with non-Indigenous Australians in the Northern...

294. ARF and RHD Education Workshop

     RHDAustralia invites professionals to the Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Education Workshop

295. About

     Biography: Anthony is a senior epidemiologist at the Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control specialising in communicable disease surveillance and outbreak investigations. His area of expertise is foodborne disease but is also involved in gene...

296. Kids get kidney message

     EARLY education is the best way to bring down the NT's sky-high rate of kidney disease, according to Kidney Health Australia medical adviser Alan Cass.

297. Students to celebrate academic achievements at virtual grad

     Dr Belinda Davison is the Life Course Program project manager at Menzies, which aims to examine the effect of early life events on later health and disease.

298. Think ARF, stop RHD

     An upcoming seminar to be held in Alice Springs will examine the key issues on acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease prevention and management.

299. 9 News Darwin | Melioidosis warning

     The Top End is facing an increased threat to a deadly disease that claimed a life in the Territory last year. As Zarisha Bradley reports medical experts are warning of the rising risk after recent monsoonal weather.

300. Fair access demanded for patients

     KOORI MAIL | Remote Aboriginal Australians with kidney disease have demanded equitable access to life-saving treatment closer to home to prevent the removal of people from their traditional homelands.

301. Current Projects

      Fleming Fund country grant to Timor-Leste  STRONG TL – Surveillance, training, research opportunities and national guidelines, Timor-Leste  Recardina project (simplified protocol for handheld echocardiography for screening ...

302. Researcher profile: Dr Dino Hodge

     Audiologist Dino Hodge in the spotlight

303. The Australian | Hit Covid fast: antiviral drugs to keep infected out of hospital

     The nation’s top doctors predict new antiviral treatments to fight Covid-19 will make the disease significantly more manageable and ensure the hospital system can easily cope with any future spike in post-lockdown cases.

304. Overview

     Aims: To determine if nurses can be trained in basic Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) echocardiography to undertake field echocardiography screening in remote settings To determine the sensitivity and specificity of these trained nurses in detecti...

305. Health system strengthening projects in Timor-Leste | Photo Gallery

     Menzies School of Health Research established an office in Dili, Timor-Leste in 2019 to support a growing program of work helping the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture to improve surveillance and response to some of the biggest infectious ...

306. Selected publications

     Rwebembera J, Marangou J, Mwita JC, Mocumbi AO, Mota C, Okello E, Nascimento B, Thorup L, Beaton A, Kado J, Kaethner A, Kumar RK, Lawrenson J, Marijon E, Mirabel M, Nunes MCP, Piñeiro D, Pinto F, Ralston K, Sable C, Sanyahumbi A, Saxena A, Sl...

307. Selected publications

     Sebastian, S., Thomas, D.P., Brimblecombe, J., Majoni, V. & Cunningham, F.C. (2020). Factors impacting on development and implementation of training programs for health professionals to deliver brief interventions, with a focus on programs devel...

308. Key staff

     Key Staff: Professor Anna Ralph Professor Bart Currie Sara Noonan Associate Professor Joshua Francis Dr Jennifer Yan Dr James Marangou Meghan Bailey Jade Neave Alex Kaethner Alice Mitchell Alex Whelan Anferida Monteiro ...

309. Overview

     Aims: To identify the activities and outcomes of the nurse-led chronic kidney disease (CKD) management program.     Objectives: To determine the degree to which the program improved patient care including slowing progres...

310. Overview

     Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects many Australians, however Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote areas suffer the heaviest burden of all Australians. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people tend to be affected at a youn...

311. Nutrition

     Diet is the leading contributor to the burden of disease for all Australians. Dietary improvement is essential to closing the gap in health, education and life expectancy for Indigenous Australians.

312. ABC Katherine | Remote Laundries pilot in Barunga reduced scabies 'rapidly', now there are plans to expand

     When Khalia Bush found her eldest daughter had developed a life-threatening heart condition, washing became a major part of her life.

313. Current projects

     Chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus and water quality in remote NT communities Indigenous Patient Voices eGFR study: accurate assessment of renal function and progression of chronic kidney disease in Indigenous Australians Distance and t...

314. Combacte-Magnet EPI-Net | AMR Blind spots

     Dr Teresa Wozniak and her team are committed to strengthening disease surveillance and response to AMR containment.

315. Sunday Territorian | Deadly bacteria cases surge

     Cases of the fatal Nightcliff Gardener's Disease, or melioidosis, have blown past predictions so far this wet season.

316. Dr Jaqui Hughes | Finalist for the Bupa Health Award.

     Advancing the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic and end stage kidney disease.

317. Photo gallery | October graduation

     Higher Degree by Research Name Degree Principal supervisor Thesis title Claire Bartlett PhD Professor Gary Robinson A constructivist grounded theory study of reformers’ experience of scalin...

318. About

     Biography Dr Beissbarth recently completed her PhD in otitis media (middle ear disease) microbiology. Her research focus is the bacteria involved in sustaining chronic disease, the associated antimicrobial resistance, and vaccine impact on these bac...

319. Overview

     Aim: Identify changes in clinical outcomes and activity related to the management of kidney patients at participating health services between 2004 and 2014.  Objectives: Analyse aggregated de-identified longitudinal clinical data from 200...

320. $25k grant boosts lung researcher

     A HEALTH researcher who is tackling some of the world's highest rates of respiratory disease in Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory has won a $25,000 national grant.

321. Overview

     Aims of eGFR3 What is the long-term change in kidney function since the first kidney health assessment in 2007-2011? Was there any major change in kidney function for people who were healthy, or had diabetes, or had mild-moderate kidney damage ...

322. Telethon Kids | Call for urgent funding boost for RHD in Australia

     Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, alongside non-Indigenous leaders from across the nation, are calling for a significant and urgent injection of $40 million in funding to tackle Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) following Monday night’s Four Corners episode.

323. Focus on infections

     RESEARCH by a Charles Darwin University PhD candidate into a respiratory disease that hospitalises indigenous children throughout the NT is aimed at helping these kids breathe easier.

324. Research reveals extent of drug resistant vivax malaria

     New research into the extent and nature of drug resistant malaria is hoping to benefit the millions of people worldwide who suffer from the potential deadly disease.

325. Overview

     Aims: To update the prevalence, incidence and health economic data relating to chronic kidney disease in the Central Australian Region. Objectives: To identify the current burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the CA region includi...

326. Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation teams with Menzies

     Called Opening Doors, the chronic disease strategy evaluation report shines a light on the work done by the Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation in NSW with Menzies.

327. Overview

     Lung conditions are the most common reason why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people see a doctor and the second most common reason for hospitalisation. Many cases of lung disease seen in adults started in childhood, and many of these lun...

328. 2011 Fulbright Northern Territory Scholar

     Menzies researcher Dr Steven Tong has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for his critical research into golden staph, a major cause of severe community and hospital acquired infections.

329. Research discovers a hidden burden of vivax malaria parasites causing severe malaria

     New research into the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax has provided insights into why people infected with this malaria species may develop severe disease.

330. Menzies director Alan Cass podcast on Territory FM

     Professor Alan Cass, discusses how rigorous research that explores patterns in health and disease – in collaboration with Indigenous communities – is key to improving health.

331. Territory wins praise

     Prof Kelly spent nine years in the NT working as a principal research fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research, as well as with the Centre for Disease Control.

332. Woolworths Group commits to Independent Panel Review of proposed Dan Murphy’s Darwin development

     Danny is also currently a Member of the Social Impact Investing Taskforce Expert Panel at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, a Director of the Business Council of Australia, an Honorary Ambassador of the Menzies School of Health Research and prominent advocate for the Uluru Statement from the Heart and Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians.

333. Towards a universal flu vaccine for Indigenous populations

     Researchers have identified specific influenza targets that could be used to better protect Indigenous people from experiencing severe influenza disease through a universal, T cell-based vaccine.

334. Uptake of revolutionary hepatitis drugs lowest in areas of greatest need | ABC AM

     The Northern Territory has the highest rate of hepatitis C in the country. But research by the Doherty Institute shows it has the second lowest rate of uptake of drugs that cure the disease.

335. Overview

     Aims: To determine if maternal vaccination with the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (23vPPV), given antepartum or immediately postpartum, can reduce nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine type pneumococci and prevalence of middle e...

336. MJA Insight: 'Let’s end kidney care disparity'

     Redoubling efforts to prevent Indigenous Australians developing end-stage kidney disease is crucial given the social and practical difficulties of delivering complex care such as dialysis and transplantation in remote Australia, Dr Paul Lawton has warned.

337. STI swabs reveal pattern | NT News 1 July 2017

     Surface swabbing of toilets and bathrooms could strengthen disease surveillance according to recent research from Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) published in the journal PeerJ.

338. Study finds the monitoring of toilet surfaces could impact public health surveillance

     Surface swabbing of toilets and bathrooms could strengthen disease surveillance according to recent research from Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) published in the journal PeerJ.

339. Support call over children's ear health

     LEADING ear health experts at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) are calling for more investment in the prevention and treatment of ear disease and hearing loss among Indigenous children.

340. Resources

     RHDAustralia has developed a suite of educational resources, based on the Australian guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of ARF and RHD (2nd edition), for health professionals and communities. These can be accessed on the RHDAustrali...

341. Australians about: COVID-19 - Dr Joshua Francis

     Infectious disease doctor Joshua Francis is worried about what COVID-19 will do in a country like Timor Leste, where health facilities are already stretched. He and his colleagues from Menzies School of Health Research set-up the country's first testing facility.

342. Projects

     Current projects: Territory Kidney Care: A care clinical decision support system to facilitate integrated care for people with chronic kidney disease in the Northern Territory  Supporting implementation of TKC in Aboriginal health services...

343. Publications

     Reilly, R., Evans, K.M., Gomersall, J., Gorham, G., Peters, M., Warren, S., et al. (2016). Effectiveness, cost effectiveness, acceptability and implementation barriers/enablers of chronic kidney disease management programs for Indigenous people in A...

344. NHMRC fellowship snapshot: Dr Steve Tong

     Menzies' Post-doctoral Research Fellow Dr Steve Tong was recently awarded a competitive grant and a fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council's yearly multi-million dollar funding round.

345. Call to prevent hearing loss and improve school readiness in young children

     In recognition of Hearing Awareness Week (August 21-27), leading ear health experts at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) are calling for more investment in the prevention and treatment of ear disease and hearing loss in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

346. Overview

     Aims: To learn from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about their experiences with health care for chronic and end-stage kidney disease.   Summary: Darwin recently hosted the 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australia...

347. NHMRC fellowship snapshot: Professor Anne Chang

     Menzies' head of child health Professor Anne Chang was recently awarded a senior practitioner fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council's yearly multi-million dollar funding round.

348. Skin health

     Childhood skin infections can have a long-lasting and devastating effect.

349. Overview

     Background:  Territory Kidney Care (TKC) is an integrated clinical decision support system that links primary health data from government and non-government services with hospital data for people with chronic disease that put them at risk...

350. Overview

     Indigenous children have the highest reported rates of otitis media (OM), commonly known as middle ear infection, and burst eardrums in the world. Nine out of 10 young Indigenous children who live in remote communities have some form of ear disease,...

351. Selected publications

     Xie, O., Markey, P.G., Draper, A.D.K. & Krause, V.L.K. (2020). Physical distancing and non-respiratory notifiable diseases in the Northern Territory, March-May 2020. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 44. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2020.4...

352. About

     Biography: Professor Joshua Francis is a Paediatrician and Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician, with academic appointments at Menzies School of Health Research, Flinders University and James Cook University. Prof Francis leads programs ...

353. Professor Ric Price, 17 March, 5pm-7pm, CDU Theatre

     CDU Menzies School of Medicine Public Lecture Series - The history of Malaria and its global elimination: herbs, wars, dracula, syphilis, hippopottomuses and icebergs. RSVP is essential - Register via the link above.

354. About

     Biography: Dr James Marangou is a PhD candidate with Menzies School of Health Research & Charles Darwin University and a consultant cardiologist at Royal Perth Hospital. His PhD candidature with Menzies is supported by a National Health and Medi...

355. Menzies part of the Eureka Prize winning team

     The Scabies Research Team, from Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; the Kirby Institute; St Vincent's Hospital Sydney; and Menzies School of Health Research, wins the 2017 Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research.

356. Photo Gallery | Graduation

     Higher Degree by Research Name Principal Supervisor Degree Title Alison Mitchell Dr Suzanne Belton   PhD ...

357. Overview

     The overall aim of this research is to identify interventional targets that can improve lung health and the management of respiratory diseases in Indigenous children. In doing so, lung disease may be detected early and possibly prevented. This study en...

358. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security | Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade Collaborators: Timor-Leste Ministry of Health Maluk Timor  Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control Royal ...

359. Overview

     Aims: To find out whether a vaccine called Synflorix can prevent repeated flare-ups of Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis and Chronic Suppurative Lung Disease. To look at the effect of the Synflorix vaccine on the amount o...

360. Mother's Day

     At age five, Ronno Morgan was a young Aboriginal boy from the Kimberly suffering from kidney failure and requiring emergency surgery

361. About

     Biography: Emma Field is an Epidemiologist. She started with Menzies in July 2016 and since then she has developed two research areas: the impact of heat on health and infectious disease surveillance and response.  Emma is interested in the ...

362. About

     Biography: Mark Mayo is of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, he is a descendant of the Mudburra people in the N.T. and the Torres Strait Islander people of the islands Mabuiag and Badu in the Torres Straits, QLD. Mark is a graduate of ...

363. COVID-19 health messaging in language

     In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of Menzies researchers have developed a series of videos for people living in Aboriginal communities with health conditions such as chronic kidney, lung and/or heart disease. The videos encourage people t...

364. Closing the Gap 2013: three good news stories

     With the Prime Minister’s Closing the Gap report published in February this year, here are three ways Menzies is helping to improve the lifespan and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.

365. Overview

     Aims: To provide a better understanding of how positive clinical outcomes can be obtained and what components of chronic kidney disease (CKD) management programs influence or enhance acceptability for patients and result in cost-effective care fo...

366. 30 years of melioidosis study

     Run by Menzies in collaboration with the Royal Darwin Hospital, the Darwin Prospective Melioidosis Study (DPMS), aims to understand the clinical and microbiological aspects of melioidosis in order to optimise the diagnosis and therapy of the disease in the NT.

367. Overview

     Aim: The aim of the Closing the loop on life-threatening melioidosis infections: observational research informing clinical practice change and policy for adults with severe kidney disease study is to determine the efficacy and safety of prophyl...

368. Colloquium to unearth research that works

     The exciting science of translating health research into large-scale change will be the focus of an upcoming colloquium to be held at Charles Darwin University on 26 October.

369. 2016 Menzies Oration

     2016 Menzies Oration: 'Truth Telling and Generosity: Healing the Heart of a Nation' We are pleased to announce The Hon Linda Burney MP will deliver the 2016 Menzies Oration on Friday, 18 November at the Darwin Convention Centre. ...

370. Overview

     Aims: To reduce the prevalence of scabies, skin sores and tinea in five remote Indigenous communities, as these conditions are endemic in children aged <15 years. Summary: Skin infections are most commonly due to Group A st...

371. Scabies and strongyloides: a community snapshot

     Researcher Therese Kearns tests a new treatment for mite and worm infections.

372. Capacity building in Timor-Leste

     Menzies has had a key role in helping the Ministry of Health in Timor-Leste prepare for the likelihood of a COVID-19 outbreak through health systems strengthening. Currently, Timor-Leste has only one confirmed case of&nbs...

373. Current projects

     PBB Breath: Novel diagnostic tools for management of chronic wet cough in children

374. About

     Biography: Dr Boettiger uses his detailed knowledge of epidemiology, biostatistics, and health economics to analyse large trials and cohorts, and build quantitative models that address key infectious disease concerns. His research is cited in intern...

375. Photo gallery | BRUCE-TL Project Launch

     A new project to tackle brucellosis – a disease that can spread between animals and people – held their official launch event in Timor-Leste in June.  

376. About us

     Menzies School of Health Research is Australia’s only Medical Research Institute dedicated to improving Indigenous health and wellbeing.

377. Publications

     Pizzutto, S.J., Yerkovivh, S.T., Upham, J.W., Hales, B.J., Thomas, W.R. & Chang, A.B. (2015). Improving immunity to Haemophilus influenzae in children with chronic suppurative lung disease. Vaccine, 33(2), 321-326. Pizzutto, S.J., Uph...

378. Noosa News | Heading up Peregian community hub is John's new role

     He is a former board member of the National Heart Foundation in the Northern territory and served on the ethics committee of the Menzies School of Health in Darwin.

379. About

     Biography: Samantha Togni is a social researcher and evaluator. For the last 20 years Samantha has worked with, and for, regional and remotely-based Aboriginal organisations in the areas of Aboriginal health, wellbeing, art and culture. Samantha com...

380. Funders and collaborators

     Funders:  Heart Foundation Collaborators:  Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University  Dr Elizabeth Barr Prof Louise Maple-Brown Prof Kerin O’Dea Prof Joan Cunningham Prof Zhiqiang Wang Pr...

381. Overview

     Objectives: In Indigenous children up to six years of age living in remote communities of the Northern Territory (NT) and in Western Australia, during 2013: To compare the prevalence of ear disease (any otitis media) with previous cohorts...

382. Current projects

     A trial of the polypill compared to usual care among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at high CVS risk ACTIVE dialysis: a clinical trial of intensive dialysis Australasian Kidney Trials Network Central Australian Renal Study Techni...

383. About

     Biography: Karen is an epidemiologist and a registered nurse/midwife with over 35 years’ experience. The first ten years of Karen’s health career were spent working as a Remote Area Nurse with the NT Department of Health (DoH) and Indige...

384. Overview

     Aims: To strengthen surveillance of zoonotic malaria in Indonesia, including evaluating the disease burden, agricultural practices, and mosquito vectors associated with transmission, in order to inform public health control efforts and sustainabl...

385. Selected publications

     Wiersinga WJ, Currie BJ, Peacock SJ. (2012) Melioidosis. N Engl J Med; 367(11):1035-44. Currie BJ, McCarthy JS. (2010) Permethrin and ivermectin for scabies. N Engl J Med;362:717-722.   Currie BJ. (2015) Melioidosis: Evolving concepts in ep...

386. Selected publications

     Cass, A., Feyer, A.M., Brown, A., Snelling, P., & Howard, K. (2011). Central Australia Renal Study. Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing. Baigent, C., Landray, M.J., Reith, C., Emberson, J., Wheeler, D.C., Tomson, C., Wanner, C., ...

387. Smoking, alcohol, drugs and other addictive behaviours

     The harm caused by tobacco, alcohol and other drugs is a major public health problem for Indigenous Australians.

388. Host responses

     Immunity to non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae in Northern Territory children with chronic suppurative lung disease: Susan Pizzutto’s research aims to understand the role of the child’s immune system in the development of chronic res...

389. Overview

     Aims: To define the clinical and microbiology of bronchoalveolar lavage and nasopharyngeal carriage in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children with (and without) bronchiectasis, to better understand disease causation and treatment options. Ob...

390. Overview

     Aims: The overarching aim of the CRISP study is to improve the capacity of existing high-quality epidemiological data to advance our understanding of the long-term impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, including diabetes and kidney...

391. MEDIA RELEASE | One-Health approach to control brucellosis launched in Timor-Leste

     A new project to tackle brucellosis – a disease that can spread between animals and people - has officially launched in Timor-Leste.

392. Australian native animals spreading scrub typhus mite prompt warning

     Scrub typhus is just one of many tropical diseases in the NT that are not so well known down south.

393. eGFR3 study Kidney Health Symposium

     Join the Menzies eGFR Study team to share knowledge, ahead of the third phase of the eGFR study. Register here https://bit.ly/3xp5ic1.

394. About

     Biography: Kylie Tune is a Darwin local, who loves the lifestyle and climate of the Top End of the Northern Territory.  Kylie has worked at Menzies School of Health Research for six years, across several projects, introducing her to man...

395. Overview

     Aims: To obtain an Aboriginal perspective on respiratory illnesses, health services and programs To evaluate whether the IROC initiative is achieving its goals of increasing community awareness of respiratory disease.  Summary: Que...

396. Resources

     Respiratory app: Lung health for kids Respiratory flipcharts: Paediatric: Asthma (short wind in children) Bronchiolitis (lower respiratory tract infection) Pneumonia Chronic suppurative lung disease bronchiectasis (chronic lun...

397. Overview

     Aims: To produce a documentary of the real-life story of an Aboriginal man facing kidney failure and considering his options for a kidney donor transplant. Objectives: To effectively illustrate the difficult issues Aboriginal peopl...

398. CDU student in line to win international competition

     Dr Winnie Chen created the animation to showcase a tool she is developing through the Menzies to help doctors diagnose and manage kidney disease.

399. Overview

     Around 226,000 Australians are living with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and approximately 170,000 Australians are living with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) can lead to cirrhosis, liver damage...

400. About

     Biography:  Jennifer is a clinician-researcher, working as a general paediatrician and paediatric infectious diseases specialist at the Royal Darwin Hospital, and co-leading the Menzies Timor-Leste projects with Dr Josh Francis. Her work with M...

