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Biography
Professor Carapetis is the Director of the Telethon Kids Institute in Perth, Western Australia. He is also a Professor at the University of Western Australia and consultant paediatrician at Perth Children’s Hospital.
His research interests include Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, other group A streptococcal diseases, Vaccine-preventable disease, Indigenous child health, Child development and education, Youth health and education and skin sores and scabies.
Professor Carapetis undertook his medical training at the Royal Melbourne and Royal Children’s Hospitals. Previous positions include terms as Theme Director at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne and Director of the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Executive Director, Telethon Kids Institute
2012 → …
Consultant Paediatrician, Perth Children’s Hospital
Industry keywords
- Clinical Trials
- Children and Young People
- Digital Health
- Education
- Drug Discovery
- Environmental
- Finance and Business
- Health
- Medical Devices
- Medicine and Pharma
- Not for Profit
- Social and Welfare Issues
- Disability
Research expertise keywords
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Infectious disease prevention
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
- Infectious diseases epidemiology
- therapeutics
- acute rheumatic fever
- STREP A
- Vaccines
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Culturally supported health promotion to See, Treat, Prevent (SToP) skin infections in Aboriginal children living in the Kimberley region of Western Australia: a qualitative analysis
McRae, T., Leaversuch, F., Sibosado, S., Coffin, J., Carapetis, J. R., Walker, R. & Bowen, A. C., Jun 2023, In: The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 35, 100757.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development of a sustained release implant of benzathine penicillin G for secondary prophylaxis of rheumatic heart disease
Barr, R. K., Barber, B. W., Tait, J. R., Landersdorfer, C. B., Salman, S., Musk, G. C., Page-Sharp, M., Batty, K. T., Kado, J., Manning, L., Carapetis, J. & Boyd, B. J., Aug 2023, In: European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 189, p. 240-250 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the role of asymptomatic throat carriage of Streptococcus pyogenes in impetigo transmission in remote Aboriginal communities in Northern Territory, Australia: a retrospective genomic analysis
Lacey, J. A., Marcato, A. J., Chisholm, R. H., Campbell, P. T., Zachreson, C., Price, D. J., James, T. B., Morris, J. M., Gorrie, C. L., McDonald, M. I., Bowen, A. C., Giffard, P. M., Holt, D. C., Currie, B. J., Carapetis, J. R., Andrews, R. M., Davies, M. R., Geard, N., McVernon, J. & Tong, S. Y. C., Jul 2023, In: The Lancet Microbe. 4, 7, p. e524-e533Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is it time for clinical trials of invasive group A and groups C and G Streptococcus infections?
On behalf of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network, Sept 2023, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 29, 9, p. 1205-1207 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Left ventricular remodelling in rheumatic heart disease – trends over time and implications for follow-up in childhood
MacDonald, B., Tarca, A., Causer, L., Maslin, K., Bruce, D., Schreiber-Wood, R., Kumar, M., Ramsay, J., Andrews, D., Budgeon, C., Katzenellenbogen, J., Bowen, A. C., Carapetis, J., Friedberg, M. K. & Yim, D., Dec 2023, In: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 23, 1, 462.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Data from: Impact of an ivermectin mass drug administration on scabies prevalence in a remote Australian Aboriginal community
Kearns, T. M. (Creator), Ward, L. (Creator), Holt, D. C. (Creator), Currie, B. J. (Creator), Gundjirryirr, R. (Creator), Bundhala, L. (Creator), Chatfield, M. (Creator), Andrews, R. M. (Creator), Speare, R. (Creator), Cheng, A. C. (Creator), McCarthy, J. (Creator), Carapetis, J. (Creator) & Shield, J. (Creator), DRYAD, 12 Oct 2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.014v6, https://doi.org/null
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Research Excellence Award - Jonathan Carapetis
Department of Health (Western Australia)
30/06/22 → 29/06/24
Project: Research
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ORVAC Stage 2 – Optimising Rotavirus Vaccine in Aboriginal Children: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, adaptive clinical trial of a third scheduled dose of oral rotavirus vaccine for Australian Aboriginal children.
Snelling, T., Middleton, B., Danchin, M., Jones, M., Leach, A. & Carapetis, J.
National Health and Medical Research Council
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Towards a diagnostic test for rheumatic fever
Carapetis, J., Ralph, A., Bosco, A., Maguire, G., Holt, P., Pearson, G., Broadhurst, D., Mayo, M., Albani, S. & Moreland, N.
National Health & Medical Research Council NHMRC
1/01/18 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Denormalising skin infections in remote Aboriginal children: a cluster randomised, stepped-wedge trial
Bowen, A., Carapetis, J., Tong, S., Coffin, J., Steer, A., Walker, R., Marsh, J. & Christophers, R.
National Health & Medical Research Council NHMRC
1/01/17 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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Press/Media
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it can kill in hours; A steep rise in cases of a deadly throat infection has experts sounding a warning
31/01/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Funding boost for mental health support in schools
Ryan Lister, Andrew J. O. Whitehouse & Jonathan Carapetis
29/08/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media