Paula Binks

Project manager

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, 2005; Bachelor of Science, Flinders University, 1998.

Location:

Darwin - Royal Darwin Hospital campus

Biography:

Paula is a PhD scholar and Project Manager. Paula first started with Menzies in 1998, working in the laboratory on several different projects, including malaria, melioidosis, scabies, streptococcus, snakebites and jellyfish. As a Project Manager at Menzies Paula has implemented multiple epidemiological, data-linkage, cohort, and clinical trials studies.

Paula’s PhD research is focused on improving hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) outcomes for Australian First Nations people with a focus on early detection of HCC. Since 2014 Paula has focussed on hepatitis B and HCC research and currently manages the successful Hep B PAST partnership project. 

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Research Themes
  • Hep B PAST – A Partnership approach to sustainably eliminating chronic hepatitis B in the Northern Territory.
  • PROLIFICA NT – Prevention of liver fibrosis and cancer Australia – Northern Territory: Investigating use of a urinary metabolite panel as a screening test for diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.
  • The outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma patients in the Northern Territory, patients pre and post implementation of the multi-disciplinary meeting
  • CHARM – Characterising Hepatitis B in Northern Australia by Molecular Epidemiology
  • BaMBI NT- Babies and Mothers with Hepatitis B Investigation NT
  • FluMum- a prospective cohort study of mother-infant pairs assessing the effectiveness of maternal Influenza vaccination in prevention of Influenza in early infancy
  1. Sullivan RP, Davies J, Binks P, McKinnon M, Dhurrkay RG, Hosking K, Bukulatjpi SM, Locarnini S, Littlejohn M, Jackson M, Tong SYC, Davis JS. Preventing early childhood transmission of hepatitis B in remote Aboriginal communities in northern Australia", which was submitted to International Journal for Equity in Health 2022, 21(1):186.
  2. Dyda A, McGregor S, Binks P, Davies J, Tong SYC, Krause V, Markey P, Shu Li Qin Li, Davis JS, Kaldor JM, Liu B Hepatitis B Prevalence in Women Giving Birth in the Northern Territory, Australia, 2005–2015”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2022 (46).
  3. Hla TK, Bukulatjpi SM, Binks P, Gurruwiwi G, Dhurrkay RG, Davies J. A “one stop liver shop” approach improves the cascade of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians living with chronic hepatitis B in the Northern Territory of Australia: results of a novel care delivery model. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2020; 19:64
  4. Sullivan RP, Davies J, Binks P, Dhurrkay RG, Gurruwiwi GG, Bukulatjpi SM, McKinnon M, Hosking K, Littlejohn M, Jackson K, Locarnini S, Davis JS, Tong SYC. Point of care and oral fluid Hepatitis B testing in remote Indigenous communities of northern Australia. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2019;00:1-8.
  5. Davies J, Smith EL, Littlejohn M, Edwards R, Sozzi V, Jackson K, McGuire K, Binks P, Cowie BC, Locarnini S, Davis JS, Tong SYC. Towards Genotype-Specific Care for Chronic Hepatitis B: The First 6 Years Follow Up From the CHARM Cohort Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2019 Nov 3; 6(11), ofz469.
  6. Yuen LKW, Littlejohn M, Duchêne S, Edwards R, Bukulatjpi S, Binks P, Jackson K, Davies J, Davis JS, Tong SYC. Locarnini S. Tracing Ancient Human Migrations into Sahul Using Hepatitis 

Click here to view more publications by Paula Binks on PubMed. 

  1. Hepatitis B DNA Helps Trace History and Movement of First Australians

    Hepatitis B DNA Helps Trace History and Movement of First Australians

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    The team found that hepatitis B virus isolated from these Aboriginal Australians is a unique strain called HBV/C4, which is not found anywhere else in the world.

  2. Hepatitis B virus sheds light on ancient human population movements into Australia

    Hepatitis B virus sheds light on ancient human population movements into Australia

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    Australian researchers have used current hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome sequences to deduce ancient human population movements into Australia, adding weight to the theory that the mainland Aboriginal population separated from other early humans at least 59 thousand years ago and possibly entered the country near the Tiwi Islands.

  3. Chronic hepatitis B elimination partnership launched

    Chronic hepatitis B elimination partnership launched

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    A collaboration working to eliminate chronic hepatitis B (CHB) from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in the Northern Territory (NT) is being launched by NT Health Minister the Hon Natasha Fyles.

  4. Katherine Times | Making hepatitis B information more widely available to Indigenous communities

    Katherine Times | Making hepatitis B information more widely available to Indigenous communities

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    Katherine Times | Making hepatitis B information more widely available to Indigenous communities

  5. ABC online | Elcho Island researchers bound for Alaska

    ABC online | Elcho Island researchers bound for Alaska

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    Three community-based researchers from Elcho Island working with Menzies School of Health Research are bound for Alaska to present at an international viral hepatitis conference.