HOT NORTH promotes a number of activities that promote the improvement of health outcomes across the tropical north of Australia. The first three years of funding has provided for the establishment of 97 pilot/translation projects and funded individual fellowships, scholarships, and Indigenous Development and Training Awards for researchers and health professionals. The funded researchers have formed collaborations…
Starting the SToP: A collaborative recruitment approach.
The burden of skin infections in Aboriginal children living in remote communities is high. Recruiting ...
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SToP (See, Treat, Prevent) Skin Sores and Scabies Trial – Skin Disease Control in Remote Western Australia
The SToP Trial aims to decrease the burden of skin health in the tropical North, ...
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Development of culturally appropriate educational tools for Australian and worldwide audience to increase community awareness of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection
This scholarship will allow me to look at how culturally appropriate educational tools such as ...
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HDL miRNA as predictive biomarkers for diabetic vascular complications in Indigenous populations
The project is looking into Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) as a significant chronic disease ...
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Evaluation of baseline data for SToP trial: See, treat, prevent skin sores and scabies
Primary aims To measure the baseline prevalence of impetigo and scabies in children aged between ...
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Immune responses to streptococcus pneumoniae in Northern Territory children with bronchiectasis
Our previous studies of bronchiectasis in Northern Territory children have found that lower respiratory infection ...
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