401. Promoting health and wellbeing in remote communities

     Northern Territory’s transmission and distribution company is helping educate locals about positive lifestyle choices to reduce their risk of developing a chronic disease.

402. Publications

     Initial GBD core group publications listed below: Murray, C. J., Vos, T., Lozano, R., Naghavi, M., Flaxman, A. D., Michaud, C., et al. (2012). Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a ...

403. Current projects

     Indigenous Patient Voices Dialysis Models of Care Project The PK Study A retrospective study of the characteristics and outcomes of dialysis requiring acute kidney injury (AKI) among adults in an acute dialysis unit Improving Indigenous Kidn...

404. Strengthening health systems in Timor-Leste

     Today, marks two years since Menzies officially established an office in Timor-Leste, working with the Timor-Leste Government and partners to strengthen health systems for responding to infectious diseases challenges.

405. Dialysis urged for remote communities

     For Yalmay Yunupingu, moving to Darwin for five years so her husband, the Yothu Yindi frontman and renowned Yolngu leader Dr Yunupingu, could receive dialysis for his end-stage kidney disease was a nightmare.

406. Dialysis urged for remote communities

     For Yalmay Yunupingu, moving to Darwin for five years so her husband, the Yothu Yindi frontman and renowned Yolngu leader Dr Yunupingu, could receive dialysis for his end-stage kidney disease was a nightmare.

407. Paul Kelly officially promoted to chief medical officer

     He has also served as a principle research fellow with Menzies School of Health Research and the Centre for Disease Control in the NT Department of Health.

408. Fifth wave of research to roll out across the Top End

     Australia’s largest, longest-running and most significant study of the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the Aboriginal Birth Cohort study (ABC), has begun its fifth wave of data collection. The ABC study, conducted by the...

409. Overview

     Aims: This large retrospective study of over 100,000 births (36% with Aboriginal mothers) between 1986 and 2016 will investigate: trends in the rates of diabetes during pregnancy and adverse birthweight over three decades, associations of bi...

410. About

     Biography: After studying medicine in Zimbabwe, Professor Majoni completed specialist training in Nephrology and Internal Medicine in the UK and Australia and biostatistics training with the University of Newcastle and Biostatistics Collaboration Au...

411. About

     Biography: Audrey is a postdoctoral researcher with a background in microbiology and epidemiology of infectious diseases. Audrey started as a molecular microbiologist for the Oxford-Wellcome Trust in Vientiane, Laos where she worked primarily on ...

412. About

     Biography: Jiunn-Yih is a medically trained epidemiologist. He completed his Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health at Menzies. He had worked at the Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control on the surveillance of sexually transm...

413. About

     Biography: Dr Hannah O’Farrell is an early career researcher working as a post-doctoral scientist employed by the Menzies School of Health Research. She was awarded her PhD in November 2021, in which she investigated the diagnos...

414. Latest news

415. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: HOT NORTH Collaborators: Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control

416. About

     Our cause: Until now cancer has been a low priority on the Indigenous health agenda, despite the disease accounting for a greater number of deaths each year than diabetes and kidney disease. Little is known about the availability of Indigeno...

417. Kelly Carleton

     "Studying with Menzies has enabled me to pursue an exciting career path in public health in the Northern Territory."

418. Barriers to Indigenous follow-up health care identified

     THE uptake of Indigenous-specific health assessments is on the rise, but follow-up care remains problematic with many barriers identified in research published in the Medical Journal of Australia. The $805 million Indigenous Chronic Disease Package (ICDP) was introduced in 2010 by the Australian Government to increase the delivery of health assessments and appropriate follow-up.

419. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: Medical Research Future Fund Collaborators: Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing University of Sydney Heart Foundation  

420. Melioidosis study improves patient outcomes

     Melioidosis study improves patient outcomes Our research continued to put Menzies at the centre of better melioidosis patient outcomes through improved diagnosis and treatment. In August 2016, the Menzies melioidosis team contributed to 17 abstra...

421. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: National Heart Foundation  National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

422. NHMRC Investigator Grant success

     Five researchers based at Menzies have received recognition in the form of Investigator Grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF). Dr Robert Commons - Advancing the radic...

423. About

     Biography: Ellen Keogh, is a research nurse for the I Heart MRI project, as well as a nurse in the Emergency Department at Royal Darwin Hospital.

424. Overview

     Menzies research has shown very high rates of diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Of particular concern is that this epidemic is intergenerational. Our research in the Northern Territory (NT) is showing that there are i...

425. CKD, Diabetes Mellitus and water quality in remote NT communities

     Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes Mellitus and water quality in remote NT communities  

426. Selected publications

     Ralph, A.P., Kelly, A., Lee, A.-M., Mungatopi, V.L., Babui, S.R., Budhathoki, N.K., Wade, V., Dassel, J.L.d., & Wyber, R. (2022). Evaluation of a Community-Led Program for Primordial and Primary Prevention of Rheumatic Fever in Remote Northern A...

427. Overview

     Aims:  The “Deadly Ears in Deadly Hands” trial will assess whether Aboriginal Health Professional (Aboriginal Health Practitioner, Worker or Registered Nurse)-assisted hospital discharge planning will improve ear health outcomes. Ab...

428. Dr Thien Thai

     Why did you choose to study public health? Medicine isn’t just about treating disease, but about preventing disease and improving public health. I chose to study public health to because it is central to everything I do in medicine, from prima...

429. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Collaborators: AMSANT Healthy Living NT Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Northern Territory Department of Health.  

430. About

     The Regional Engagement in Surveillance and response to Priority diseases, providing Opportunities for National health system strengthening and Development (RESPOND) partnership will engage with key partners in the Asia-Pacific region, to support the d...

431. Findings

     The WICKD study findings: Wellbeing intervention for Chronic Kidney Disease Final stakeholder report

432. Publications

     Gray LA, D'Antoine HA, Tong SYC, McKinnon M, Bessarab D, Brown N, Reményi B, Steer A, Syn G, Blackwell JM, Inouye M, Carapetis JR. Genome-Wide Analysis of Genetic Risk Factors for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Aboriginal Australians Provides...

433. About

     Biography: Steven Guthridge is a public health physician and medical epidemiologist with a diverse background in clinical services, health service management and research. He has a distinguished record of research in areas of specific relevance to t...

434. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council Collaborators: AMSANT Healthy Living NT Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Northern Territory Department of Health SAHMRI  QLD Government Apunipima Mulungu MAMU...

435. Selected Publications

     Hare, M. J. L., Zhao, Y., Guthridge, S., Burgess, P., Barr, E., Ellis, E., et al. (2022). Prevalence and incidence of diabetes among Aboriginal people in remote communities of the Northern Territory, Australia: a retrospective, longitudinal data-lin...

436. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Collaborators: AMSANT Healthy Living NT Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Northern Territory Department of Health SAHMRI  QLD Government Apunipima Mulung...

437. Preventative health

     A significant proportion of Menzies' work is in disease treatment research, but we also recognise that preventive health measures have an important role to play in improving overall health outcomes.  

438. Overview

     Aims:  To provide a rationale for the management of bronchiectasis due to the high rates of bronchiectasis among Indigenous populations in affluent countries. This resulted in the first collaborative and international study of Abo...

439. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Collaborators: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Northern Territory Department of Health Univers...

440. Publications

     Below is a list of selected publications relating to lung health: Marsh, R.L., Kaestli, M., Chang, A.B., Binks, M.J., Pope, C.E., Hoffman, L.R., & Smith-Vaughan, H.C. (2016). The microbiota in bronchoalveolar lavage from young children with c...

441. About

     Biography: Stef is a medical anthropologist with experience in public health and ethnographic research. She works with First Nations peoples to undertake both applied and critical projects. Her research interests include caregiving in contexts of ch...

442. Overview

     Background: This project, CVD Check NT: Understanding and addressing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a diabetes epidemic, will integrate the Aus CVD Risk calculator (cvdcheck.org.au) into TKC and build an automated clinical decision support sys...

443. Evaluation of Territory Kidney Care (TKC)

     Evaluation of impact of Territory Kidney Care (TKC) systems on chronic kidney disease (CKD) identification and management in Northern Territory (NT)  

444. Melioidosis killing crocs

     Crocodile-killing bacteria identified by Top End researchers A ground-breaking study by a north Australian research team has identified a deadly bacterium responsible for killing saltwater crocodiles at a Top End Wildlife Park. Led by Menzies School...

445. Burnet welcomes new regional Health Security Initiative

     Burnet Institute has warmly welcomed the Australian Government’s new Indo-Pacific Health Security Initiative to combat the challenges of existing and emerging infectious diseases for Australia and our region.

446. NHMRC career fellowship: Dr Josh Davis

     Menzies infectious diseases specialist, Dr Josh Davis was recently awarded a Career Development Fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) yearly multi-million dollar funding round. Josh’s fellowship...

447. NHMRC project snapshot: Dr Josh Davis

     Menzies infectious diseases specialist, Dr Josh Davis was recently awarded a competitive project grant as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) yearly multi-million dollar funding round.

448. TB project named best in province

     TB project in Papua is now a model for others A Menzies-supported program in Papua, Indonesia has been recognised as the best tuberculosis (TB) program in the province by the Indonesia National TB Program for the second year in a row. Dr Tri...

449. Supporters

     HealthLAB is sponsored by Darwin Rotary, Learnmed, EPAC and Power and Water Corporation.

450. Research into malaria treatment wins Harry Christian Giese – Research into Action Award

     Pioneering research into optimising treatment therapies for malaria is likely to benefit the millions of people worldwide who suffer from the potentially deadly disease.

451. Overview

     Aims: To document the circulating hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia. To describe the management and natural history of HBV in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peop...

452. About

     Biography: Professor Stephanie Yerkovich is the manager for the Australian Bronchiectasis Centre of Research Excellence especially for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children (AusBREATHE). She is a scientist and statistician and combines thes...

453. Overview

     Aims: To determine the rate of bacterial colonisation among Indigenous children in the Top End, comparing children admitted for respiratory infection with children admitted for other reasons To determine the rate of co-infection o...

454. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: Australian Government Department of Health Collaborators: Professor Matthew Jose, University of Tasmania  A/Prof Craig Nelson, Director, Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Victoria & University of Melbourne

455. Publications

     Dingwall, K. M., Sweet, M., Cass, A., Hughes, J. T., Kavanagh, D., Howard, K., Barzi, F., Brown, S., Sajiv, C., Majoni, S. W., & Nagel, T. (2021). Effectiveness of Wellbeing Intervention for Chronic Kidney Disease (WICKD): results of a randomise...

456. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Collaborators: Northern Territory Department of Health Queensland Health University of Melbourne Danila Dilba Health Service Cairns Hospital The University of Queensland South Au...

457. Funders and collaborators

     Funders Top End Health Service Australian Partnership for Preparedness Research on Infectious Disease Emergencies (APPRISE) targeted responses to empower First Nations-led research on COVID-19 program, which is funded by the Paul Ramse...

458. About

     Biography: Jeannie Devitt has extensive experience in the study of the social/cultural dimensions of Indigenous kidney disease including involvement in large-scale national research and local applied projects. She has a special interest in cros...

459. Funders and Collaborators

     Funders: Heart Foundation (Vanguard Grant) HOT NORTH ROMAC - Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children Snow Foundation  Collaborators: NT Cardiac Malabam Health Board Hospital Nacional Guido Valadares Maluk Timor

460. Current projects

     Engaging Stakeholders in Identifying Priority Evidence-Practice Gaps and Strategies for Improvement (the ESP Project)  ABCD National Research Partnership Sentinel sites evaluation of the Indigenous chronic disease packag...

461. Funders and collaborators

     Collaborators: Global Burden of Disease study core group: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington Harvard University Johns Hopkins University University of Queensland World Heal...

462. Related Projects

     STRONG-TL - disease control in Timor-Leste Fleming Fund Country Grant to Timor-Leste Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and select vaccine-preventable diseases in Timor-Leste (ARIA-RISE) MATCH TL - strengthen diagnosis and surveillance of infectious...

463. Overview

     Objective: The primary objective of this project is the technical implementation and change communication of the capability to upload synopsis letters from the TKC System to the My Health Record. Summary: Territory Kidney Care (TKC) is an inno...

464. Current Projects

     STRONG-TL: Surveillance Training, Research Opportunities and National Guidelines for communicable disease control in Timor-Leste    VASINA TL 2: Longitudinal Measles and Rubella Seroprevalence Study in Timor-Leste  MATCH TL: Stren...

465. Funders and Collaborators

     Funders: Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Collaborators: NT Health (Centre for Disease Control) Mala’la Aboriginal Health Service Sunrise Aboriginal Health Service  

466. Projects

     Current projects: E-Mental Health in Practice (eMHPrac) AIMhi-Y App development & feasibility trial Past projects Weathering Well app AIMhi NT the AIMhi Stay Strong app Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) Iron...

467. Publications

     Hughes, J.T., Dembski, L., Kerrigan V., Majoni, S.W., Lawton, P.D., Cass, A.. (2017). Indigenous Patient Voices: Gathering Perspectives Finding Solutions for chronic and end stage kidney disease, 2017 Symposium Report. [online] Darwin: Menzies ...

468. Resources

     Bronchiolitis (lower respiratory tract infection) flipchart Chronic suppurative lung disease/bronchiectasis (chronic lung sickness) flipchart Lung health for kids app

469. Trainee profile | Tiana Alley

     Tiana Alley has made the most of her 12-month GTNT Indigenous traineeship at Menzies working towards gaining a Certificate III in Community Services working with our hepatitis B research team. Tiana is an Alawa Marra woman from the Minyerri and Rope...

470. Overview

     Aim:  To determine the best vaccination strategy for early interventions that improve school readiness of Indigenous children and others at high risk of otitis media and hearing loss throughout the first 3 years of life. Objectives: ...

471. About

     Dr Ella Meumann is an infectious diseases physician at Royal Darwin Hospital and a PhD candidate at Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University. Her research is on the application of genomic sequencing to infectious disease epidemio...

472. Current projects

     Territory Kidney Care  The CKD Consortium: Evaluation of chronic kidney disease identification and management in primary care in three jurisdictions across Australia

473. Easing diabetes stress for pregnant mothers

     Natasha Paul has diabetes. While pregnant with her son Samuel, she wanted to ensure she made the best choices to avoid harm to her baby.

474. Resources

     Within each resource below, the date is provided of the most recently updated version of the tool, protocol or manual. Materials have been updated in accordance with clinical guidelines until the version date. Acute Rheumatic Fever/Rheumatic Hear...

475. There's no Aboriginal word for cancer

     A cancer diagnosis is more likely to kill an Aboriginal than a non-Aboriginal Australian. Our Researchers are asking ‘why?’

476. Publications

     Gardner, K.L., Dowden, M., Togni, S. & Bailie, R. (2010). Understanding uptake of continuous quality improvement in Indigenous primary health care: lessons from a multi-site case study of the Audit and Best Practice for Chronic Disease project. ...

477. Key staff and collaborators

     Menzies: Professor Anna Ralph Dr Chris Lowbridge Associate Professor Josh Francis Dr Jennifer Yan Rofina Gusmao Dos Santo Enco Da Costa Ico Aurora Fernandes Honorary Fellows: Dr Ella Meumann Dr Michelle Goroh Student...

478. Overview

     Aims: To co-design an approach to studying Strep A burden and transmission in a remote community that is acceptable to community members, builds in reciprocal benefit and is scientifically valid.   Objectives:  Share knowledge ...

479. Projects

     Health promotion capacity building: tools, resources and training to strengthen health promotion practice and outcomes A structured systems approach to improving health promotion practice for chronic disease prevention in Indigenous commun...

480. Bacterial slime causing persistent wet coughs for children

     New research has led to a breakthrough in understanding an important driver of recurrent chest infections in children. Many children experience a prolonged wet cough after having an acute cough and can develop a condition called protracted bacterial br...

481. Articles, reports and links

     Healthy skin workshop briefing paper with articles | May 2016 Healthy skin workshop outcomes summary paper | May 2016 Articles The Diagnostic Accuracy of Dermoscopy for Scabies 2012 Comparison of Dermoscopy, Skin Scraping, and th...

482. Overview

     Health promotion aims to encourage and support individuals, families and communities to have a healthy lifestyle that reduces the risk of illness or disease. An ideal form of comprehensive primary health care, articulated through the Alma Ata De...

483. Overview

     Aims:  To develop an Indigenous-specific multi-lingual digital platform (smartphone app and web-based) for bronchiectasis education based on our current respiratory educational flipchart. To evaluate whether the use and benefits of a digit...

484. Resources

     Chronic suppurative lung disease/bronchiectasis (chronic lung sickness) flipchart Lung health for kids app

485. Ground-breaking trial a step towards the elimination of vivax malaria

     Outside of sub-Saharan Africa, the predominant cause of malaria in many areas is Plasmodium vivax, a parasite that forms dormant liver stages (hypnozoites) that can reactivate weeks or months following an acute infection and can lead to severe or life-threatening disease. Primaquine is the only widely available drug that kills hypnozoites.

486. Biology

     Population biology and polymicrobial bacterial community analyses Characterisation of the polymicrobial microecology of chronic respiratory infections in Indigenous children: Dr Robyn Marsh’s fellowship aims to improve respiratory heal...

487. About

     Biography: Victor is a Senior Research Fellow/Biostatistician at Menzies and an Associate Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast. He has degrees and training in bio/medical sciences, cardiometabolic disease epidemiology, and biostatistics...

488. About

     Biography: Susan is an NHMRC Early Career Fellow investigating the immunologic mechanisms contributing to the pathogenesis of chronic suppurative lung disease in children. Her career goal is to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children by providin...

489. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: Four country project: AusAID Pacific Public Health Sector Linkages Project. Collaborators: Solomon Islands Ministry of Health Tuvalu Ministry of Health Nauru Ministry of Health Kiribati Minis...

490. Overview

     Melioidosis is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by the soil-dwelling bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosis is a common cause of serious pneumonia and blood poisoning in the Northern Territory (NT), Australia. The bacteria li...

491. Fewer deaths from melioidosis direct result of 30-year study

     The number of deaths in Darwin from melioidosis has decreased from 31 to six per cent in the last 30 years, a new paper published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases has found.  Melioidosis is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by ...

492. About

     Biography: Damian is a dietitian with a strong interest in research and public health, specifically in  chronic disease self-management and working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. He has worked as a clinical dietitian and wit...

493. Resources

     Chronic suppurative lung disease/bronchiectasis (chronic lung sickness) flipchart ​​​​​​​Lung health for kids app

494. Current projects

     Territory Kidney Care: a clinical decision support system to facilitate integrated care for people with CKD in the NT  The Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Consortium INFERR Trial

495. My story: Gabrielle McCallum, nurse and PhD candidate

     Meet our winner of the 2012 NT Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Award for ‘Education, Research and Innovation’.

496. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: Merck Sharp and Dohme Australia Amgen Australia. The documentary will provide the backbone from which a number of projects will rise including educational information for Indigenous people with renal disease and cross cu...

497. Selected publications

     Einsiedel, L., Pham, H., Talukder, R. R., Liddle, J., Taylor, K., Wilson, K., Jersmann, H., Gessain, A., Woodman, R., & Kaldor, J. (2020). Pulmonary disease is associated with human T-cell leukaemia virus type 1c infection: a cross-sectional sur...

498. About

     Biography: Ade is a healthcare professional with a strong academic interest and has a longstanding special research interest in kidney disease, diabetes, cardiovascular medicine and Indigenous health. He has distinctive, cognate background knowledge...

499. Publications

     Nevio Sarmento, Endang Soares da Silva, Ismael Barreto, João C. Ximenes, Julia M. Angelina, Dircia M. Correia, Silvia M. Babo, Ari Jayanti P. Tilman, Antonio Salles de Sousa, Elisabeth Hornay, Lourenço C. Ico, Filipe de ...

500. About

     Biography: Vicki believes stories have the power to inspire positive change. She is a multidisciplinary qualitative researcher and workshop facilitator with two decades of experience at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a broadcaster and mu...

501. Related project

     Fleming Fund Country Grant to Timor-Leste STRONG-TL - disease control in Timor-Leste MATCH TL - strengthen diagnosis and surveillance of infectious diseases in Timor-Leste

502. Overview

     Summary: The Darwin Prospective Melioidosis Study aims to understand the clinical and microbiological aspects of melioidosis in the Top End and collaborate with colleagues globally through the International Melioidosis Network. This information is t...

503. Novel treatment to fight TB

     Menzies researchers working in Indonesia have uncovered a link between low levels of the gas nitric oxide in the lungs of tuberculosis (TB) patients

504. ABC PM | Rising Indigenous cancer death rates are being overlooked

     Professor Gail Garvey, Senior Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Division Leader, Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research.

505. Overview

     Aim: To discover to what extent a higher prevalence of chronic disease co-morbidity explain lower surgical treatment rates and survival rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer patients compared to non-Indigenous c...

506. Overview

     Malnutrition is the underlying cause of 3.5 million child deaths and 11% of the total global burden of disease. There is now global recognition that the 1000 days between conception and two years of age is a critical window of action, when good ...

