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There are an estimated 5000 episodes per year of bloodstream infections due to Staphylococcus aureus (golden staph) in Australia and an associated mortality of 20%. Despite this, there is little clinical trials evidence to guide best management.

A series of 12 Australasian Research Summaries were generated by CoLab for the Evidence for Learning website in partnership with Edith Cowan University and Fraser Mustard Centre.

Jonathan Peter Carapetis AM Richmond AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Executive Director; Co-Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder

Yael Penelope Helen Holly Perry Strauss Morgan Moss BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD BA, MPH, PhD BA (Hons), Doctor of Psychology BEd Head, Youth

Investigators: Kefyalew Alene, Archie Clements External collaborators:  Kerri Viney, Dr Darren J Gray (Australian National University) Zuhui Xu (

Stopping Acute Rheumatic Fever Infections to Strengthen Health

Stopping Acute Rheumatic Fever Infections to Strengthen Health

The project aims to design, test, refine and disseminate an early childhood centre intervention (Smart Start) to improve young children’s and their families’ technology use practices.

This research aims to co-design the components of a practical and equitable public health approach to promoting mental health in toddlers and young children in Western Australia (WA).

The Kids Research Institute Australia (Jonathan Carapetis) is a member of the new Global Strep A Vaccine Consortium; a global GAS vaccine consortium that will drive strategic planning to anticipate requirements for licensure, prequalification, and policy recommendations.