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Not in employment, education or training (NEET); more than a youth policy issue

Australians who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) and receive income support span a wide spectrum of working ages. Australian research has concentrated on NEETs aged 15-29 years, in line with international standards. This paper investigates extending the NEET concept to include all working age persons 15-64 years and the value added to welfare policy through analysis of a new linked dataset.

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Impact of Repeat Pertussis Vaccination on Infant and Maternal Antibody Quality

Ruth Peter Thornton Richmond PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG) Head, Vaccine Trials Group Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG) Head, Vaccine Trials Group Dr Ruth

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Unlocking the immunology of whooping cough vaccines to guide the development of improved vaccines and schedules in Australia

Ruth Peter Thornton Richmond PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG) Head, Vaccine Trials Group Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG) Head, Vaccine Trials Group Dr Ruth

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Pathogens on the rise: is impaired immunity the cause of chronic ear and chest infections?

Ruth Elke Peter Thornton Seppanen Richmond PhD BSc PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG) Program Manager, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group Head, Vaccine Trials Group elke.seppanen@

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A systems biology approach to determining the risk for development of otitis media

Peter Ruth Elke Richmond Thornton Seppanen MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD BSc PhD Head, Vaccine Trials Group Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG) Program Manager, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group elke.seppanen@

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Does mum know best? Should we be vaccinating mothers to protect their babies from ear and lung disease?

Elke Lea-Ann Ruth Peter Seppanen Kirkham Thornton Richmond BSc PhD PhD PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Program Manager, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group Co-Head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group; Microbiology Lead, Wesfarmers

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Defining the cellular immune response to vaccines for enhanced protection from invasive pneumococcal disease

Peter Lea-Ann Ruth Richmond Kirkham Thornton MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD PhD Head, Vaccine Trials Group Co-Head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group; Microbiology Lead, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases Co-head, Bacterial

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Community immunity: Developing a sensitive and specific SARS-CoV-2 antibody test

Peter Richmond MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Head, Vaccine Trials Group Head, Vaccine Trials Group Professor Peter Richmond is Head of the Vaccine Trials Group which sits in the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases. Professor Richmond is a

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Developing national guidelines for intervention with children on the autism spectrum in Australia

Investigators: Prof Andrew Whitehouse, Prof David Trembath Project description This project involves developing a national practice guideline for supporting the development and participation of children on the autism spectrum and their families. The

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Implementation of the National Guideline for the Assessment and Diagnosis of ASD in Australia – Health Sector Capacity Building

Andrew Videos Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew PhD Angela Wright Bennett Professor of Autism Research at The Kids Research Institute Australia; Director, CliniKids Andrew.Whitehouse@thekids.org.au Angela Wright Bennett Professor of Autism