507. Patient 314 - Unearthing a mystery

     Like an episode of 'House', a research team at the Menzies School of Health Research is on the trail of one of the most unique clinical cases ever seen in its 28 year history. The United States Government considers it to be one of the deadli...

508. Related projects

     STRONG-TL - disease control in Timor-Leste Fleming Fund Country Grant to Timor-Leste Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and select vaccine-preventable diseases in Timor-Leste (ARIA-RISE)

509. Current Projects

     CONTRA TB - a tool to scale up TB contract tracing in a high burden setting PRIME-TB - Papua New Guinea & Indonesia for the Micro Elimination of TB Shorter Treatment Regimens for TB Infection in the NT Strengthening Regional Tuberculosis R...

510. Associate Professor Jaqui Hughes - NHMRC Award

     Congratulations to Associate Professor Jaqui Hughes who has been nationally recognised for her work to address the high rates of chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. Associate Professor Hughes received the 2019 NHM...

511. Current projects

     Territory Kidney Care (TKC) The CKD Consortium: Evaluation of chronic kidney disease identification and management in primary care in three jurisdictions across Australia TKC Evaluation - process and outcome evaluation of TKC  

512. Tuberculosis rates fall in the Top End

     The Northern Territory (NT) has the highest incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Australia, but the rate of infection is decreasing, according to a collaborative study between the NT Centre for Disease Control, Menzies School of Health Research,...

513. Overview

     Given concerns about water quality and the burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabetes in the Northern Territory (NT), we will bring together and analyse readily available data to quickly, but systematically, deepen understanding of the nature ...

514. Overview

     Aims: To develop an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led culturally appropriate consultation process informing the needs of the inaugural KHA-CARI (Kidney Health Australia-Caring for Australasians with Renal Impairment) Guideline for the manage...

515. Overview

     Staphylococcus aureus (golden staph) is a major cause of community and hospital acquired infections. These infections range from uncomplicated skin and soft tissue infections (including widespread skin sores in remote Indigenous communities) to seve...

516. Victoria Thanasos

     I had a really positive educational experience with Menzies – one that changed the trajectory of my career. What began as a desire to understand what public health could offer naturopathy ended up being an unexpected pathway to a career I find meaningful, challenging, rewarding and inspiring.

517. About

     Program aims: STRONG TL will strengthen communicable disease surveillance and control in Timor-Leste and evaluate the impact of improved surveillance on health system and health security policy responsiveness. Development of local capacity in select...

518. Current projects

     The Tropical Disease Regional Research Regional Collaborative Initiative: Responding to Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Malaria in the Asia-Pacific  Good food systems - good food for all project: assess the feasibility of a capacity building ...

519. Overview

     Tobacco smoking was responsible for 20 per cent of national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths and 12.1 per cent of the total national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander burden of disease in 2003.  First Nations Australians' smoki...

520. HealthLAB at Parliament House

     As part of National Science Week 2017, the Menzies HealthLAB will be at Parliament House for the public and sitting members of parliament to experience. Menzies' mobile HealthLAB, uses the latest health technology to measure parti...

521. Projects

     ORVAC – Optimising Rotavirus Vaccine in Aboriginal Children  The pneumococcal immunisation protection and awareness project (PIPPA) PneuMum: a randomised controlled trial of pneumococcal polysaccharide immunisation for Aboriginal and ...

522. Overview

     Working toward a scabies control strategy for northern Australia: Methods to map the burden of scabies and consideration of a community-wide preventative chemotherapy strategy Aims: To estimate the burden of scabies and observe changes in prev...

523. Key staff

     Key staff: Professor Phil Giffard Patiyan Andersson Dr Steven Tong Professor Bart Currie Rachael Lilliebridge. Collaborators: Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Northern Territory Government Centre for Disease Control, Northern ...

524. Overview

     Overview: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and Diabetes Mellitus in the NT, 2002 - 2019: Is there an association with water quality in remote communities? Aims: Given concerns about water quality and the burden of CKD and diabetes in the N...

525. Overview

     Aim:  The primary aim is to reduce the burden of bronchiectasis by preventing the progression of protracted bacterial bronchitis in First Nations children. Other aims: To determine the barriers and facilitators to timely detection and ...

526. Current projects

     Surveillance, Training, Research Opportunities & National Guidelines (STRONG), Timor-Leste Fleming fund country grant to Timor-Leste Advancing Surveillance and Training to Enhance Recognition of Infectious Disease (ASTEROID), Timor-Leste.

527. About

     Biography: A/Prof Asanga Abeyaratne is a Consultant Nephrologist and general medicine physician at the Royal Darwin Hospital since 2012 and provides clinical consultations on kidney disease also in remote aboriginal communities. He was the clinic...

528. Overview

     Aims: To capture Australia’s first comprehensive, high-quality data set (including longitudinal data) regarding the causes, associated morbidity and mortality, patterns of care, and healthcare resource utilisation, for adults and children w...

529. Publications

     Clucas, D.B., Carville, K.S., Connors, C., Curries, B,J., Carapetis, J.R., Andrews, R.M. (2008). Disease burden and health-care clinic attendances for young children in remote Aboriginal communities of northern Australia. Bulletin...

530. About

     Biography: Athira joined Menzies in August 2015 as a research assistant to work on a project investigating the cardiovascular disease risk in Indigenous Australians. In 2016, Athira joined the Nutrition team as a Senior Research Officer, undertak...

531. Overview

     Chronic suppurative lung disease (CSLD, including bronchiectasis), acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) and otitis media (OM) are major health problems affecting young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory. H...

532. Resources

      Respiratory flipcharts:   Asthma (short wind in children) Bronchiolitis (lower respiratory tract infection) Pneumonia in children  Chronic suppurative lung disease bronchiectasis (chronic lung sickness). Respirato...

533. Current Projects

     AIMhi-Y App development & feasibility trial Aboriginal and Islander Mental Health Initiative for Youth (AIMhi-Y) Project Ngawurramangajirri - Tiwi Mental Health Literacy Project Wellbeing Intervention for Chronic Kidney Disease Menzies Y...

534. Current projects

     Regional Engagement in Surveillance and response to Priority diseases, providing Opportunities for National health system strengthening and Development (RESPOND) The Tropical Disease Regional Research Regional Collaborative Initiative: Responding ...

535. Selected publications

     Abdel-Latif, M. E., Adegboye, O., Nowak, G., Elfaki, F., Bajuk, B., Glass, K., & Harley, D. (2023). Variation in hospital morbidities in an Australian neonatal intensive care unit network. Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edit...

536. Resources

     Information brochures: ABCD National Research Partnership – Research Focus 2010-2014 brochure ABCD National Research Partnership – Improving Practice through Research brochure Data Dictionary Information for researchers - N...

537. Menzies opens its doors to inspire tomorrow's scientists

     Menzies encourages science students to take up careers in research.

538. Projects

     Current Projects:  Shorter Treatment Regimens for TB infection in the NT National TB Prevalence Survey of Timor-Leste Remote Aboriginal Communities Ending TB (REACT) Papua New Guinea & Indonesia for the Micro Elimination of  T...

539. Selected publications

     Gorham, G., Howard, K., Cunningham, J., Barzi, F., Lawton, P., & Cass, A. (2021). Do remote dialysis services really cost more? An economic analysis of hospital and dialysis modality costs associated with dialysis services in urban, rural and re...

540. Overview

     The Child and Youth Development Research Partnership (CYDRP) is a research partnership between the NT Government and the CCDE. The aim of the partnership is to support research and evaluation that informs child and youth wellbeing. At the heart of t...

541. Publications

     Chen, W., Howard, K., Gorham, G., Abeyaratne, A., Zhao, Y., Adegboye, O., Kangaharan, N., Taylor, S., Maple-Brown, L., Heard, S., Talukder, M. R., Baghbanian, A., Majoni, S. W., Cass, A., & Territory Kidney Care Steering Committee. (2025). ...

542. Overview

     Summary: The evaluation project involves process and outcome evaluations to assess the implementation, usability, and impact of Territory Kidney Care (TKC) system on chronic kidney disease (CKD) service delivery in Northern Territory (NT). The proje...

543. Current projects

     Various, including:​ Ferinject (RCT, Rapid ferric carboxymaltose infusion for iron deficiency anaemia in Aboriginal children) The Dialysis Models of Care project Evaluation of chronic kidney disease management programs delivered by Abo...

544. Celebrating 25 years of service

     Professor of Global Health and Infectious Disease Physician, Dr Nick Anstey, returned to the Territory in 1996 to establish Menzies Global Health Program. Prof Anstey was appointed by John Mathews to a bilateral Northern Territory Government resea...

545. Cancer

     Cancer is the second leading cause of death among Indigenous people.

546. NT Immunisation Symposium

     Are you working in health in the Northern Territory and have an interest in immunisation? The NT Immunisation Symposium is a joint event by Menzies School of Health Research, NT Health (Centre for Disease Control) and NT Primary Health Network. J...

547. Current projects

     AIMhi-Y App development & feasibility trial AIMhi NT the AIMhi Stay Strong app Optimum Thiamine Intervention (OpT In) Trial E-Mental health in Practice Wellbeing Intervention for Chronic Kidney Disease (WICKD): A trial of the AIMhi Sta...

548. Publications

     Davis J.S., Cheng, A.C., McMillan, M., Humphrey, A., Stephens, D.P., & Anstey, N.M. (2011). Sepsis in the tropical Northern Territory of Australia: high disease burden with disproportionate impact on Indigenous Australians. Med...

549. Overview

     Aims: We aim to prevent TB disease through scaling-up of new shorter regimens for treating latent TB infection in the Northern Territory. Objectives: In this study we will: Implement a newer shorter rifapentine-based regimen for treatmen...

550. Thirty years strong | Amanda Leach and Bart Currie

     Congratulations to Professor Amanda Leach and Professor Bart Currie for a milestone 30 years of working for Menzies School of Health Research.   Professor Amanda Leach Amanda began her career with Menzies in 1988 in Alice Springs as a res...

551. About

     Biography: Victoria is undertaking a PhD at the Menzies School of Health Research and training to become a public health physician in the Northern Territory.  After graduating from medical school at the University of Adelaide with First Clas...

552. Overview

     Leishmaniasis is a devastating infection that can be fatal if left untreated. Worldwide, leishmaniasis is an important disease of humans and other animals caused by the parasite Leishmania.  Infection with Leishmania parasites can cause a r...

553. Sharing malaria elimination knowledge with Asia

     Menzies has been able to assist people like Youn-Kyoung Goo through training, grants, and capacity building workshops funded by APMEN.

554. Selected publications

     Brimblecombe, J., McMahon, E., Ferguson, M., De Silva, K., Peeters, A., Miles, E., . . . Mah, C. L. (2020). Effect of restricted retail merchandising of discretionary food and beverages on population diet: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Th...

555. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: HOTNORTH                      Collaborators: Menzies School of Health Research – research implementation             ...

556. Current projects

     PneuMum: a randomised controlled trial of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers to protect their babies from ear disease Skin sore trial: An open label randomised controlled trial to de...

557. Overview

     Aims:   To determine the degree to which the redesigned renal outreach program improves the efficiency and effectiveness (including cost-effectiveness) of the care and coordination delivered to chronic kidney disease patients across the continu...

558. Overview

     Summary: As the burden of disease and mortality rate increases with increasing remoteness from metropolitan centres, there is a need not only for effective primary health care (PHC) services, but also for effective emergency services which give remo...

559. Selected publications

     Barnett, A., & Oguoma, V.M. (2024). Here’s why you should (almost) never use a pie chart for your data. Leach, A. J., Wilson, N., Arrowsmith, B., Beissbarth, J., Mulholland, K., Santosham, M., ...Oguoma VM & Morris, P. S. (2...

560. Overview

     Understanding the causative factors, outcomes and costs associated with missed dialysis to develop a model of care to reduce Emergency Department pressures The Northern Territory (NT) has the highest rates of kidney disease in Australia, with the he...

561. Overview

     What was the research about? Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may suffer distress and poor mental health from living with a chronic illness, travelling away from family and country to receive treatmen...

562. Current projects

     Overall goals of the program:  To optimise the management of multidrug resistant malaria Define the morbidity and mortality of Plasmodium vivax Improve the safe and effective radical cure of P. vivax Improve the diagnosis and...

563. Interpreters for Aboriginal people in hospital

     On Health Report with Dr Norman Swan - Prof Anna Ralph - Menzies School of Health Research and Infectious Diseases Physician, RDH

564. Two New Trials of Combination Therapy for MRSA Bacteremia

     The CAMERA2 study, just presented by Steven Tong at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)

565. Overview

     End-stage kidney disease (ESKD), when dialysis or a kidney transplant is required to maintain life, has a devastating impact on Indigenous patients and their families. In remote communities, rates of ESKD are 15 or more times higher than amongst non...

566. Fakhrul Islam Scholarship

     The Fakhrul Islam Scholarship is an annual award Menzies’ launched in 2024, aimed at supporting students pursuing a PhD or Masters at Menzies in the areas of renal disease or diabetes.  The scholarship provides recipients with various o...

567. Our people: the voices of Menzies

     In our 40th anniversary year, we set out to highlight our research and the remarkable people who drive it. On the fourth Wednesday of each month, our team joined ABC Radio Darwin Afternoons Program with Jess Ong, to hear the journeys and stories...

568. Outdated medical phrase causing trauma for Indigenous patients

     A leading Indigenous heart health practitioner has labelled language standards used in medical notes as outdated and risking inflicting trauma on First Nations people.

569. Outdated medical phrase causing trauma for Indigenous patients

     A leading Indigenous heart health practitioner has labelled language standards used in medical notes as outdated and risking inflicting trauma on First Nations people.

570. TDRRCI

     Tropical Disease Research Regional Collaboration Initiative

571. Publications

     Pascoe, S., Croker, D., Ross, L., Henwood, P., Wilkshire, N., Algy, C., Bob, S., Hall, H., Misener, M. and Gorham, G. The Role of Aboriginal Kidney Health Mentors in the Transplant Journey: A Qualitative Evaluation. Health Promotion Jou...

572. Ears

     Nine out of 10 young Indigenous children who live in remote communities have some form of ear disease.

573. Overview

     The first National Rotavirus Survey was conducted in Timor-Leste between October 2014 and December 2016 (pre-vaccine era). This study will form the second National Rotavirus Survey and will be the first to evaluate the burden of rotavirus disease in Ti...

574. Resources

     Centre for Disease Control resources:   Factsheet - English version Poster - English version Factsheet - Arabic version Factsheet - Bahasa Indonesian version Factsheet - Dari version Fact...

575. Letter to the editor | A health priority

     I WELCOME the NT News call to tackle kidney disease affecting indigenous Australians (editorial, 08/08/16).

576. Assisting the COVID-19 response in Timor-Leste

     Over the last few months, our team in Timor-Leste have been working closely with the Timor-Leste Ministry of Health, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the WHO Timor-Leste and Maluk Timor on the country's COVID-19 ...

577. Dr Jennifer Yan: Responding across borders

     Dr Jennifer Yan is a paediatrician and paediatric infectious diseases physician at Royal Darwin Hospital, as well as a senior research fellow at Menzies School of Health Research. At Menzies she leads projects in Timor-Leste with Dr Josh Francis, in...

578. Selected publications

     Francis JR, Fairhurst H, Yan J, Fernandes Monteiro A, Lee AM, Maurays J, Kaethner A, Whalley GA, Hardefeldt H, Williamson J, Marangou J, Reeves B, Wheaton G, Robertson T, Horton A, Cush J, Wade V, Monteiro A, Draper ADK, Morris PS, Ralph AP, Reme...

579. 'Forgotten but not Gone'

     Why does a 'Third World' disease still exist in Australia? Q & A panel event hosted by RHDAustralia at Parliament House, Darwin.

580. MEDIA RELEASE | One-Health approach to control brucellosis launched in Timor-Leste

     A new project to tackle brucellosis – a disease that can spread between animals and people - has officially launched in Timor-Leste.

581. Medical Republic | Hep C subsidised treatment 2nd Anniversary

     It’s the second anniversary since the government subsidised the revolutionary treatments for hepatitis C, and tens of thousands of individuals were able to become free of the chronic disease.

582. A bright scientific mind leaves his mark on Indigenous health

     Early in the 1980s, a young medical student sat with a crisis. He’d chosen to study medicine after tossing up the options of engineering or law – and he wanted his choice to count.

583. New research | Growing diabetes epidemic in remote NT communities

     A paper published in May shows rates of diabetes among Aboriginal people in remote Northern Territory (NT) communities are some of the highest in the world and getting worse – with the condition affecting more people, year on year. The researc...

584. Combating brucellosis transmission in Timor-Leste

     A new ACIAR-supported project in Timor-Leste aims to identify risk factors and reduce transmission of brucellosis, a zoonotic disease impacting cattle and humans.

585. Combating brucellosis transmission in Timor-Leste

     A new ACIAR-supported project in Timor-Leste aims to identify risk factors and reduce transmission of brucellosis, a zoonotic disease impacting cattle and human

586. Menzies Affirm To Work Closely With TL Ministry Of Health Strengthening Health Systems

     Yesterday marks two years since Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) officially established an office in Timor-Leste and comitted to work with the Timor-Leste Government and partners to strengthen health systems for responding to infectious diseases challenges.

587. Using paracetamol for protecting kidneys in patients with severe malaria

     Paracetamol is used in many illnesses for the relief of pain and fever, but a study just published in Clinical Infectious Diseases has shown that it may also help protect against kidney damage in patients with malaria.

588. Understanding antimicrobial resistance in animals in Timor-Leste

     Infectious diseases can be transmitted from animals to humans, which is why it is important to understand animal health in order to improve human health. Research also shows that antimicrobial resistance in bacteria either in humans, animals or the env...

589. Overview

     The Engaging Stakeholders in Identifying Priority Evidence-Practice Gaps and Strategies for Improvement (ESP) Project. (2014 - 2017) Project aims: The aims of the ESP Project were to:  Distribute reports of aggregated continuous qualit...

590. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families’ experiences of household food insecurity

     Ms Leisa McCarthy, Project Manager, Periodontal & Chronic Kidney Disease Study, Menzies School of Health Research: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families’ experiences of household food insecurity

591. Elcho Island elders celebrate new dialysis nurse and treatment, bringing them home to families

     The newly staffed dialysis unit on Elcho Island is making a difference, enabling Yolngu elders with kidney disease to reconnect with their community and return home after years of receiving treatment in urban centers.

592. Dialysis urged for remote communities

     For Yalmay Yunupingu, moving to Darwin for five years so her husband, the Yothu Yindi frontman and renowned Yolngu leader Dr Yunupingu, could receive dialysis for his end-stage kidney disease was a nightmare.

593. About

     Biography: Dr Emma McMahon is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and a joint National Health and Medical Research Council/Heart Foundation Early Career Research Fellow. She has a doctorate in nutrition, with her doctoral research exploring d...

594. Projects

     Clinical Trials An ultra-short course of primaquine for the radical cure of vivax malaria Advancing the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria through optimal antimalarial regimens EFFORT clinical trial: Effectiveness of tafenoquine and pri...

595. About

     The Menzies HealthLAB is a face-to-face experience for participants with a clinical coordinator and trained staff who can discuss chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, alcohol literacy and smoking.

596. Improving diabetes outcomes for mothers and babies

     Improving clinical care for women with diabetes in pregnancy, and improving the future health outcomes of mothers and babies, are key aims of the Northern Territory Diabetes in Pregnancy Partnership Project (PANDORA).

597. About

     Biography: Dr Radwan Rahman Talukder has extensive experience designing and monitoring projects in diverse public health areas including chronic diseases, infectious diseases, Aboriginal health, environmental health, and maternal and child health fr...

598. Selected publications

     Wood, A., O’Neal, D., Furler, J., Ekinci, E. (2018) Continuous Glucose Monitoring: a review of the evidence, opportunities for future use and ongoing challenges. Internal Medical Journal Weiss, J., Wood, A., Zaj...

599. NHMRC fellowship snapshot: Kim Hare

     Menzies' Senior Research Officer Kim Hare was recently awarded a Peter Doherty Australian Biomedical Fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council's yearly multi-million dollar funding round.

600. Staff profile | Boden Tighe

     Born in Nambour and growing up in Rockhampton (Darumbal country), Boden says it was his love of sport and his mother that encouraged him to pursue a career in health. “She always had me involved in sport (NRL, soccer, rugby, athletics) wh...

601. NHMRC project snapshot: Dr Steve Tong

     Menzies' Post-doctoral Research Fellow Dr Steve Tong was recently awarded a competitive grant and a fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council's yearly multi-million dollar funding round.

602. Selected publications

     1. Rohatgi, R., Ross, M.J.,Majoni, S.W., (2017) Telenephrology: current perspectives and future directions  Kidney International, in press. 2. Hughes, J.T., Barzi, F., Hoy, W.E., Jones, G.R.D., Rathnayake, G., Majoni, S.W., et al, (2017) Biliru...

