A total of 51 HOT NORTH health research projects have been announced in 2017 and to date in 2018. The new projects will examine some of Australia’s most pressing health concerns affecting Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in the north of Australia and our regional neighbours abroad.
Community-guided and evidence-based strategies to reduce the burden of Group A Streptococcus in Australian Indigenous communities
The overall objective of our study is to provide community-guided and evidence-based recommendations to public ...
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Developing phylodynamic methods and tools for bacterial pathogens in Far North Queensland
Transmission of drug-resistant infectious diseases presents a significant threat for Northern Australia, particularly through the ...
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Social factors contributing to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in tropical northern Australia – a spatial epidemiology collaboration
An increasingly growing evidence-base of the burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has uncovered inequality that ...
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Indigenous Development and Training Awards
The purpose of the Indigenous Development and Training Awards is to build long-term high-quality clinical, ...
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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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