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sPLA2 study: Immune ontogeny and prediction, prevention and management of late-onset sepsis in very preterm infants

Tobias Strunk MD, PhD, FRACP Head, Neonatal Health tobias.strunk@telethonkids.org.au Head, Neonatal Health Clinical Professor Tobias Strunk is a Consultant Neonatologist with a clinical research focus on infection and inflammation in newborn

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The PROTECT Trial

Tobias Jenny Strunk Mountain Other Investigators MD, PhD, FRACP MBA MClinEpi Head, Neonatal Health Program Manager, Neonatal Health / Protect Trial tobias.strunk@telethonkids.org.au Head, Neonatal Health Clinical Professor Tobias Strunk is a

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SITting with communities to SToP skin infections

Asha Cheryl John Jonathan Marianne Bowen Bridge Jacky Carapetis AM Mullane BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD OAM AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BSc (OT) Head, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Head, Kulunga Aboriginal Unit / Aboriginal Health RFA Deputy

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National Healthy Skin Guideline; for the Prevention, Treatment and Public Health Control of Impetigo, Scabies, Crusted Scabies and Tinea for Indigenous Populations and Communities in Australia

Asha Jonathan Marianne Bowen Carapetis AM Mullane BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD OAM AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BSc (OT) Head, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Executive Director; Co-Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder of REACH Program Advisor,

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Consultation to Translation: Evaluation of an environmental health video to promote the role of environmental health activities for healthy skin

Asha Cheryl John Jonathan Marianne Bowen Bridge Jacky Carapetis AM Mullane BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD OAM AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BSc (OT) Head, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Head, Kulunga Aboriginal Unit / Aboriginal Health RFA Deputy

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See, Treat, Prevent Skin Sores and Scabies (SToP) Trial

Healthy skin is important for maintaining overall health and wellbeing. Some skin infections, if untreated, can lead to serious downstream health complications such as heart disease, kidney disease, or sepsis.

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SNAP-Chat: the Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform Trial (SNAP) - Chat

Dr Anita Asha Campbell Bowen MBBS, DCH, PG DipPID, FRACP, NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD OAM Infectious Diseases Physician, Deputy Head of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Head, Healthy Skin and

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Associations between School Readiness and Student Wellbeing: A Six-Year Follow Up Study

It is well established that children’s school readiness is associated with their later academic achievement, but less is known about whether school readiness is also associated with other measures of school success, such as students’ social and emotional wellbeing. While some previous research has shown a link between early social and emotional development and student wellbeing, results are mixed and the strength of these relationships vary depending on whether data is based on child, teachers or parents ratings and which specific student wellbeing outcomes are measured.

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The Missing Piece Surveillance Study: A surveillance study for strep A pharyngitis and impetigo in the Kimberley, Australia

The Missing Piece Surveillance Study is a prospective surveillance study to determine the concurrent burden of skin and throat infections in children, from two remote communities in Northern Australia.

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Science of the swab: optimising Strep A typing from clinical samples

Asha Dylan Janessa Tim Bowen Barth Pickering Barnett BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD OAM B.Tech, MPH, PhD BSc PhD PhD Head, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Honorary Research Associate Senior Research Fellow (currently HOT NORTH Early Career Fellow) Head