603. Funders and collaborators

     Investigators: Chief investigator, Professor Anna Ralph (Menzies) Associate Professor Vicki Krause (DoH Director Centre for Disease Control) Angela Kelly (Menzies) Heather D'Antoine (Menzies) Anne-Marie Lee (Chair Sunrise He...

604. Mental health and wellbeing

     Helping communities and individuals to stay strong.

605. Resources

     A suite of resources supporting prevention, diagnosis and management of ARF and RHD are available at the RHD Guidelines website, including: ARF and RHD Guidelines Clinical Support App for iPhone, iPad and Android Professional Development Re...

606. Digital Technology

     Territory Kidney Care was highlighted in the 2023-2024 Digital Territory Action Plan by the office of the Minister for Corporate and Digital Development of the Northern Territory Government, as “an innovative clinical information system to assist with early identification and management of kidney disease” enhancing customer experience and harnessing innovative technology and services.

607. About

     Biography: Michelle is a Senior Research Fellow at Menzies School of Health Research, who lives and works in Mparntwe Alice Springs. She is also an Adjunct Research Fellow at La Trobe University and James Cook University. Michelle started her career...

608. Australia’s first Indigenous kidney specialist wins Harry Christian Giese Award

     Australia’s first Indigenous kidney specialist and clinical nephrologist, Menzies’ Dr Jaqui Hughes has been named as the 2016 recipient of the Harry Christian Giese – Research into Action Award to champion the translation of her research findings into medical interventions.

609. Funders and Collaborators

     Funders: NHMRC Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Grant Collaborators:  Project Partners: Wuchopperen Health Service Mamu Health Service Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service  Queensland Health  Apunipima Cape Y...

610. Key staff

     Key staff: Associate Professor Renae Kirkham - Principal Research Fellow and Lead of the Diabetes across the Lifecourse: Northern Australia Partnership Professor Louise Maple-Brown - Menzies Deputy Director of Research and Principal Chief Inves...

611. Selected publications

     Howitt, R., de Jesus, G. A., Araujo, F., Francis, J., Marr, I., McVean, M., MacMorran, E., Rollinson, V., Chung, A., & Yip, T. W. (2020). Screening and triage at health-care facilities in Timor-Leste during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet R...

612. WALKING THE TALK: 2015 MURRI CANCER WALK

     The Close The Gap report - released yesterday - shows that cancer is a major cause of premature death for our mob. Recently Brisbane Murris held their annual Musgrave Park Cancer Walk to remember those who have passed from the disease and honour those who have fought it and won. The Cancer Council says Indigenous Queenslanders are around 25 times more likely to die from cancer than non-Indigenous Queenslanders. The Welcome To Country at the Cancer Walk was performed by Aunty Carol Currie, who has lost several family members to cancer.

613. Selected publications

     Naing, P., Playford, D., Falhammar, H., Abeyaratne, A., Strange, G., Joseph, S., Costelloe, E., & Kangaharan, N. (2019). Epidemiology of Pulmonary Hypertension at the Top End of Australia. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 28, S65&nd...

614. Cancer and COVID-19 - What it means for our mob

     "Having cancer can be a stressful situation, made more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s really important for our Mob that we take particular care of ourselves, stay isolated as much as possible, especially if you are 50 or over...

615. Media alert | Outcomes of protracted bacterial bronchitis in children: A 5‐year prospective cohort study

     Findings from the first prospective longer-term outcome NHMRC-funded study for children with protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) in children have identified a link between children with PBB and asthma, highlighting the importance of identifying potentially treatable symptoms in children with chronic respiratory diseases.

616. Q&A with Menzies endocrinologist, Professor Louise Maple-Brown

     Prof Louise Maple-Brown discusses new diabetes guidelines during COVID-19.

617. Research can be ‘vital part’ of GPs’ caring role

     Part of a team at Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Dr Chen is developing a clinical decision-support tool for chronic diseases, Territory Kidney Care.

618. The online ashtray

     The story behind a creative campaign for slashing smoking among Indigenous youth.

619. About

     Biography: Matt is a clinician-researcher whose work focuses on addressing the intergenerational impacts of diabetes and related conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. He is a Staff Specialist and Clinical Lead for Remote Se...

620. Selected publications

     Barr, E. L. M., Zimmet, P. Z., Welborn, T. A., Jolley, D., Magliano, D. J., Dunstan, D. W., Cameron, A. J., Dwyer, T., Taylor, H. R., Tonkin, A. M., Wong, T. Y., McNeil, J., & Shaw, J. E. (2007). Risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in...

621. Lab teaches remote kids healthy living

     IN a busy classroom on the Tiwi Islands, teacher's aide Stan blows into a breathalyser measuring carbon dioxide from smoke in the body, almost sending himself off the classroom scale. His students dissolve into laughter.WHEN asked, he sheepishly admits to smoking. "You play footy? You'll run faster if you quit," says a researcher from the Heart Foundation. Two year nine girls blow and giggle with relief to find themselves in the healthy range. Across the room, kids bounce from station to station, trying out hand strength tests, scanning themselves with UV lights to see what germs remain after washing their hands, and checking their blood pressure, height and weight. At one table, a young boy stares agog when he sees how many packets of sugar go into Coca-Cola, fruit juice and iced coffee.

622. Overview

     Rotavirus hospitalisations are more prevalent in the Northern Territory (NT) than anywhere else in Australia. Menzies have a major focus on immunisation and vaccine-preventable diseases and are investigating ways to improve management of co...

623. Rotavirus Immunisation Program Evaluation: Timor-Leste (RIPE-TL)

624. About

     Biography: Dr. Solomon Woldeyohannes is a Public Health Epidemiologist and Research Fellow, at Menzies School of Health Research, with a background in Biostatistics, Public Health, and Burden of Diseases research. His expertise spans the application...

625. Vision, purpose and values

     To improve health outcomes through excellence and leadership in research and training.

626. Strengthening health systems in Timor-Leste

     Menzies is working with the Timor-Leste Government and its partners to strengthen the country’s ability to respond to outbreaks of infectious disease.  The projects are designed to build capacity in clinical, surveillance and laborato...

627. Overview

     Objectives:  Primary: To determine if oral dexamethasone is an effective treatment to reduce SC severity at one month   Secondary: To determine if oral dexamethasone is a safe treatment for SC To determine if oral dexamethasone ...

628. Developing global links in the fight against a super-bug

     For years it's been the super-bug in hospitals around Australia. Golden staph, or Staphylococcus aureus, is resistant to a wide range of antibiotics, difficult to treat and seemingly impossible to eradicate. Golden staph is one of the most aggre...

629. Global research highlights impact of racism on people with diabetes & Menzies program as a world-class example of care 

     A new series on diabetes research published in The Lancet and The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journals has found diabetes is pervasive, growing in prevalence and outpacing most diseases globally.

630. Overview

     Aims: The SUNFISH project aims to identify early life factors that affect lung health outcomes in a population-based First Nations birth cohort. Objectives:  We will do a lung function test at the preschool and primary school age visits.&...

631. “I don’t really know what diabetes is”: Study finds more support is needed

     Image caption: The team celebrated after the successful first day of the youth diabetes co-design workshop at Menzies.  The Northern Territory has the highest prevalence of youth type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the world.  The heaviest bu...

632. Current projects

     Improving Delivery of Secondary Prophylaxis for RHD a Stepped Wedge Community-Randomised Trial

633. Ten years of malaria studies in Sabah

     For 10 years, Menzies has teamed with Sabah’s Infectious Diseases team to improve the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of malaria.

634. NHMRC project snapshot: Kylie Dingwall

     Menzies' postdoctoral research fellow, Dr Kylie Dingwall, was recently awarded a competitive grant as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) yearly multi-million dollar funding round.

635. Current projects

     PhD (in progress): Perioperative Outcomes in First Nations people in Northern Territory: - Disparity in postoperative mortality in First Nations and non-First Nations people in Australia - What do Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory va...

636. Overview

     Aims: To determine if simple, cheap regimens of oral antibiotics will lead to equivalent cure rates of impetigo (skin sores) to those achieved with penicillin injections. To examine the relative contribution of Staphylococcus aureus to the...

637. Key staff

     Key staff: Prof Bart Currie Prof Anna Ralph A/Prof Josh Francis Dr Deborah Holt Collaborators: Telethon Kids Institute Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control  One Disease International Alliance for Control of Sc...

638. Overview

     Aims: To assess outcomes of women with and without hyperglycaemia in pregnancy in the NT and their children. Summary: PANDORA is a longitudinal birth cohort study of mothers and their children that will assess outcomes of diabetes in preg...

639. Donate

     “The easiest money to get is project money but the most valuable and most effective is helping an organisation grow and scale.” — Rob McLean, Australian philanthropist Philanthropic support allows us to build capacity in our t...

640. ASID Annual Scientific Meeting deemed a success for NT

     The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Annual Scientific Meeting 2019, held from 16–18 May, saw 450 attendees descend on the Darwin Convention Centre.

641. Empowering positive parenting feeding practices

     An early career researcher is looking into ways in which her work in nutrition research can support Indigenous parents and families to make healthy food choices for their children. Her team’s ultimate goal is empowering parents to help prevent...

642. NEWS Navigating COVID-19 ‘tiger country’

     Catch up with Professor Josh Davis. An Infectious Diseases physician at Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital and researcher at Menzies School of Health Research

643. NT News | Malaria breakthrough for NT

     NT News page 7 - 21 July 2018 | Report on The Lancet Infectious Diseases P.vivax paper.

644. RDH set to trial cocktail of drugs

     Menzies researcher and Co-director of infectious diseases at Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospitals Dr Jane Davies said the two drugs have shown promising signs of working to fight the virus in test tubes.

645. Tapeworm, vertigo and pancreatitis drugs are being trialled as COVID-19 treatments

     Infectious diseases physician Professor Josh Davis from the Menzies School of Health Research is looking at whether a drug used to treat pancreatitis can be repurposed to treat COVID-19.

646. Researcher profile | Thank you Dr Jane Davies

     Dr Jane Davies, was instrumental in establishing the Menzies collaborative hepatitis B research program in the Northern Territory. Dr Davies is also the co-Director of Infectious Diseases at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), and has been an integral part of...

647. Projects

     Rapid point-of-care molecular diagnostic for scabies and co-infections Toward a scabies control strategy for northern Australia: Methods to map the burden of scabies and evaluation of a community-wide preventative chemotherapy strategy in two Indi...

648. Selected publications

     Vishnu Khanal, Elaine Wills, and Deborah Russell. Co-design at the heart of adaptation of digital health technologies in Remote Indigenous Communities of Australia. The Lancet Digital Health, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2589-7500(23)00251-0 ...

649. Current projects

     Hep B PAST Plus: A co-designed approach to reducing the burden of liver disease in First Nations populations in Northern Australia. Partnerships to improve care for First Nations people on dialysis in the Northern Territory: understanding the inte...

650. Selected publications

     Francis, J.R., Sarmento, N., Draper, A.D.K., Marr, I., Ting, S., Fancourt, N., [...], Yan, J. (2020). Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic use in Timor-Leste: building surveillance capacity with a One Health approach. Communicable Diseases I...

651. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council Collaborators: Northern Territory Government Department of Education: Maningrida College Gunbalanya Community School Catholic Education Office NT: Xavier Catholic Co...

652. About

     As a prospective course study, the main aim is to assess the effect of early life factors, birth, childhood and adolescence, on later physical and mental health and to examine which factors influence these across the life course. This study see...

653. Current projects

     ABC Wave 5: Early life and contemporary influences on body composition, mental health, and chronic disease risk markers in the Aboriginal Birth Cohort.

654. About

     Biography:  Vicki Wade is a senior Noongar woman with over 40 years of experience in health at state and national levels. Vicki is a recipient of multiple national awards including the 2019 AHHA Sidney Sax medal and CSANZ Indigenous Health life...

655. Selected Publications

     Mensah, G. A., Fuster, V., Murray, C. J., Roth, G. A., Abate, Y. H., Abbasian, M., ... Gebrekidan K.G. (2023). Global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risks, 1990-2022. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 82(25), 2350-2473. https://d...

656. About

     Biography: Nancy is a specialist physician in the areas of Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, who works in the public sector and has broad experience and interests.  Her formal qualifications include clinical medicine, public health,...

657. Publications

     Barr, E.L.M., Barzi, F., Rohit, A., Cunningham, J., Tatipata, S., McDermott, R., Hoy, W.E., Wang, Z., Bradshaw, P.J., Dimer, L., Thompson, P.T., Brimblecombe, J., O’Dea, K., Connors, C., Burgess, P., Guthridge, S., Brown, A.D.H., Cass, A....

658. Overview

     Aims: To produce practical and locally relevant information that health centres can use to improve health promotion service delivery.    Objectives: To develop and implement processes that will assess the quality of serv...

659. Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence 2020

     Congratulations to Dr Matthew Nesbitt, Tarah Fantis and Jessica Harkness who have each been awarded the 2020 Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence. The Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence is awarded annually to...

660. Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence 2021

     Congratulations to Catherine Doidge, Corrine Butler and Lori Roberts, who have each been awarded the 2021 Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence.

661. Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence 2022

     Congratulations to Jessica Hagley, Dr Matthew Roughan, Paula Van Dokkum and Isobel Walker, who have each been awarded the 2022 Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence.

662. NHMRC fellowship snapshot: Dr Emma McMahon

     Menzies’ Dr Emma McMahon was recently awarded an Early Career Fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s latest multi-million dollar funding round. Emma’s fellowship provides support for her salar...

663. Selected publications

     Mackerras, D.E., Singh, G.R., & Eastman, C.J. (2011). Iodine status of Aboriginal teenagers in the Darwin region before mandatory iodine fortification of bread. Medical Journal of Australia, 194(3), 126-30. Cunningham, T.E., Sayers, S....

664. Higher Degrees by Research (HDR)

     View the current PhD, Masters and Honours research project opportunities.

665. Selected publications

     Chang, A. B., Morgan, L. C., Duncan, E. L., Chatfield, M. D., Schultz, A., Leo, P. J., McCallum, G. B., McInerney-Leo, A. M., McPhail, S. M., Zhao, Y., Kruljac, C., Smith-Vaughan, H. C., Morris, P. S., Marchant, J. M., Yerkovich, S. T., Cook, A. L.,...

666. About

     Biography: Derek is interested in the research areas of antibiotic resistance, in vivo evolution of pathogens, next-generation sequencing technologies and bioinformatics. His current primary research area is Burkholderia pseudomallei, a bacterium hy...

667. Overview

     Winner - Excellence in Indigenous Evaluation 2015, Australasian Evaluation Society. Click here to see our nomination.  Commissioned by the Federal Department of Health and Ageing , the Sentinel Sites Evaluation (2010 – 2013) was a holi...

668. Publications Follow-up

     Majoni, S. W., Barzi, F., Hoy, W., MacIsaac, R. J., Cass, A., Maple-Brown, L., & Hughes, J. T. (2020). Baseline liver function tests and full blood count indices and their association with progression of chronic kidney disease and renal outcomes...

669. 2023 Menzies Research Seminars - Malaria treatment update with Associate Professor Kamala Thriemer

     Join us for our next research seminar as Malaria researcher, Associate Professor Kamala Thriemer presents on Universal radical cure and how this is an additional tool towards malaria elimination.

670. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: Commonwealth Department of Health. HOT NORTH Central Australian Academic Health Science Centre Collaborators: Telethon Kids Institute Cairns Diabetes Centre Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services South Australian...

671. About

     Vongayi Majoni is a professional registered nurse with more than twenty years nursing experience, and is currently a PhD student with Menzies School of Health Research. Her Research Themes include diabetes and cardiac, kidney disease, prim...

672. Publications

     Valery, P.C., Morris, P.S., Grimwood, K., Torzillo, P.J., Byrnes, C.A., Masters, I.B., et al. (2012). Azithromycin for Indigenous children with bronchiectasis: study protocol for a multi-centre randomized controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics 12, 122...

673. About

     Background: The ARIA-RISE project is a collaboration between the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Menzies School of Health Research and Timor-Leste Ministry of Health (MoH).  It aims to provide information about ...

674. Overview

     Scabies is a parasitic infestation of the skin with the parasitic 'itch mite' Sarcoptes scabiei. The tiny mite burrows into the upper layers of the skin causing intensely itchy lesions which commonly become infected with bacteria. In humans, sc...

675. 2023 Menzies Research Seminar – Uncovering the burden of tuberculosis with Deolindo Ximenes

     Join us for our next research seminar as Menzies health informatics and data scientist, Deolindo Ximenes, shares an insight into the National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey of Timor-Leste.

676. Overview

     Aims: Between 2007 and 2017, we investigated this cluster of vulvar cancer to: Find out the extent of the problem Try to identify why Indigenous women in East Arnhem are disproportionately affected Improve com...

677. Overview

     Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB most often affects people’s lungs, making them sick with symptoms like cough, fever, and weight loss. TB spreads through the air when people with TB disease in t...

678. Goodbye to...

     CARA: Alice Plate, media and communications manager Bianca Hayes, research administration officer Child Health Division: Sarah Mares, senior research fellow Sarah Moberly, post doctoral fellow Epidemiology and...

679. Publications

     McRobb, E., Kaestli, M., Mayo, M., Price, E.P., Sarovich, D.S., Godoy, D. (2013). Melioidosis from Contaminated Bore Water and Successful UV Sterilization. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 89(2), 367-368. Hill, A., Ma...

680. Overview

     Aims: To determine whether pneumococcal immunisation with 23vPPV (Pneumovax) generates an adequate immune response in Indigenous adolescents and adults. Objectives: To compare the proportion of participants who have an “adequ...

681. Publications

     McCallum G.B., Singleton, R.J., Redding, G.J., Grimwood, K., Byrnes, C.A., Valery, P.C., Mobberley, C., Oguoma, V.M., Eg, K.P., Morris, P.S.,&  Chang, A.B.(2020). A decade on: Follow-up findings of Indigenous children with bronchiectasis. P...

682. Resources

     The transplant story: a personal story The transplant story: a personal story promo Kidney stories  The work of your kidneys Living with kidney disease Making a plan and palliative care Diet and kidney disease Treatment op...

683. Resources

     Recommendations for clinical care guidelines on the management of otitis media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations Centre for Research Excellence in Ear and Hearing Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children (CRE_ICH...

684. Resources

     Otitis Media app 2020 Otitis Media Guidelines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children The Ear Disease Poster Kids ears are important! Pneumoccous and otitis media The Big Ear and Nose (BEN) Transmission of otitis media

685. Selected publications

     Pereira A, Amaral F, Coppo MJC†, Bailey KE†, Ting S†, Gilkerson J†, Browning GF†, Joanita JBDC†, Toribio JALML†. Knowledge and practices related to antimicrobial use in fighting cocks -a survey of ...

686. Overview

     Aims: To improve the capacity of Asia and the Pacific countries to address the nutrition issues they face by developing the Nutrition Critical Appraisal Tool (NCAT). Objectives: To assist nutrition programs to appraise nutritio...

687. Selected publications

       Chen W, Howard K, Gorham G, Abeyaratne A, Zhao Y, Adegboye O, Kangaharan N, Taylor S, Maple-Brown L, Heard S, Talukder R, Baghbanian A, Majoni SW, Cass A. Cost-effectiveness of clinical decision support to improve CKD outcomes among First ...

688. Overview

     Aims: To understand the reliability of cough reported by Indigenous people to doctors and other health care workers. Objectives: To determine the reliability of a 24-hour history of cough taken from the accompanying carers of I...

689. About

     Biography: Jayde Hopkins is a proud Gurindji and Woolwonga woman from Darwin. She is currently completing her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences at La Trobe University. She is fascinated by microbiology and genetics and hopes to become an i...

690. About

     Biography: Nicole is a Registered Nurse (RN) and project officer living and working on Yolngu Country in the Northern Territory, based in Nhulunbuy. She has had a highly mobile nursing career, spanning nearly 20 years, working in diverse healthca...

691. Overview

     Malaria is a major cause of death in the Asia-Pacific, infecting around 250 million people each year. The Menzies malaria research program spans a broad range of research activities aimed at both prevention and treatment, from epidemiology, diagnosi...

692. Current projects

     A comparative study of the patterns of care, comorbidities and quality of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people with cancer Supportive care needs of Indigenous cancer patients across Australia Multicentre bronchiectasis study: identifying the ris...

693. Researcher awarded fellowship to explore innovative testing for wet cough

     Menzies researcher Dr Robyn Marsh is working hard to ensure that kids have better access to testing and care to improve their respiratory health.  She has recently been awarded the 2020 Al & Val Rosenstrauss Fellowship, a four-year research...

694. Selected Publications

     1.  Noname A LJ, Brimblecombe J, Connelly PW, Harris SB, Mamakeesick M, Zinman B, O'Dea K, Hanley AJ. Similarities and differences in cardiometabolic risk factors among remote Aboriginal Australian and Canadian cohorts. Diabetes Res Clin Pract,...

695. About

     The Centre for Research Excellence in Respiratory Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children (CRE) is a five year program of research and capacity building funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) from 2012-2017....

696. Overview

     Aims: To bring together experts in the field of kidney transplantation, infectious diseases and immunology to review outcomes of transplants in Indigenous Australians.  Objectives: To review the evidence, determine protocols, impl...

697. Selected publications

     McCallum GB, Fong SM, Grimwood K, Nathan AM, Byrnes CA, Ooi MH, Nachiappan N, Saari N, Morris PS, Yeo TW, Ware RS, Elogius BW, Oguoma VM, Yerkovich ST, de Bruyne J, Lawrence KA, Lee B, Upham JW, Torzillo PJ, Chang AB. Extended Versus Standard Antibi...

698. About

     Biography: Gabriela received her PhD in Immunology from the University of Melbourne in early 2007. She worked for nearly two years in the Department of Immunology at Monash University in Melbourne on nanoparticle vaccines and regulatory T cells, bef...

699. Brains of the Desert

     Improving Indigenous mental health motivates the work, and the growing cult, of Central Australia’s Dr Kylie Dingwall.

700. Publications

     Ralph, A.P., Rashid Ali, M.R.S., William, T., Piera, K., Parameswaran, U., Bird, E., Wilkes, C.S., Lee, W.K., Yeo, T.W., Anstey, N.M. (2017), Vitamin D and activated vitamin D in tuberculosis in equatorial Malaysia: a prospective clinical st...

701. 2023 Menzies Research Seminars - Housing for health update with Dr Liam Grealy

     Join us for our next Research Seminar, as Menzies Senior Research Fellow, Dr Liam Grealy presents an update on the role housing repairs and maintenance has on health.

702. 2023 Menzies Research Seminars - Malaria Update with Dr Rob Commons

     Join us for our first Research Seminar of 2023, as Dr Rob Commons provides an update on: What dose of primaquine is best to prevent relapsing vivax malaria?

703. 2023 Menzies Research Seminars – Pneumococcal research update with Beth Temple

     Join us for our next Research Seminar, as Menzies epidemiologist Beth Temple shares an insight into: Pneumococcal vaccination for low- and middle-income countries: PCV10 or PCV13?

704. Life Course Program: ABC and TEC studies

     A prospective, life course study of Aboriginal newborns, investigating the causes of non-communicable chronic diseases.

705. About

     Biography: Dr Davies is a clinical researcher with over ten years’ experience in the area of Global Health and Infectious Diseases. Dr Davies has an extensive clinical background in these areas including working in communities in Tanzania...

706. Associate Professor Steven Tong honoured with Frank Fenner Award

     Associate Professor Steven Tong, Infectious Diseases Physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Indigenous Health Theme Leader at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), has been awarded the 2017 Frank Fenner Award for Advanced Research in Infectious Diseases.

707. About

     Biography: Josh is a clinician researcher, and divides his time between clinical work as an Infectious Diseases physician in Newcastle, and research work as a principal research fellow based at Menzies. He completed his clinical infectious diseas...

708. Be snake wise!

     Royal Darwin Hospital infectious diseases physician and snake expert Professor Bart Currie said the RDH emergency department receives on average one to two snakebite patients per week at this time of year.

709. DoH - Free healthy food app dials up good tucker for remote Indigenous communities

     The Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP Minister for Indigenous Health Free healthy food app dials up good tucker for remote Indigenous communities A new mobile phone app has been launched which promises to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in ...

710. Improving understanding of COVID-19, measles, rubella, hepatitis B and dengue epidemiology in Timor-Leste

     In Timor-Leste, immunisation is key to protecting people against diseases such as measles, rubella and hepatitis B and is crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccination is available through government health services in Timor-Leste, but there is substantial variation in the uptake of different vaccines across different municipalities.

711. MEDIA RELEASE | Menzies’ researchers contribute to global studies on structural racism’s impact on unequal diabetes cases and care

     A new series on diabetes research published in The Lancet and The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journals has found diabetes is pervasive, growing in prevalence and outpacing most diseases globally.

712. MEDIA RELEASE | NHMRC funding awarded to tackle malaria and pneumonia on a global scale

     Two top researchers from Menzies are closer to tackling life-threatening diseases and improving global health approaches after securing competitive national funding.

713. Menzies Research Seminar – Mental health research update with Dr Josie Povey

     Join us for our next research seminar as mental health researcher, Dr Josie Povey presents on the past, present and future directions of the Stay Strong Program.

714. Menzies research shines on the national stage

     Menzies has been awarded federal funding for 11 competitive grants and fellowships to help improve outcomes for disadvantaged populations in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

715. MJA Podcasts 2017 Episode 66: MRSA, with A/Prof John Ferguson, and Dr Jason Agostino

     Associate Professor John Ferguson is an infection diseases specialist at John Hunter Hospital, and a microbiologist at the University of Newcastle. Dr Jason Agostino is a lecturer in general practice at the ANU. Discussing community associated MRSA and its changing epidemiology with MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.

716. RISE OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE “DEEPLY ALARMING”

     THE death of an American woman from an untreatable infection with a gram-negative bacterium resistant to all classes of antibiotics has left Australian infectious diseases experts “deeply alarmed”, according to an editorial published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

717. Professor Josh Davis honoured with Frank Fenner Award

     Named after Professor Frank Fenner, an Australian pioneer of viral research, the Frank Fenner award is the peak research award from the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID). It is awarded annually on the basis of a portfolio of original ...

718. Selected publications

     Thriemer K, Poespoprodjo JR, Kenangalem E, Douglas NM, Sugiarto P, Anstey NM, Simpson JA, Price RN. The risk of adverse clinical outcomes following treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria with and without primaquine in Papua, Indonesia. PLoS Neglected...

719. Selected publications

     Bailie R, Matthews V, Larkins S, Thompson S, Burgess P, Weeramanthri T, Bailie J, Cunningham F, Kwedza R, Clark L. (2017) Impact of policy support on uptake of evidence-based continuous quality improvement activities and the quality of care for Indi...

720. Selected publications

     Devine, A., Battle, K. E., Meagher, N., Howes, R. E., Dini, S., Gething, P. W., Simpson, J. A., Price, R. N., & Lubell, Y. (2021). Global economic costs due to vivax malaria and the potential impact of its radical cure: A modelling study. PLoS m...

721. Overview

     Aim: To determine whether the faecal bacterial shedding of wildlife and livestock or domestic animals contributes significantly to the distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in the Darwin region.  Summary: Burkholderia pseu...

722. Selected publications

     Phan, H. T., Blizzard, C. L., Reeves, M. J., Thrift, A. G., Cadilhac, D., Sturm, J., . . . Gall, S. (2017). Sex Differences in Long-Term Mortality After Stroke in the INSTRUCT (INternational STRoke oUtComes sTudy): A Meta-Analysis of Individual Part...

723. About

     Hearing loss is not just about “ears”. Ear disease affects speech and language development, many of life’s enjoyments, and access to culture, education, and employment. Children with ear problems cannot hear properly – they have...

724. Related project

     STRONG-TL - disease control in Timor-Leste MATCH TL - strengthen diagnosis and surveillance of infectious diseases in Timor-Leste Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and select vaccine-preventable diseases in Timor-Leste (ARIA-RISE)

725. Overview

     Aims:   To enhance the in-store food environment to influence healthy food choice and spending in Indigenous Australian remote communities. Objectives: To develop and test the robustness (feasibility, validity and reliability) o...

726. A fresh look that embodies our values

     Our community - Our community is at the core of what we do, represented by the circle in the centre of our logo. Our impact - The lines represent how every action, big or small, ripples outward to create positive change. They show how connections mu...

727. HealthLAB in Kakadu National Park

     As part of National Science Week 2017, the Menzies HealthLAB will be at the Bowali Visitors Centre, Kakadu.

728. About

     Biography: Within the Menzies Division of Global and Tropical Health Chris is working on a range of projects to improve our understanding of the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in our region and strengthen regional response systems for improved cl...

729. Module 1: Population health, primary health care and continuous quality improvement

     Provides an overview of key concepts and approaches used in quality improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care. Module 1 takes aproximately 30min (excluding readings) Complete Module 01 | Click here Learning objec...

730. About

     Biography: Dr A M Shamsir Ahmed is a public health epidemiologist and his research focuses on clinical and community based health interventions to improve the life and health of children and women of low and middle income countries. As an in...

731. Publications Baseline

     Barr EL, Maple-Brown LJ, Barzi F, Hughes JT, Jerums G, Ekinci EI, Ellis AG, Jones GR, Lawton PD, Sajiv C, Majoni SW, Brown AD, Hoy WE, O'Dea K, Cass A, MacIsaac RJ. Comparison of creatinine and cystatin C based eGFR in the estimation of glomerul...

732. Overview

     Aims: To characterise and monitor hepatitis B linkage to care and treatment requirements amongst people living with chronic hepatitis B. Objectives:  Among people living with chronic hepatitis B: To characterise the socio-demographi...

733. Overview

     Summary: The Territory Integrated Care: Primary health data Linkage Using Software (TIC PLUS) will build on Territory Kidney Care (TKC). The project consolidates electronic health records (EHR) from public hospitals, government operated primary...

734. Selected publications

     Povey, J., Sweet, M., Nagel, T., Lowell, A., Shand, F., Vigona, J., & Dingwall, K. M. (2022). Determining Priorities in the Aboriginal and Islander Mental Health Initiative for Youth App Second Phase Participatory Design Project: Qualitative Stu...

735. Selected publications

     Price, E. P., Sarovich, D. S., Mayo, M., Tuanyok, A., Drees, K. P., Kaestli, M. et al. (2013). Within-host evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei over a twelve-year chronic-carriage infection. mBio: In Press. McRobb E., Kaestli M., Mayo M....

736. Current projects

     Evaluation of Territory Kidney Care (TKC) Renal Wellbeing Project Piloting the What Matters 2 Adults (WM2A) Wellbeing Measure Tool with Renal Patients CVD Check NT: Understanding and addressing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a diabetes e...

737. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Diabetes Australian Research Trust (DART) Northern Territory Research and Innovation Board Grant  Northern Territory Department of Health Collaborators: Prof Loui...

738. About

     Biography: Dr Shawn Ting is a veterinarian with a background in public health, food safety, animal health, animal welfare and public administration. He currently leads the animal health aspects of the Menzies Timor-Leste project, focusing on deve...

739. Overview

     Implementation of M. leprae qPCR for close-contact screening and index case confirmation in Timor-Leste (LEPRAE-TL)   Aims: This study will be the first to investigate the application of molecular diagnostics for M. leprae in Timor-Leste....

740. Overview

     Aims: Studying children aged <24 months presenting to the Royal Darwin Hospital with a clinical diagnosis of bronchiolitis to: determine the validity and reliability of a bronchiolitis scoring system, examine if the score predic...

741. Menzies renews MoU with Timor-Leste Ministry of Health

     An important partnership in the work to improve public health in Timor-Leste has been strengthened with Menzies and the Timor-Leste Ministry of Health (MoH) signing a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The new MoU means Menzies and the Minis...

742. Current projects

       PneuMatters Study: Preventing early-onset pneumonia in children through maternal immunisation: a multi-centre randomised control trial (RCT) PARROT: Prophylactic antibiotics to prevent recurrent lower respiratory tract infections in chil...

743. Deputy Director Indigenous Leadership and Engagement

     Deputy Director Indigenous Leadership and Engagement, Menzies School of Health Research Executive Director Aboriginal Health & Diversity, NT Health Top End   Biography: Dr Sean Taylor is descendent of the Dauareb Tribe, one of the ...

744. Publications

     Liberato ,S.C., Bailie, R., & Brimblecombe, J. (2014). Nutrition interventions at point-of-sale to encourage healthier food purchasing: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 14, 919. Brimblecombe, J., Liddle, R., & O'Dea, K. (20...

745. Current projects

     The patho-micro biology of protracted bacterial bronchitis and chronic suppurative lung disease Novel diagnostic tools for management of chronic wet cough in children Protacted bacterial bronchitis: long term outcomes and predictors of recurrenc...

746. About

     Biography: Thérèse, more commonly known as TK, has been at Menzies since 2006 and is currently employed in the Tropical and Global Health and Education Division. TK has over 15 years of experience working in rural and remote Abori...

747. About

     Biography: Dr Winnie Chen is a clinician-researcher and health economist. Winnie recently completed her PhD in 2024 with the Territory Kidney Care team at Menzies School of Health Research. Her skillsets include health economics (modelled economi...

748. About

     Biography: Within the Menzies Division of Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Yomei manages the Return to Country: A national platform study, a study to understand why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians with renal disease have ...

749. About

     About: Zhiqiang Wang is a senior biostatistician at the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin. He has extensive experience in analysing large and complex observational datasets. As Chief Investigator A, he has completed five NHMRC projects ...

750. About

     Biography: Megan is a member of the Life Course team, in Menzies' Child Health division. Previously, she was a recipient of the NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship, and has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center (Un...

751. Overview

     The Tropical Disease Research Regional Collaborative Initiative (TDRRCI) Aims: Specific malaria aims are to: Strengthen capacity within malaria control programs to apply novel tools for molecular surveillance of drug-resistan...

752. About

     Biography: Dr. Mariana Barnes (née Kleinecke), is an bioinformatician, working at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies), Darwin, Northern Territory.  Mariana was born in Germany, where she studied Molecular Life Sciences. She then...

753. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Collaborators: Professor Anne Chang, Menzies School of Health Research Professor Peter Morris, Menzies School of Health Research Colin Robertson , Royal...

754. Stronger Systems for Health Security Program

     The Stronger Systems for Health Security Program is a key investment of the Australian Government’s Indo-Pacific Health Security Initiative. Following a competitive peer review process, convened by the National Health and Medical Research Council...

755. Researcher profile | Dr Robyn Marsh

     Researcher Dr Robyn Marsh has been able to continue to develop her research career thanks to an innovative Gender Equity Fellowship at Menzies. The fellowship was established to promote and encourage equity across Menzies, recognising that women are...

756. Overview

     Aims: Among children and adults with bronchiectasis, can acute respiratory exacerbations (REs) be reduced during 12 months of treatment with oral erdosteine compared to placebo (equivalent volume or capsule) given twice daily. Secondary aims are ...

757. Current projects

     AIMhi-Y App development & feasibility trial AIMhi NT the AIMhi Stay Strong app Wellbeing Intervention for Chronic Kidney Disease (WICKD) BEAT depression and substance misuse Cultural security and care planning Screening and treatment...

758. Overview

     Aims: To define the contribution of viral infection and increased bacterial load in the nose to episodes of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in Indigenous children To explore the incidence of respiratory Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in in...

759. Publications

     Arkell, P., Gusmao, C., Sheridan, C, L., Tanesi, M, Y., Gomes, N., Oakley, T., Wapling, J., Alves, L., Kopf, S., Sarmento, N., Da Costa Barreto, I., Amaral, S., Draper, A., Coelho, D., Guterres, H., Salles, A., Machado, F., Fancourt, N., Yan, J., Ma...

760. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Collaborators: Patricia Valery, Menzies School of Health Research Anne Chang, Menzies School of Health Research, Queensland Children’s Medical Research ...

761. Timor-Leste

     We work with the Timor-Leste Government and partners to strengthen health systems for responding to infectious diseases challenges. Our projects in Timor-Leste have been designed to build capacity in clinical, surveillance and laboratory sett...

762. Publications

     Raphiphatthana, B., Sweet, M., Puszka, S., Dingwall, K. & Nagel, T. (2020). Evaluation of a three-phase implementation program in enhancing e-mental health adoption within Indigenous primary healthcare organisations. BMC Health Services Res...

763. Goodbye to...

     CARA: Peter Stephens, Business Development Unit manager Jing Zhang, finance assistant Monica Barolits-McCabe, finance controller Belinda Snell, resarch administration officer Kayleigh Ross, receptionist Child He...

764. Current projects

     Territory Kidney Care (TKC) Territory Integrated Care - Primary care linkage using systems (TIC-Plus) The CKD Consortium: Evaluation of chronic kidney disease identification and management in primary care in three jurisdictions ac...

765. Postgraduate degrees

766. Overview

     Cancer has a greater impact on Indigenous women than other Australian women. While cancer of the cervix and uterus are more common in Indigenous women and breast cancer is less common,  Indigenous women who develop breast cancer are more likely...

767. About

     Biography: For the first time, an audiologist has been recruited to the Child Health Team. Dino Hodge will be assessing the hearing of children participating the PREVIX clinical trial, aiming to ensure that all children at risk of developmental dela...

768. Researcher profile | Dr Alana Gall's unconventional academic journey

     Dr Alana Gall is a proud ‘Pakana’ Tasmanian Aboriginal woman whose ancestral heritage links to the north-east coast of Lutruwita (Tasmania), and more recently, the Bass Strait Islands of Cape Barren and Flinders Island.  Alana has a...

769. Major supporters

     Menzies has many new and ongoing projects and programs happening and the financial support we receive is crucial to driving our medical research, education and training. We are immensely grateful to the following donors for their generous support in 20...

770. Hearing for Learning Initiative (HfLi)

     Investing Generational Change – Hearing for Learning Initiative Up to nine in every ten Aboriginal children, under the age of three, in the Northern Territory, suffer from otitis media, or “glue ear”, in one or both ears, which can...

771. Crucial tool to assist in the elimination of Chronic Hepatitis B launched

     An educational app designed to improve health literacy around the hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been translated to provide more than 70 per cent of the Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal population access in their first language. The Hep B Story App, ...

772. Current projects

     Preventing recurrent ALRIs (PETAL) study: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial Bronchiectasis Action Management Plan (BAMP) Study: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial Bronchiectasis App evaluation LOng Term follow Up improves clin...

773. Overview

     Aims: To understanding the role of contaminants in regards to the urine albumin-creatine ratio (UACR).  Objectives: Examine the association between UACR and chemical evidence of cellular “contamination” of the urine us...

774. Overview

     In remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, access to typical drugs of abuse can be restricted due to geographical or social policy constraints. In these unique contexts, the substances and patterns of use can differ markedly from...

775. Menzies Medallion and Menzies Companions announced

     Professor Paul Torzillo has been awarded the prestigious Menzies Medallion for being a national leader in Aboriginal health care, research and policy. Professor Torzillo was presented the award at the 2018 Menzies Oration in recognition of his work...

776. About

     Associate Professor Kangaharan is an honorary clinical fellow providing governance and implementation support from the NT Government, facilitating stakeholder engagement with tertiary clinicians, private cardiology services and GPs ...

777. Selected publications

     Harvey NC, Lillycrop KA, Garratt E, Sheppard A, McLean C, Burdge G, Slater-Jefferies J, Rodford J, Crozier S, Inskip H, Emerald BS, Gale CR, Hanson M, Gluckman P, Godfrey K, Cooper C. (2012) Evaluation of methylation status of the eNOS promoter at b...

778. Goodbye to...

     Child Health: Jo Fitz, project officer Education and Research Support: Falon Downing, ethics admin officer Epidemiology and Health Systems: Bron Silver, strive trail coordinator Jennifer O'Dempsey, executive support office...

779. A dozen staff reach top 2 per cent

     Twelve Menzies School of Health Researchers have been ranked amongst the world’s top scientists by a prestigious Stanford University study. The annual list, known as the World's Top 2% of Scientists, ranks researchers as per thei...

780. About

     Biography: Steven grew up in Indonesia and came to Australia in 2007 to complete his undergraduate degree at the University of Western Australia in Perth. In 2012, Steven relocated to Darwin and joined Menzies as a research assistant in the Glo...

781. Overview

     Aims: A double-blinded randomised controlled trial designed to determine whether a longer course (13-14 days) of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, compared to a shorter course (5-6 days), improve clinical outcomes of children hospitalised with severe ...

782. Publications

     Dias T, MacKay D, Canuto K, Boyle JA, D’Antoine H, Hampton D, Martin K, Phillips J, Bartlett N, Mcintyre HD, Graham S, Corpus S, Connors C, McCarthy L, Kirkham R and Maple-Brown LJ (2024) Supporting healthy lifestyles for First Nations women a...

783. About

     Biography: After completing an Honours Degree in preterm infant nutrition, Emma embarked on a PhD at Flinders University, South Australia in the area of food policy. This work, completed in June 2016, spans the topics of food labelling regulation, s...

784. Overview

     Aims: To study the serum electrolyte results in the Northern Territory, to develop an understanding of if the results are affected by remoteness.  Summary: The measurement of serum electrolyte concentrations is important for the appr...

785. About

     Biography: Phil Giffard conducts research in the field of microbial genetics and genomics, that is relevant to infectious disease. The focus is upon questions relevant to the population of Northern Territory. Recent projects gave given rise to ...

786. About

     Biography: Dr Patiyan Andersson is a molecular geneticist, with experience in a range of fields from human genetics to bacterial genomics. He completed his PhD in cancer genetics, where he studied and defined molecular pathways involved in prostate ...

787. Overview

     Aims: Primary aim: To compare the incidence of any medically attended ALRI in the first 12 months of life by maternal receipt of the 10vPHiD-CV at 27(+6 days) – 34(+6 days) weeks of gestation.  Secondary aims: Evaluate t...

788. Projects

     eGFR study: accurate assessment of renal function and progression of chronic kidney disease in Indigenous Australians PANDORA Understanding and tackling intergenerational diabetes: PANDORA Wave 3 A life course approach to reduce intergeneratio...

789. Cancer care training tools win Harry Christian Giese - Research into Action Award

     Cancer care training tools win Harry Christian Giese - Research into Action Award Harry Giese AM MBE (1913–2000) was a Territory community leader and administrator who played a key role in the establishment of the Menzies School of Health Rese...

790. A 25-year journey with Menzies

     Image: Professor Joan Cunningham (L) with Associate Professor Gail Garvey (R). A social epidemiologist, with a core focus on equity in health and health care, Professor Joan Cunningham celebrated 25 years with Menzies this year. In 1993, Joan fir...

791. About

     Biography: Yitayal is a Medical Biotechnologist and Microbiologist with vast health and applied microbiology research experience. For more than a decade, he worked at the University of Gondar and Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia from the lev...

792. Overview

     The Population Health and Wellbeing research theme undertakes large scale population studies, using statistical and epidemiological methods, to describe the impact of various factors and events on the lives of children and young people. Many of the res...

793. Photo gallery | CDU Menzies School of Medicine Public Lecture Series

     The first in a series of public lectures hosted by CDU Menzies School of Medicine kicked off on 17 March with Menzies Professor of Global Health Professor Ric Price giving a talk on the history of Malaria and its global elimination. Sixty peopl...

794. Selected publications

     Marsh RL, Binks MJ, Smith-Vaughan HC, Janka M, Clark S, Richmond P, Chang AB, Thornton RB. Prevalence and subtyping of biofilms present in bronchoalveolar lavage from children with protracted bacterial bronchitis or non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasi...

795. Overview

     Aims: Review what processes, timeframes, and supports were in place for adolescents with bronchiectasis to transition from paediatric to adult services in the Northern Territory from 2007 to 2021, so as to define steps for improvement.  Re...

796. Publications

     Pickering, J., Smith-Vaughan, H., Beissbarth, J., Bowman, J.M., Wiertsema, S., Riley, T.V., et al. (2014). Diversity of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae colonizing Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. Journal of Clinical Microbiol...

797. Projects

     Current projects Aboriginal and Islander Mental Health Initiative for Youth (AIMhi-Y) Aboriginal and Islander Mental Health Initative for Youth (AIMhi-Y) Feasibility study AIMhi NT the AIMhi Stay Strong app e-Mental Health in Practice (eM...

798. About

     Biography: Professor James Smith is an Honorary Research Fellow at Menzies School of Health Research. He previously held roles as the Father Frank Flynn Fellow (Harm Minimisation); Head of the Alcohol, Other Drugs and Gambling team; and Directo...

799. Overview

     Pneumonia is the most common cause of death in children, accounting for at least 18 per cent of global child mortality and 50 per cent of deaths in some countries in the region. Global models suggest that of the estimated 1.3 million children dy...

800. Overview

     Aims: To test whether a family-based program about second hand smoke will reduce the number of clinic presentations of infants for respiratory illness. Objectives: To provide high-level evidence of the efficacy to reduce respiratory il...

801. Overview

     Aims: To understand how the immune system in Indigenous people responds to influenza infections and how this might differ from non-Indigenous people. Objectives: To design new vaccines against influenza that will work in both I...

802. Publications

     Binks MJ, Beissbarth J, Oguoma VM, Pizzutto SJ, Leach AJ, Smith-Vaughan HC, McHugh L, Andrews RM, Webby R, Morris PS, Chang AB.  Acute lower respiratory infections in Indigenous infants in Australia's Northern Territory across three eras of...

803. Publications

     Truong, M., Bourke, C., Jones, Y., Cook, O., & Lawton, P. (2020). Equity in clinical practice requires organisational and system-level change - The role of nurse leaders. Collegian. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2020.09.00...

804. About

     Biography: Alison is a PhD Candidate in the Centre for Primary Health Care Systems, Division of Epidemiology and Health Systems. Her recently completed study is the developmental evaluation of a knowledge translation project in Aboriginal and Torres...

805. Projects

     Current Projects:  Hep B PAST Plus: A co-designed approach to reducing the burden of liver disease in First Nations populations in northern Australia PARTNER NT: A PARTNERship approach to reduce the incidences of sexually transmitted ...

806. Overview

     Aims: This study will assess the effectiveness of the National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) for Indigenous women compared with other Australian women, and investigate trends in cervical cancer incidence and survival for Indigenous women. T...

807. Publications

     Francis, J. R., Sarmento, N., Draper, A., Marr, I., Ting, S., Fancourt, N., Alves, L., Champlin, K., Bongers, A., & Yan, J. (2020). Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic use in Timor-Leste: building surveillance capacity with a One Health appr...

808. Overview

     TB incidence in Australia is low but TB remains a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality among First Nations Australians. However, this can be avoided if active TB is detected and treated earlier before it has caused damage and spread to others, ...

809. Schools plant gardens and grow nutrition knowledge

     At Nganmarriyanga School in remote Northern Territory (NT), teenage boys walk among rows of thriving fruit.

810. Tuberculosis researcher wins Harry Christian Giese Research Impact Prize

     Image caption: Some of the Menzies REACT (Remote Aboriginal Communities Ending Tuberculosis) team  Despite being preventable and treatable, tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading infectious cause of death globally and continues to place a h...

811. Dr Matthew Roughan

     I found the unique perspectives offered by NT-based lecturers to be a highlight, particularly in Indigenous health. Equally, I found the content to be just as relevant when I moved back to Queensland.

812. Overview

     To make a difference, high-quality health research needs to be taken up into routine practice by health care providers, managers, funders and regulators. At Menzies we are building an evidence base to improve the methods through which ...

813. Overview

     Aims: Our current studies include: Characterising the systemic adaptive and innate immune responses to respiratory pathogens Investigating the role of airway macrophages in persistent neutrophilic inflammation Investigating the effect of t...

814. About

     Biography: Vishnu is a public health researcher with primary experience in rural health programs and applied health research methods. He started working with Menzies in October 2022 and has been involved in Optimising Digital Solutions to Improve Ac...

815. Overview

     “Ask the Specialist” is a cultural education podcast developed by researchers at Menzies School of Health Research with Top End Health Service, the NT Aboriginal Interpreter Service and Aboriginal leaders: Larrakia Elder Aunty Bilawara...

816. Ear and respiratory

     Microbiology and molecular service Microbiology service: Microbiology service for surveillance and clinical trials (national and international) Culture and identification of bacteria associated with otitis media, skin, and lower respirator...

817. Overview

     Building stronger primary health care systems requires a systematic approach and collaboration between many partners.  Our research focus: To develop and refine continuous quality improvement (CQI) methods, particularly through tools deve...

818. Overview

     Aim:  To understand the relationship between foodborne gastrointestinal infections in Timorese infants and subsequent malnutrition and stunting. Summary:  Malnutrition is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality in children un...

819. About

     Biography: Dr Tina Noutsos is the Head of the Division of Global and Tropical Health, and a Senior Research Fellow at Menzies, Senior Specialist Clinical and Laboratory Haematologist at Royal Darwin Hospital, and an Associate Professor at Flinders U...

820. Publications

     Águas, R., Mahdi, A., Shretta, R., Horby, P., Landray, M., White, L.,et al. (2021). Potential health and economic impacts of dexamethasone treatment for patients with COVID-19. Nat Commun, 12, 915. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-2113...

821. NHMRC fellowship snapshot: Professor Joan Cunningham

     Menzies' Senior Principal Research Fellow Professor Joan Cunningham was recently awarded a research fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council's yearly multi-million dollar funding round.

822. Overview

     Aims: To test children undergoing bronchoscopy under anaesthetic for suspected Bronchiectasis (BE) to compare the bacteria found in the lung with bacteria found in the upper airway to better understand the bacterial causes of bronchiectasis in ch...

823. Overview

     Aims:  To determine if the routine use of a personalised written BAMP (compared to standard care) reduces non-scheduled doctor visits. Secondary aims: To determine if the routine use of a personalised BAMP: (i) reduces the ra...

824. Projects

     Routine analysis of variation in care:  Analysis of national and jurisdictional data, Menzies School of Health Research Extent of screening for post natal depression in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island women, Combined Universities Centr...

825. Publications

     Wave 1: Sayers, S.M., & Powers, J.R. (1992). An evaluation of three methods used to assess the gestational age of Aboriginal neonates. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 28(4), 312-317.  Sayers, S.M., & Powers, J.R. (1993). B...

826. Overview

     Aims:  To identify measurable, modifiable targets to improve kidney transplantation outcomes for Indigenous Australians.  Objectives:  Our national research program will provide in depth understanding of the pathophysiol...

827. Researchers

     Study director: Associate Professor Gurmeet Singh, Menzies School of Health Research Study founder: Associate Professor Susan Sayers AO (Deceased), Menzies School of Health Research Researcher team: Belinda D...

828. Key staff

     Chief Investigators: Prof Joshua Francis, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia  A/Prof Jennifer Yan, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia Dr Joanita Bendita da Costa Jong, Direção Nacional de Veteriná...

829. Publications

     Cunningham, F.C., Ferguson-Hill, S., Matthews, V. & Bailie, R. (2016) Leveraging quality improvement through use of the systems assessment tool in Indigenous primary health care services: a mixed methods study. BMC Health Services Research, 16, ...

830. Publications

     Bailie, R., Si, D., Connors, C., Kwedza, R., O'Donoghue, L., Kennedy, C., et al. (2011). Variation in quality of preventative care for well adults in Indigenous community health centres in Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 11(139). Si, ...

831. Overview

     Dengue fever remains a major public health challenge in Timor-Leste, with concerning spikes in case fatality rates in 2005, 2020, and 2021.  To combat this, the Ministry of Health of Timor-Leste, in partnership with Menzies Timor-Leste, the Wor...

832. About

     BRUCE-TL (Brucellosis Reduction Using Codesign Elements in Timor-Leste) is a One Health project which involves partnering with the government and local communities to identify and implement candidate strategies for brucellosis control, with continual r...

833. Overview

     Aims: To evaluate price discounts on food and beverages in remote community stores.  Objectives: To assess the impact of price discount strategies on food and beverages purchased in remote community stores To explore the enabler...

834. Can you hear me, baby?

     When two young nurses swapped the corridors of Darwin Royal Hospital for life as researchers, together they took steps towards finding enduring solutions for people in Aboriginal communities.

835. Overview

     A multicentre randomised, placebo-controlled comparison of short and long course primaquine regimens (IMPROV)   Aim: This clinical trial assessed the efficacy and safety of a short-course high dose primaquine regimen for the radical cure ...

836. Publications

     Hare, K.M., Marsh, R.L., Binks, M.J., Grimwood, K., Pizzutto, S.J., Leach, A.J., et al. (2013). Quantitative PCR confirms culture as the gold standard for the detection of lower airway infection by Haemophilus influenzae in Australian Indigenous...

837. Overview

     Aims: To determine if a standardised clinical management pathway improves clinical outcomes To assess the reliability, validity and direct health costs of this pathway To examine the feasibility of using the standardised pathway ...

838. Overview

     Scabies affects >200 million people worldwide each year. This parasitic skin infection disproportionately affects First Nations communities and low-middle income countries (LMICs). Scabies is recognised by the World Health Organization as a neglecte...

839. Overview

     Aims: To determine the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in reducing hospitalisations for those with diarrhoea caused by rotavirus To assess the indirect impact against other causes of diarrhoea providing critical information rele...

840. Key staff

     Key staff: Professor Anne Chang A/Prof Gabrielle McCallum Assoc Prof Heidi Smith-Vaughan Professor Peter Morris Lesley Versteegh Cate Wilson Dr Robyn Marsh Dr Susan Pizzutto Dr Michael Binks Collaborators: Dr Kerry...

841. Adelaide's story

     Adelaide was born in Babinda, North Queensland and moved to Brisbane at a very young age. Adelaide is the second Daughter of four children born to Valentine Saylor and Joan Saylor (nee Dewis.)  In 2004 she began work at Carinity Education Southsid...

842. Translating research into improved outcomes in the Top End

     Northern Australia’s expertise in translating health and medical research into improved care and health outcomes has been recognised with a newly accredited Research Translation Centre. Top End Academic Health Partners is the newest of 11 centres nationally.

843. Selected Publications

     Sarmento N., da Silva E.S., Barreto I., Ximenes J.C., Angelina J.M., Correia D.M., Babo S.M., Tilman A.J., de Sousa, A.S., Hornay E., Ico L.C., Machado F.N., Niha M.V., Ballard S., Lin C., Howden B., Baird R., Wapling J., Alves L., Oakley T., Marr I...

844. Selected publications

     Thompson, S.L., Chenhall, R.D., & Brimblecombe, J.K. (2013). Indigenous perspectives on active living in remote Australia: A qualitative exploration of the socio-cultural link between health, the environment and economics. BMC Public Health,...

845. Selected publications

     Robinson, R.W., Tyler, W.B., Silburn, S.R. & Zubrick, S.R. (2012). Gender, Culture and Intervention: Exploring Differences between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Children’s Responses to an Early Intervention Programme. Children and Soci...

846. Overview

     Reducing the risk of P. vivax after falciparum infections in co-endemic areas - a randomized controlled trial (PRIMA)   Aim: To simplify malaria treatment in co-endemic areas, by assessing the use of primaquine radical cure in Plasmodium fa...

847. Harry Christian Giese Award 2022 | Congratulations Dr Bianca Middleton

     Dr Bianca Middleton has won the 2022 Harry Christian Giese Research into Action Award for her proposal to address under-vaccination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children under five years old. Dr Middleton will lead community stakeholder...

848. Selected publications

     Waugh EB, Hefler M, Pascoe S, Mayo M, Hare MJL, Story DA, Wilkshire N, Henwood P, Ross J, Croker D. (2025), What do Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory value during the operation journey? A qualitative study. Med J Aust. 223(1):30–37. ...

849. Staff

     Associate Professor Heidi Smith-Vaughan - Head of Child Health Laboratory Research and NHMRC Career Development Fellow Primary project: Molecular public health in Australian Indigenous communities and developing countries in...

850. Overview

     Mental illnesses are among the fastest growing health problems nationwide and Indigenous Australians are at high risk. Menzies researchers are seeking to prevent mental illness by identifying the tools and methods people and comm...

851. Overview

     Aims:  Our RCT aims are to prevent bronchiectasis and other clinical outcomes of children with chronic wet cough who have high-risk trait. Objectives: We plan a cohort study on 400 children with chronic wet cough. We will link carefully c...

852. Selected publications

     Wirjanata, G., Handayuni, I., Zaloumis, S. G., Chalfein, F., Prayoga, P., Kenangalem, E., et al. (2016). Analysis of ex vivo drug response data of Plasmodium clinical isolates: the pros and cons of different computer programs and online platforms. M...

853. New bacterium named after Senior Researcher Mark Mayo

     The discovery of two novel species of bacteria has led to one of them being named after Menzies Associate Deputy Director, Indigenous Leadership and Engagement, Laboratory project manager and Senior Researcher Mark Mayo. The two new species are...

854. Selected publications

     Price, E.P., Sarovich, D.S., Mayo, M., Tuanyok, A., Drees, K., Kaestli, K., et al. (2013). Within-host evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei over a twelve-year chronic carriage infection. mBio, 4, e00388 Sarovich, D.S., Price, E.P., Von S...

855. Selected publications

     Russell DJ, Zhao Y, Guthridge S, Ramjan M, Jones MP, Humphreys JS, Wakerman J. (2017). Patterns of resident health workforce turnover and retention in remote communities of the Northern Territory of Australia, 2013 – 2015. Hum Resour Health; 1...

856. Overview

     Summary: The ORVAC study – Optimising Rotavirus Vaccine in Aboriginal Children – is a double-blind randomised placebo controlled clinical trial which administers a third (booster) dose of oral rotavirus vaccine to Aboriginal children six...

857. Overview

     Aims: Primary aim: To determine whether 12-months of weekly azithromycin (compared to placebo) improves clinical outcomes of Indigenous children (aged <2-years) hospitalised with an acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI)? Secondary...

858. New asthma app to increase health literacy

     Thanks to a new interactive app, learning about asthma has just become a lot easier for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and health practitioners. The app, produced by Menzies' Child Health Division, uses interactive images, audio ...

859. New asthma app to increase health literacy

     Thanks to a new interactive app, learning about asthma has just become a lot easier for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and health practitioners.

860. Stay Strong app helps self-management 

     The importance of social connection and culturally sensitive self-management tools to support patients managing chronic health conditions has been emphasised in a recent study by Menzies.  The study of the digital health tool – the Stay S...

861. Overview

     Aims: To improve the management and outcomes for infants hospitalised with Bronchiolitis through a controlled trial to assess the efficacy of a single dose of Azithromycin (30mg/kg) in 92 infants ≤18 months admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital an...

862. Selected publications

     1. Condon JR, Zhang X, Dempsey K, Garling L, Guthridge S. (2016) Trends in cancer incidence and survival for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory. Medical Journal of Australia;205(10):454-458.  2. Coffey P, Con...

863. Ask the Specialist: Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolŋu stories to inspire better healthcare

     A new podcast, Ask the Specialist, reveals the reality of the hospital experience for Aboriginal patients in the Top End of the Northern Territory and offers ideas to improve the delivery of culturally respectful care. Created on Larrakia country by...

864. Menzies makes headway on malaria research in Indonesia

     Improving the skills of health facility staff, extensive fieldwork, awareness raising sessions and the publication of research results are just some of the achievements of a collaborative project finishing in Indonesia later this year. 

865. Selected publications

     Bowen, A.C., Harris, T., Holt, D.C., Giffard, P.M., Carapetis, J.R., Campbell, P.T., McVernon, J., & Tong, S.Y.C. (2016). Whole genome sequencing reveals extensive community-level transmission of group A Streptococcus in remote communi...

866. 2023 Menzies Research Seminar - Centre for Health and Other Complex Systems Research update with A/Prof Alexandra Edelman

     We’re delighted to be joined by Associate Professor Alexandra Edelman, who will introduce the Centre for Health and Other Complex Systems Research being established at Menzies School of Health Research.

867. 2023 Menzies Research Seminars - Child and Maternal Health update with Emily Bowden

     Join us for our next research seminar as Menzies PhD Candidate, Research Nurse and Clinical Research Manager, Emily Bowden presents on respectful maternity care and the association of this with child health outcomes.

868. 2023 Menzies Research Seminars - Introducing Menzies Deputy Directors (Research)

     Join us for our next research seminar as Menzies Deputy Directors (Research), Professor Anna Ralph and Professor Louise Maple-Brown share an introduction to their roles.

869. 2023 Menzies Research Seminars - Laboratory science update with Dr Mariana Barnes

     Join us for our next Research Seminar, as Menzies Bioinformatician and High-Performance Computing (HPC) Support Officer, Dr Mariana Barnes, shares an insight into the HPC named Ada.

870. 2023 Menzies Research Seminars - Suicide prevention update with Prof. Gary Robinson

     Join us for our next Research Seminar, as Menzies Centre of Child Development and Education Director, Professor Gary Robinson presents an update on suicide prevention research.

871. 2023 Menzies Research Seminars - shared decision making update with Dr Tina Noutsos

     Join us for our next Research Seminar, as our Global and Tropical Health Division Lead, Dr Tina Noutsos presents on: Blood transfusions - improving shared decision making with First Nations peoples in rural and remote Australia.

872. 2023 Menzies Research Seminars – Malaria update with Professor Nick Anstey and Dr Steven Kho

     Join us for our next research seminar as Professor Nick Anstey and Dr Steven Kho from Menzies Global and Tropical Health Division present a malaria update: Hidden splenic reservoirs of P. falciparum and P. vivax.

873. 2023 Menzies Research Seminars – Kidney care update with Professor Paul Lawton and Dr Solomon Woldeyohannes

     Join us for our next research seminar as Menzies Honorary Research Fellow, Professor Paul Lawton and Biostatistician and Monash University Research Fellow Dr Solomon Woldeyohannes present an update on the Return to Country project.

874. 2023 Menzies Research Seminars – Patterns of student mobility with Professor Steve Guthridge

     Join us for our next research seminar as Menzies Professor for Child Development, Population Health, Prof. Steve Guthridge, presents on the patterns of mobility among primary school children in the NT.

875. About

     Biography:  Within the Menzies Division of Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases, Fiona works as research officer on the NHMRC Return to Country project. This study aims to understand and improve the factors leading to disparities in renal...

876. About

     Biography: Dr Michael Binks is a senior research fellow and program leader within the Child Health Division at Menzies School of Health Research. With expertise in biomedical science, clinical trials and epidemiology, Michael leads a collaborative a...

877. ARIA-RISE Timor-Leste

     Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and select vaccine-preventable diseases in Timor-Leste (ARIA-RISE)

878. About

     Biography: Dr. Nevio Sarmento is a microbiologist and honorary fellow at Menzies, based in Dili, Timor-Leste. He completed his PhD studies from Charles Darwin University, Australia focusing on vaccine impact studies, where his pneumococcal carriage ...

879. About

     Biography: Dr Cubillo is a (Larrakia and Wadjigan) First Nations Senior Research Fellow within the Wellbeing & Preventable Chronic Diseases (WPCD) Division at Menzies.  Cubillo has expertise and experience in research related to Indige...

880. About

     Biography: Sarah has been working in the malaria world since obtaining her MSc in the Control of Infectious Diseases in 2017. After graduating, Sarah worked with the World Health Organization as a United Nations Volunteer and a Provincial Malaria Of...

881. About

     Biography: Rob Commons is an infectious diseases and general medicine physician who completed his undergraduate medical degree at The University of Melbourne in 2006 in combination with a Bachelor of Medical Science. He completed his physician train...

882. About

     Biography: Lisa is a perinatal epidemiologist with over 20 years clinical midwifery experience and over 10 years experience in clinical health research. Her areas of research expertise are predominantly pregnancy-based and include hypertensive ...

883. About

     Biography: Amy Legg is an experienced clinical pharmacist in infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship. Her research interests include effects of penicillin allergy on patient outcomes and process for allergy assessment, therapeutic drug mon...

884. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: Australian Centre for the Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ACE-NTDs)  Collaborators: Leprosy Mission of Timor-Leste Ministry of Health  National Health Laboratory 

885. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: The Australian Centre for the Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ACE-NTD)s

886. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: Australian Government Children First Foundation HeartKids Kiwanis clubs of Australia Cabrini Health. Collaborators: James Cook University Baker IDI Central Australia University of Western Australia.  

887. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council Collaborators: Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory.

888. Funders and Collaborators

     Funders: Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Rotary International Medtronic Australia and New Zealand Collaborators: Timor-Leste Ministerio da Saude Hospital Nacional Guido Valadares (HNGV)  Maluk Timor   East Timor Hea...

889. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council Collaborators: Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory.

890. Funders and collaborators

     Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council Collaborators: Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory

891. Funders and Collaborators

     Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia, Project Grant #1078930 Ramiciotti Foundation, Australia, Grant # ES2014/079 National Medical Research Council, Singapore, Project Grant # CTGIITL14Nov001 Collaborators: ...

892. Global and tropical health

     Menzies’ Global and Tropical Health Division works with a diverse range of regional health services and institutes in the Asia-Pacific.

893. PIONEERING MALARIA RESEARCH IDENTIFIES BEST TREATMENT FOR MONKEY MALARIA

     The Lancet Infectious Diseases clinical trial published on Wednesday 18th November 2015 is the first ever clinical trial in Plasmodium knowlesi malaria (P. knowlesi).

894. Jennifer Buckley

     Postdoc research fellow, Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases

895. Jessica Webb: 2016 Barbara Hale Fellowship Winner

     Working with tropical infectious diseases may not be everyone’s dream job, but for South Australian researcher, Jessica Webb, she is dedicated to pursuing her interest in this field.

896. Key staff

     Key staff: Prof Jane Davies, Program Director Dr Paula Binks, Co-Deputy Director Dr Kelly Hosking, Co-Deputy Director Hannah Reedy, Project Coordinator Jacqueline Grant, Project Assistant Aimon Riyana, Project Coordinator Anngie Everi...

897. Key staff

     Key staff: Phil Giffard Steven Tong Josh Davis Rachael Lillebridge Deborah Holt Bart Currie. Collaborators: Duke University, North Carolina, USA LA Biomedical Research Institute, California, ...

898. Love affair with parasites

     From scabies to flesh-eating fire fish (okay we made that one up), Dr Deborah Holt knows, and loves, parasites. We find out why.

899. Menzies' 40Y40K Scholarships

     In celebration of 40 years of health research impact, Menzies is delighted to announce Dr Sonja Janson and Sharif Hossain as the recipients of the Menzies 40Y40K Scholarships. These scholarships recognise their exceptional achievements to date and t...

900. Moana Tane

     Research assistant, Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases

901. Overview

     MATCH TL will strengthen diagnosis and surveillance of infectious diseases in Timor-Leste. It will work closely alongside the Timor-Leste Ministry of Health to improve access to, and quality of, laboratory diagnostic testing for Malaria, Tuberculosis (...

902. Overview

     North to South: the care and outcomes of people with end-stage kidney diseases (ESKD) in South Australia and the Northern Territory, 2001-2018   Aims: We want to understand the admitted hospital utilisation, costs and outcomes for patient...

903. Related projects

     Fleming Fund Country Grant to Timor-Leste MATCH TL - strengthen diagnosis and surveillance of infectious diseases in Timor-Leste ARIA-RISE TImor-Leste

904. Publications

     Majoni, S.W., Hughes, J.T., Heron, B., Currie, B.J. (2017) Trimethoprim+sulfamethoxazole reduces rates of melioidosis in high risk haemodialysis patients. Kidney International Reports. (accepted 12 Sept 2017). www.kireports.org/#/article/S...

905. Publications

     Stewart, B.J., Gardiner, T., Perry, G.J., & Tong, S.Y. (2015). Reduction in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia rates in patients receiving haemodialysis following alteration of skin antisepsis procedures. Journal of Hospital Infection,&...

906. Selected publications

     Maple-Brown, L.J., Graham, S., McKee, J., & Wickow, B. (2020). Walking the path together: incorporating Indigenous knowledge in diabetes research. The Lancet  Diabetes & Endocrinology, 8(7), 559-560. Maple-Brown, L.J., & Hampton, ...

907. Selected publications

     https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=F4soxgEAAAAJ&hl=en Over 120 peer-reviewed published papers, with an h-index of 30 and over 4,600 citations. Davis, J.S., McMillan, M., Swaminathan, A., Kelly, J.A., Piera, K.E,&...

908. Selected publications

     Middleton, B.F., Danchin, M.D., Jones, M.A.  et al Immunogenicity of a third scheduled dose of Rotarix in Australian Indigenous infants: a phase IV, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial, The Journal of Infectious Dis...

909. Stress not a barrier to quitting the smokes

     Professor David Thomas the Head of Menzies' Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division has outlined how stress may not be a major long-term obstacle to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people quitting smoking, as previously b...

910. The Second International Annual Health Scientific Conference 2022

     The Second International Annual Health Scientific Conference (22-23 November) is being held in Dili, Timor-Leste with the theme: ‘Strengthening systems for diagnosis and control of infections diseases in Timor-Leste’.

911. Understanding antimicrobial resistance in animals in Timor-Leste

     Infectious diseases can be transmitted from animals to humans, which is why it is important to understand animal health in order to improve human health. Research also shows that antimicrobial resistance in bacteria either in humans, animals or the env...

912. Using paracetamol for protecting kidneys in patients with severe malaria

     Paracetamol is regularly used for the relief of pain and fever associated with many illnesses, but a study just published in Clinical Infectious Diseases has shown that it may also help protect against kidney damage in patients with malaria. The...

913. Overview

     Goal: Hep B PAST – Partnership Approach to Sustainably eliminating Chronic Hepatitis B in the Northern Territory (NT) - is working towards the elimination of chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in t...

914. Photo gallery | CDU Graduation ceremony

     We are thrilled to announce our next group of Menzies graduands across Higher Degree by Research and Public Health Coursework who graduated at the Charles Darwin University Graduation at the Darwin Convention Centre on Friday 28 May...

915. Master of Public Health

     Enables students to advance their skills to better identify, understand, manage and respond to complex health and social issues.

916. Selected publications

     Holt, D.C., Harris, T.M., Hughes, J.T., Lilliebridge, R., Croker, D., Graham, S., Hall, H., Tong, S.Y., Giffard, P.M. Longitudinal whole-genome based comparison of carriage and infection associated Staphylococcus aureus in northern Australian dialys...

917. Fellowship supports priority area of research, digital healthcare

     Funded by the NT Government’s Department of Health, the Father Frank Flynn Fellowship has been awarded to Menzies Honorary Clinical Research Fellow and Nephrologist, Associate Professor Asanga Abeyaratne. 

918. Communicate study gets everyone talking

     Image caption: The RDH hospital interpreters (L-R Shannon Paddy, Beatrice Jacky, Elah Yunupingu, Georgina Gellett, Patricia Paterson, Arlu Brown) on a recent educational visit to ICU. The team discussed ventilators, renal therapy, and feeding in the IC...

919. Access and Participation

     Access The TKC system is hosted by NT Health and security and privacy are governed by NTG sits within NT Health is only available to clinical staff in NTG and partnering health services who are providing clinical care. Approved users must have an NT...

920. Harry Christian Giese Research Impact Prize

     Harry Christian Giese AM MBE (1913-2000) was a pioneer of health and education in north Australia and a key founder of Menzies School of Health Research. As Chair of the Menzies Foundation Northern Territory Committee, he brought together research...

921. Selected publications

     Bailie, J., Laycock, A., Matthews, V., & Bailie, R.S. (2016). System level action required for wide-scale improvement in quality of primary healthcare: synthesis of feedback from an interactive process to promote dissemination ...

922. Selected publications

     Chatfield, M. (2015). Precombine: A command to examine n≥2 Stata datasets before combining. Stata Journal, 5, 607-626. Maple-Brown, L., Hughes, J., Chatfield, M., Ward, L., Piers, L., Jones, G., et al. (2015). Adding Measures...

923. Selected publications

     Leonardo L., Kenangalem E., Poespoprodjo J.R., Noviyanti R., Price R.N., Anstey N.M., Minigo G., Kho S. Increased circulating myeloid-derived suppressor cells in vivax malaria and severe falciparum malaria. Malar J, 2022 Sep 8;21(1):255 Kho S., An...

924. Dr Steven Kho Receives Harry Christian Giese Research Award

     We are proud to introduce the Harry Christian Giese Research Impact Prize. This is in memory of Harry Christian Giese AM MBE (1913-2000), post-War pioneer of health and education in the Northern Territory and a key founder of the Menzies

925. Student profile | Dr Belinda Davison

     Menzies Life Course Program project manager, Dr Belinda Davison was awarded her PhD from Charles Darwin University earlier this month with her thesis, Chronic stress exposure and emotional wellbeing in Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous young adu...

926. Overview

     Aims: To enhance the RIST Keeping Track of Healthy Foods tool to provide greater flexibility and efficiencies in developing reports and analysing trends over time.    Objectives: To pilot and refine developments made to ...

927. Overview

     Summary: There are significant differences in health outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and the rest of the population living in Queensland. A lot of this can be addressed by changing three key lifestyle factors: smoking, nutrit...

928. Susan Alberti AO

     Patron profile Susan Alberti was born in 1947 in Bairnsdale, Victoria. She is the co-founder and Managing Director of the DANSU Group based in Wheelers Hill. DANSU Group successfully completed substantial commercial, industrial and property devel...

929. Master of Public Health/Master of Health Research (Double Degree)

     Combining a Master of Public Health with a Master of Health Research will give greater flexibility and opportunity to your career.

930. Overview

     Aims: In a double-blinded randomised controlled trial (RCT) is designed to answer the following research question: Does a longer course (12-13 days) of antibiotics compared to shorter course (5-6), improve short and medium-term clinical outcomes of ...

931. Selected publications

     Gorham, G., Howard, K., Togni, S., Lawton, P., Hughes, J., Majoni, S. W.,Cass, A. (2017) Economic and quality of care evaluation of dialysis service models in remote Australia: protocol for a mixed methods study. BMC Health Serv Res, 17(1), 320. ...

932. Overview

     Aims: To test 200 hospitalised Indigenous children with bronchiolitis to deterimine if oral Azithromycin, compared to placebo 30 mg/kg per dose, or oral placebo, improves clinical outcomes. This will be measured via the length of stay in hospital...

933. Overview

     The Aboriginal and Islander Mental health initiative (AIMhi) at Menzies works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers, practitioners, organisations and communities to build resilience and address healing through strengths-based appr...

934. Selected publications

     Puszka S*, Walsh C*, Markham F, Barney J, Yap M, Dreise T (2022) Towards the decolonisation of disability: A systematic review of disability conceptualisations, practices and experiences of First Nations people of Australia, Social Science & Med...

935. Overview

     Aims: To build on the relationships and work of the Dialysis Models of Care Partnership to engage Aboriginal renal patients and community members, service providers and policy makers in research knowledge translation regarding the health, social ...

936. Selected publications

     Laycock A, Bailie J, Matthews V and Bailie R. Using developmental evaluation to support knowledge translation: reflections from a large-scale quality improvement project in Indigenous primary health care. Health Research Policy & Systems 2019; 1...

937. Selected publications

     Wakerman J 2004 Defining Remote Health. Australian Journal of Rural Health 12: 210-214. Wakerman J, Humphreys JS, Wells R, Kuipers P, Entwistle P, Jones J. 2008 Primary health care delivery models in rural and remote Australia - a systematic revie...

938. Selected publications

     Noutsos, T., Perry, M.A., Secombe, P.J., Roxby, D.J., Sinha, R., & Campbell, L.C. (2023). A retrospective cohort study of red cell alloimmunisation in rural, remote, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples admitted to intensive care in...

939. Selected publications

     Cuningham W, McVernon J, Lydeamore MJ, Andrews RM, Carapetis J, Kearns T, Clucas D, Dhurrkay RG, Tong SYC, Campbell PT. (2019) High burden of infectious disease and antibiotic use in early life in Australian Aboriginal communities. Aust N Z J Public...

940. Selected publications

     Hanson J, Lee SJ, Mohanty S, Faiz MA, Anstey NM, Charunwatthana P, Yunus EB, Mishra SK, Tjitra E, Price RN, Rahman R, Nosten F, Htut Y, Hoque G, Hong Chau TT, Hoan Phu N, Hien TT, White NJ, Day NP, Dondorp AM. A simple score to predict the outcome o...

941. Selected publications

     Martins N, Soares D, Gusmao C, Nunes M, Abrantes L, Valadares D, et al. (2024) A qualitative exploration of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-based violence against women living with HIV or tuberculosis in Timor Leste.  PLoS ONE ...

942. Photo gallery | Celebrating National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week

     Throughout National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week, Menzies’ has hosted events which saw us come together to learn about how we can each contribute to reconciliation in Australia and celebrate the oldest, continuous culture in the world. 

943. Photo gallery | CDU Graduations

     Congratulations to our students who graduated in September from Charles Darwin University.  Professor Alan Cass AO with PhD students Dr Tina Noutsos and Dr Gillian Gorham and Master of Public Health graduate, Julie Mae Malcampo. ...

944. Selected publications

     Kerrigan, V., McGrath, S. Y., Herdman, R. M., Puruntatameri, P., Lee, B., Cass, A., Ralph, A. P., & Hefler, M. (2022). Evaluation of “Ask the Specialist": a cultural education podcast to inspire improved healthcare for Aboriginal peop...

945. Overview

     A life course approach to reduce intergenerational diabetes in remote northern Australia through improved systems of care and consumer engagement   Aims: To improve child and maternal health outcomes for women with diabetes in pregnanc...

946. Overview

     Aims:  To examine the relationship between the pooled Indigenous & non-Indigenous index of Relative Socioeconomic Outcomes (PINIRSEO) and the Indigenous and non-Indigenous incidence of renal replacement therapy (RRT), taking age and sex ...

947. Selected publications

     Preprint: Solomon Woldeyohannes, Yomei Jones, Paul Lawton. (2025). Variance Estimation for Assessing Healthcare Providers’ Performance using log Standardized Incidence Ratio. medRxiv 2025.04.22.25326183; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.22...

948. Selected publications

     Price, D.J., Nekkab, N., Monteiro, W.M., Villela, D.A.M., Simpson, J.A., Lacerda, M.V.G., White, M., Devine, A. (2024) The cost-effectiveness of tafenoquine following G6PD screening for the treatment of vivax malaria in Brazil: a transmission model ...

949. Testing and surveillance at the Timor-Leste National Health Laboratory

     In April this year, as COVID-19 was spreading in the community, Timor-Leste had major floods. The floods affected all of Timor-Leste but were more significant in Dili, causing many people to lose their homes, property, and more than 40 people lost ...

950. About

     Program aims: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant (MDR) malaria pose major public health challenges, threatening health security across the Asia-Pacific region. Our team has a proven 20-year record of strengthening researc...

951. Five Themes, One Purpose

     What does it take to create real impact?  That was just one of the questions uncovered in our 40th Anniversary 5-Part Research Impact Series this year.  These themed events brought together Menzies researchers and collaborators who are ...

952. Selected publications

     BOETTIGER DC, Nguyen VK, Durier N, Bui HV, Heng Sim BL, Azwa I, Law M, Ruxrungtham K. Efficacy of second-line antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV/AIDS in Asia: results from the TREAT Asia HIV observational database. Journal of Acquir...

953. Goodbye to...

     We say goodbye to... Child Health: Sabine Sprenger, research nurse, finished 22 April Sukoluhle Moyo, research nurse, finished 22 April Methinee Intarapanya, project officer/ nurse, finished 28 January  Bronwyn Nankervis, research...

954. Selected publications

     Ruffles TJC, Goyal V, Marchant JM, Masters IB, Yerkovich ST, Buntain HM, Cook A, Schultz A, Upham JW, Champion A, Versteegh L, Chang AB. Duration of amoxicillin-clavulanate for protracted bacterial bronchitis in children (DACS): a multi-centre, doub...

955. Selected publications

     Pathogenesis Kho S, Qotrunnada L, Leonardo L, Andries B, […], Buffet P, Anstey N.M. (2021). Hidden Biomass of Intact Malaria Parasites in the Human Spleen. New England J Medicine; 384(21):2067-2069. doi:10.1056/NEJMc2023884. Kho S, Qotru...

956. Publications

     Dingwall, K.M., Nagel, T., Hughes, J.T., Kavanagh, D.J., Cass, A., Howard, K., Sweet, M., Brown, S., Sajiv, C. & Majoni, S.W. (2019). Wellbeing intervention for chronic kidney disease (WICKD): a randomised controlled trial study protoc...

957. Series of projects in Timor-Leste helps improve vaccination procedures

     Read more about the achievements of the ARIA-RISE project in Timor-Leste - one of the largest examples of field research in the country.

958. Photo Gallery | Snapshot of 2020 award winners at Menzies

     Ask the Specialist | A cultural education podcast ‘Ask the Specialist’ is a cultural education podcast which answers doctors’ questions about working with Aboriginal patients at Top End hospitals. “The Specialists&rdqu...

959. 'Our planet, our health': protecting Australians impacted by climate change

       World Health Day 2022 challenges us to reimagine a world where economies are focused on health and wellbeing, where cities are liveable, and people have control over their health and the health of the planet. Here at Menzies, we are worki...

960. New Centre of Research Excellence to address remote healthcare needs

     Read more about the recently launched CRE for Strengthening Health Systems in Remote Australia (CRESTRA).

961. Photo Gallery | CDU Graduation April 2022

     On 6 April we formally recognised our Higher Degrees by Research, postgraduate and VET graduates at the Charles Darwin University Graduation Ceremony, held at the Darwin Waterfront. PhD student, Danielle Longmore, with Director, Professor Alan Cas...

962. Publications

     Maple-Brown, L.J. & Hampton, D. (2020). Indigenous cultures with similar colonisation history share the challenge of intergenerational diabetes. Lancet Global Health (Invited Commentary), 8(5), e619-e620. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(20...

963. Overview

     Aims: The aim of this project was to better understand how different dialysis treatment models impacted patients, families and other service providers, and to determine the full range of associated outcomes and costs.   Objectives: ...

964. Selected publications

     Mathew, S., Bhatta, M., Baliva, G., Matthews, V., Zander, K. K., Joshy, A. L., Thakur, R et al (2025). Why are solar microgrids not the norm in remote Central Australia? Exploring local perception on solar energy and health. Journal of Cleaner Pr...

965. Publications

     Click here to view more malaria publications in PubMed. Key publications in 2019 Kho, S., Andries, B., Poespoprodjo, J.R., Commons, R.J., Shanti, P.A.I., Kenangalem E, Douglas NM, Simpson JA, Sugiarto P, Anstey N.M. ​​& ...

966. Staff

     Chief investigators: Associate Professor Gail Garvey, Menzies School of Health Research Professor Joan Cunningham, Menzies School of Health Research Professor Dianne O’Connell, Cancer Council NSW Professor Sandra Thompson, University ...

967. Selected publications

       Binks MJ, Bleakley AS, Pizzutto SJ, Lamberth M, Powell V, Nelson J, Kirby A, Morris PS, Simon D, Mulholland EK, Rathnayake G, Leach AJ, D'Antoine H, Licciardi PV, Snelling T, & Chang AB. (2023). Randomised controlled trial of perin...

968. Publications

     Titmuss A, Davis E, O’Donnell V, Wenitong M, Barr E, Boffa J, Brown ADH, Connors C, Corpus S, Dowler J, Graham S, Griffiths E, Kirkham R, Lee C, Moore E, Pearson G, Shaw JE, Singleton S, Sinha A, White G, Zimmet P, Maple-Brown LJ*, Haynes A...

969. Staff awards and recognition

     Superstars of STEM Associate Professor Heidi Smith-Vaughan, Dr Teresa Wozniak and Dr Kalinda Griffiths were named as 2019 Superstars of STEM Fulbright Scholarship Professor James Smith was named as a 2019 Fulbright Scholar. James will tra...

970. Our Say on World Diabetes Day

     Two significant diabetes papers were published recently, coinciding with World Diabetes Day in November. The Youth-onset type 2 diabetes in the NT study found an alarmingly high prevalence of type 2 diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island...

971. Publications

     Oguoma, V.M., Wilson, N., Mulholland, K., Santosham, M., Torzillo, P., McIntyre, P., . . . Leach, A.J. (2020). 10-Valent pneumococcal non-typeable H. influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV10) versus 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine ...

972. Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence 2024

     Congratulations to Amy Le Compte, Corrine Butler, Isobel Walker, Michael Riceman and Natalie Merida who have each been awarded the 2024 Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence. The Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence is aw...

973. Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence 2024

     Congratulations to Amy Le Compte, Corrine Butler, Isobel Walker, Michael Riceman and Natalie Merida who have each been awarded the 2024 Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence.

974. Past Events

     For more information contact the team at HealthLAB@menzies.edu.au. 2024 events: 9 February - International Day of Women and Girls in Science event at Casuarina Library 19 February – Darwin High School 22 March – Macki...

975. Publications

     McGuinness, K. & Arney, F. (2012) Foster and Kinship Care Recruitment Campaigns: A Review and Synthesis of the Literature, Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research. Nutton, G., Moss, B., Fraser, J., McKenzie, J. & Silburn, S. (2012). Recr...

976. Publications

     Publications in the last two years Currie, B.J., Mayo, M., Ward, L.M., Kaestli, M., Meumann, E.M., Webb, J.R., Woerle, C., Baird, R.W., Price, R.N., Marshall, C.S., Ralph, A.P., Spencer, E., Davies, J., Huffam, S.E., Janson, S., Lynar, S., M...

977. About

     Biography: Nick is an Infectious Diseases Physician at Royal Darwin Hospital and a post-doctoral Senior Research Fellow in the Global and Tropical Health Division at Menzies School of Health Research. His particular interests include the haematologi...

978. About

     Biography: Dr Balasubramanya is a public health physician with a decade of experience serving remote and rural communities in India. She has been involved in the provision of primary healthcare with a motto of ‘reaching the unreached’. ...

979. About

     Biography: Deborah Holt is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research and a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences at Charles Darwin University. She is a molecular biologist whose research focuses on the molecular ep...

980. About

     Biography: Liam Grealy is Senior Research Fellow in Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases. He is Principal Investigator on the Homelands Housing and Infrastructure Program Monitoring and Evaluation Project. This project is focused on the implem...

981. About

     Biography: Lucsendar Alves is a Timorese senior Medical Scientists with over 10 years of working in resource limited laboratory settings and with over 5 years of leadership in Menzies Timor-Leste program with experience in coordinating, mentoring, l...

982. About

     Biography: Abel Dadi is a public health and social epidemiologist and biostatistician who has vast public health and research experience. He has worked as an expert (officer) and led public health departments in different districts in Ethiopia for m...

983. About

     Biography: Kamala Thriemer is a clinical researcher committed to public health and tropical medicine. She holds a Medical Degree, a Master of Public Health and a PhD. She has more than fifteen years’ field experience in Africa and Asia, coordi...

984. About

     Biography: Benedikt Ley is a public health expert specializing in diagnostics, malaria, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. He began his career in 2008 with the University of Vienna (Austria), working in Bangladesh on infectious...

985. About

     Biography: Angelica is a PhD student at the Menzies School of Health Research. She previously worked with two clinical research organisations in Malaysia, one of which was in collaboration with the malaria research group at the Global and Tropica...

986. About

     Biography: Matt is a NHMRC Emerging Leader II who has experience conducting and leading studies related to the epidemiology, diagnostics, and clinical drug trials of malaria and other tropical infectious diseases in Southeast Asia, with a focus on z...

987. About

     Biography: Angela Devine is a health economist with over 15 years of experience in the economic evaluation and costs related to the management of infectious diseases. Since joining Menzies in 2018, she has helped to secure over $38 million in compet...

988. About

     Biography: Tessa is a senior laboratory technical advisor and medical scientist with a history of work in Cambodia and Timor-Leste in laboratory capacity-building and mentoring. She has over 10 years’ experience in diagnostic microbiology and ...

989. Overview

     The health systems in remote Australia are broken. Long-term and persistent workforce shortages, non-viable services, and fragmentation of care have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote health services’ struggles to keep clinics open...

990. About

     Biography: Dr Monica Green is a member of the cancer research team in the Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division at Menzies. Monica's recent research has involved collaboratively working towards systematic ways of measuring the expe...

991. About

     Biography: Dr Bianca Middleton is a paediatrician and PhD student in the Global and Tropical Health Division at  Menzies School of Health Research. She is a practicing paediatrician in the Department of Paediatrics at the Royal Darwin Hosp...

992. About

       Biography:  Kahsu is a Research Fellow at the Remote Health Systems and Climate Change Centre, Menzies School of Health Research. Prior to this role, he served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Research Unit of Population Health, Un...

993. AIMhi mental health and wellbeing app now available for smart phones

     Northern Territory (NT) Minister for Health Natasha Fyles visited Menzies in November to officially launch a new mobile phone app which makes it easier for First Nations people to access mental health and wellbeing support. The Aboriginal and Island...

994. COVID-19

995. Current projects

     Optimising the clinical management of adults with tropical infectious diseases in remote and resource-poor settings.  

996. Current projects

     Regional Engagement in Surveillance and response to Priority diseases, providing Opportunities for National health system strengthening and Development (RESPOND) Parasite and human genetic risk factors for emerging Plasmodium knowlesi malaria.

997. Current projects

     Check4Strep

998. Collaborators and funders

     Project team Principal investigator:  Associate Professor Sarah Auburn Chief investigators: Professor Ric Price Olivo Miotto Dominic Kwiatkowski Menzies investigators: Dr Jutta Marfurt Angela Rumaseb&...

999. COVID-19 Vaccine Workshop

     Sharing Success Stories & Smashing Myths

1000. Current projects

      Check4Strep ORVAC – Optimising Rotavirus Vaccine in Aboriginal Children (clinical trial) LIFT - Looking into InFluenza T cell immunity COVAC (COVID)

1001. Current projects

      Ask the Specialist: a cultural education podcast The Communicate Study Partnership Social media to enhance Indigenous tobacco control SP Plus: expanding RHD prevention

1002. Current projects

      Regional Engagement in Surveillance and response to Priority diseases, providing Opportunities for National health system strengthening and Development (RESPOND) Parasite and human genetic risk factors for emerging Plasmodium knowlesi malaria ZO...

1003. Directors Message | July 2023

      Menzies's Director, Professor Alan Cass highlights some examples of our work over the past few months.

1004. Funders and collaborators

      Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council Collaborators: Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA Health and Clinical Analytics, School of Public Health, University of Syd...

1005. Funders and collaborators

      We have received generous support and feedback throughout the 2021 Youth Health Summit, from young people and service providers, demonstrating the importance of youth voices in making change for a better future. We would like to acknowledge the followi...

1006. Funders and collaborators

      Funders:  National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Collaborators: Professor Anne Chang, Menzies School of Health Research Professor Peter Morris, Menzies School of Health Research Keith Grimwood, Q...

1007. Graduate Certificate of Epidemiology

      An introduction to core concepts and skills in epidemiology, statistical research methods and quantitative analysis of health data.

1008. HealthLAB

      An innovative, interactive and educational travelling health program which measures biomedical risk factors for chronic diseases from a mobile laboratory.

1009. Identifying innovative uses of vaccines for protecting babies worldwide

      A first ever novel, innovative study into the impact of two different vaccines used to combat the many different bacteria causing middle ear infections and hearing impairment in First Nations babies has been published in the prestigious medical journal...

1010. Indigenous Governance Committee: Our Role & Function

      Professor Gail Garvey, Deputy Division Leader, Wellbeing & Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Ms Heather D’Antoine, Division Leader of Education & Capacity Building / Associate Director for Aboriginal Programs, Menzies School of Health Research: Indigenous Governance Committee: Our Role & Function

1011. Investigators and funders

      Funders: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The Wellcome Trust  DFAT PATH Collaborators: Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN - Global) PATH (USA) Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM - Belgium) FIND (Switzerl...

1012. Dr Jane Davies - Higher Degrees by Research

      Dr Davies is a clinical researcher with over ten years’ experience in the area of Global Health and Infectious Diseases. Dr Davies has an extensive clinical background in these areas including working in and with communities in Tanzania, Malawi, England and the Northern Territory, Australia.

1013. Latest news

        Presentation | VivaxGEN framework In May 2022, A/Prof. Sarah Auburn presented to the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group on Epidemiological Markers (ESGEM). This webinar focused on the VivaxG...

1014. Live the tropical life: PhD and honours study opportunities in Darwin

      Take up the opportunity of a lifetime, and come and study at Menzies School of Health Research.

1015. MEDIA RELEASE | Landmark vaccine study identifies innovative use of vaccines for protection of babies worldwide

      A first ever novel, innovative study into the impact of two different vaccines used to combat the many different bacteria causing middle ear infections and hearing impairment in First Nations babies has been published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

1016. MEDIA RELEASE | Landmark vaccine study identifies innovative use of vaccines for protection of babies worldwide

      A first ever novel, innovative study into the impact of two different vaccines used to combat the many different bacteria causing middle ear infections and hearing impairment in First Nations babies has been published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

1017. MEDIA RELEASE | New study finds fewer vaccine doses still support pneumococcal immunity

      A unique study published earlier this month, outlines new ways to protect more of the world’s population from vaccine-preventable diseases.

1018. Megan Whitty

      Project officer, Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division Commenced 14 November 2013

1019. Nevio Sarmento: Behind the frontline of the COVID-19 response

      Nevio Sarmento is a microbiologist on the frontline of Timor-Leste’s COVID-19 response. He is also a PhD student at Menzies studying the serotypes of pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) in pneumonia and malnourished children under five who ar...

1020. New multi-platform interactive guidelines for healthy ears

      The Otitis Media Guidelines is an information and multimedia tool to assist primary health care providers across Australia in the delivery of comprehensive, effective and appropriate care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with oti...

1021. Resources

      Main study publication Taylor, W., Thriemer, K. et al. (2019). Short-course primaquine for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria: a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled non-inferiority trial. Lancet, 394(10202), 929–938. doi:1...

1022. Overview

      Summary: Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) has received funding to work with government and non-government organisations to implement an integrated clinical information system to improve the care and management of people at risk of or diag...

1023. Overview

      Aims: Indigenous Australians with asthma have higher morbidity and mortality compared with non-Indigenous Australians. In children hospitalised with acute asthma, we aimed to: (i) determine if acute severity, risk factors and management differ...

1024. Overview

      Aims: Primary aim Among children and young adults with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), can acute respiratory exacerbations be reduced during 12 months of treatment with either: a) Oral azithromycin (given 3 times a week) compared to place...

1025. Overview

      Aims: To compare immunosuppressant drug pharmacokinetic parameters and patient dosing requirements in Aboriginal versus non-Aboriginal adult kidney transplant recipients. Objectives: To identify whether changes to immunosuppressive pro...

1026. Professor Gail Garvey- Higher Degrees by Research

      Professor Gail Garvey, a Kamilaroi woman from NSW is currently Senior Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Division Leader, Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research. Her PhD thesis titled “Psychosocial aspects of cancer care for Indigenous Australians” addresses a critically important aspect of cancer care.

1027. Overview

      Influenza is a common infection affecting millions of people each year. When new strains of influenza emerge, a large proportion of the community can be severely affected and many may die (particularly the elderly and those with other medi...

1028. Overview

        Background: One in five Indigenous infants are hospitalised with acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in their first year of life. Recent international studies suggest an association between vitamin D deficiency and ALRI despite adequ...

1029. Overview

      Aims:  The ‘Air in East Arnhem’ project has three main aims: To improve environmental health awareness by crowdsourcing ground-based air quality, temperature, and humidity data in three east Arnhem communities through fixed an...

1030. Overview

      Streamlining access to community care for patients with complex care needs who attend the ED frequently This project will streamline access to more efficient and structured health care and wrap-around support services through case management to a hi...

1031. Photo gallery | AIMhi mental health and wellbeing app launch

      Northern Territory (NT) Minister for Health Natasha Fyles and senior INPEX Australia executives visited Menzies in November to officially launch a new mobile phone app which makes it easier for First Nations people to access mental health and...

1032. Overview

      Aims:  The study aims to assess if using Wheezescan® digital technology improves the detection of wheeze and subsequent diagnosis of asthma. Further, in children already diagnosed with asthma, if Wheezescan® will help to improve asthma ...

1033. Photo gallery | HealthLAB in Tennant Creek

      Menzies' free and informative HealthLAB sessions were held in Tennant Creek during September in coordination with the John Moriarty Football program. HealthLAB is an interactive educational health program that uses a mobile laboratory to measure...

1034. TerritoryQ: Quiet Achiever, Assoc Prof Steven Tong

      Infectious diseases specialist A/Prof Steven Tong is modest about his world-class achievements in medical research. He spends one third of his time as a specialist at Royal Darwin Hospital and two thirds as a researcher at Menzies.

1035. Publications

      Insights on the biology and epidemiology of P. vivax using genomics: Global Trimarsanto et al. (2019). A molecular barcode and online tool to identify and map imported infection with Plasmodium vivax. BioRxiv. Pearson et al. (2016).&nbs...

1036. Publications

      Skull, S., Licciardi, P., Balloch, A., Leach, A., Moberley, S., Carapetis, J., et al. (2010). Immune hyporesponsiveness following repeat pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (23vPPV) in Indigenous Australian adults and adolescents. 12th National ...

1037. Publications

      Condon, J. R., Rumbold, A. R., Thorn, J. C., O’Brien, M. M., Davy, M. J., & Zardawi, I. (2009). A cluster of vulvar cancer and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia in young Australian Indigenous women. Cancer Causes & Control, 20(1), 67-74...

1038. Publications

      Lacey JA, Marcato AJ, Chisholm RH, Campbell PT, Zachreson C, Price DJ, James TB, Morris JM, Gorrie CL, McDonald MI, Bowen AC, Giffard PM, Holt DC, Currie BJ, Carapetis JR, Andrews RM, Davies MR, Geard N, McVernon J, Tong SYC. Evaluating the role of ...

1039. Vaccination

      Menzies have a major focus on immunisation and vaccine-preventable diseases that affect Indigenous children, such as the rotavirus vaccine.

1040. Publications

      Skull, S., Licciardi, P., Balloch, A., Leach, A., Moberley, S., Carapetis, J., et al. (2010). Immune hyporesponsiveness following repeat pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (23vPPV) in Indigenous Australian adults and adolescents. 12th National ...

1041. Publications

      Snelling, T.L., Markey, P., Carapetis, J.R, & Andrews, R.M. (2012). Rotavirus in the Northern Territory before and after vaccination. Microbiology Australia, 33(2), 61-63. Snelling, T.L., Andrews, R.M., Kirkwood, C.D., Culven...

1042. Publications

      Condon, J. R., Rumbold, A. R., Thorn, J. C., O’Brien, M. M., Davy, M. J., & Zardawi, I. (2009). A cluster of vulvar cancer and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia in young Australian Indigenous women. Cancer Causes & Control, 20(1), 67-74...

1043. Publications

      Watson JA*, Commons RJ*, et al, The clinical pharmacology of tafenoquine in the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria: An individual patient data meta-analysis, eLife 2022, 11: e83433. Hossain MS*, Commons RJ*, et al, The risk of Plasmodium viv...

1044. Publications

      Middleton, B.F., Jones, M.A., Waddington, C.S., Danchin, M., McCallum, C., Gallagher, S., ... & Snelling, T. (2019). The ORVAC trial protocol: a phase IV, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial of a third scheduled dose of R...

1045. Publications

      Goroh, M.M.D., van den Boogaard, C.H., Ibrahim, M.Y., Tha, N.O., Swe; Robinson, F., Lukman, K.A., Jeffree, M.S., William, T. & Ralph, A.P. (2020). Factors Affecting Continued Participation in Tuberculosis ...

1046. Publications

      Hanson, J., Radlof, S., Littlejohn, M., Hempenstall, A., Edwards, R., Nakata, Y., Gregson, S., Hayes, R., Smith, S., McKinnon, M., Binks, P., Tong, S. Y. C., Davies, J., & Davis, J. S. (2023). Hepatitis B genotypes in Aboriginal and Torres Strai...

1047. Q&A with Ismael Barreto, a Menzies technical advisor in Timor-Leste

      Ismael Barreto is a technical advisor for the COVID-19 laboratory response in Timor-Leste. He recently talked to us about his decision to return to Timor-Leste and his role in the response.

1048. Research Seminar series re-launched

      After a COVID-19 related hiatus, the Menzies Research Seminar series have been relaunched. Open to the public and free of charge, the sessions can be attended online or in-person in a newer, shorter format. 

1049. Research reducing sales of sugary products

      Reducing in-store merchandising of unhealthy foods and drinks can reduce the purchase of those items, new research conducted in remote communities has found. The research, Healthy Stores 2020, examined how the store environment can be modified by wo...

1050. Dr Sarah Gelbart

      I chose Menzies because of its commitment to Indigenous health and partnership with communities across the NT, as well as the focus on the social determinants of health.

1051. Selected publications

       Kaestli, M., O’Donnell, M., Rose, A., Webb, JR., Mayo, M., Currie, BJ., & Gibb, K. (2019). Opportunistic pathogens and large microbial diversity detected in source-to-distribution drinking water of three remote communities in Norther...

1052. Selected publications

      Rachlin, A., Dittrich, S., Phommasone, K., Douangnouvong, A., Phetsouvanh, R., Newton, P.N., & Dance, D.A.B. (2016). Investigation of Recurrent Melioidosis in Lao People's Democratic Republic by Multilocus Sequence Typing. The American Journ...

1053. Selected publications

      Caly, L., Davidson, N., Ghimire, R., Rajaratnam, B., Marrow, J., Baird, R., Meumann, E. M., & Druce, J. (2019). Extended detection and isolation of Murray Valley encephalitis virus in whole blood and urine. The Medical Journal of Australia, 211(...

1054. Selected publications

      Mathew S, Bhatta M et al 2025, Why are solar microgrids not the norm in remote Central Australia? Exploring local perception on solar energy and health, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2025; 486(144370) Mathew S, Periera G, Zander KK, Thakur R and ...

1055. Selected publications

      Boyle, M. J., Reiling, L., Feng, G., Langer, C., Osier, F. H., Aspeling-Jones, H., et al. (2015). Human antibodies fix complement to inhibit Plasmodium falciparum invasion of erythrocytes and are associated with protection against malaria. Immunity,...

1056. Selected publications

      Commons RJ, et al, Effect of primaquine dose on the risk of recurrence in patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis, Lancet Infectious Diseases 2024, 24(2):172-183 Rajasekhar M,&hel...

1057. Selected publications

      Ahmed, A. M., Ahmed, T., Soares Magalhaes, R. J., Long, K. Z., Alam, M. A., Hossain, M. I., et al. (2016). Association between serum vitamin D, retinol and zinc status, and acute respiratory infections in underweight and normal-weight children aged ...

1058. Selected publications

      Anteneh Y.S, Yang Q, Brown MH, Franco CMM. (2022). Factors affecting the isolation and diversity of marine sponge-associated bacteria. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 106(4):1729-1744. Anteneh, Y.S.; Yang, Q.; Brown, M.H.; Franco, C.M.M. (2021). A...

1059. Selected publications

      Grigg, M.J., William, T., Barber, B.E., Rajahram, G.S., Menon, J., Schimann, E., Piera, K.A., Wilkes, C.S., Patel, K., Chandna, A., Drakeley, C.J., Yeo, T.W., Anstey, N.M. (2018). Age-related clinical spectrum of P...

1060. Shared Territory: Ethics across borders

      With health research taking flight in East Timor the Menzies School of Health Research has an inspiring partnership with one of the world’s newest nations.

1061. Simpóziu One Health Timor-Leste 2025 

      2025 Timor-Leste One Health Symposium

1062. Stakeholder engagement

      Results have been presented at the following conferences: ASTMH 67th Annual Meeting, Session 167, Symposium “Short Course Primaquine Regimen for the Radical Cure of Plasmodium vivax” New Orleans, October 28 - November 1, 2018  ...

1063. Trainee Profile | Zyana Gall

      Born on the Gold Coast and raised in Brisbane, Menzies trainee Zyana Gall hopes to one day work in emergency medicine and get her PhD. Zyana is a proud Palawa Aboriginal woman and her country is Lutruwita/Tasmania. She began her trai...

1064. What’s app-ening with my lungs?

      Learning about healthy lungs has just become a lot easier for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and health practitioners thanks to an expanded interactive app. The app, produced by Menzies Child Health Division, uses interactive ima...