PHTM - Tropical Health

Patricia Graves

Patricia Graves

Dave Sellars

Dave Sellars

John Grundy

John Grundy

Steph Topp

Steph Topp

Tammy Allen

Tammy Allen

Richard Bradbury

Richard Bradbury

Thu Nguyen

Thu Nguyen

Ending the neglect – setting the platform for strongyloidiasis elimination in Australia
Richard Bradbury
01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2028
Strongyloidiasis is caused by parasitic nematodes (roundworms) of the genus Strongyloides and is considered to be one of the most neglected of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). There are two main Strongyloides species that cause human infection; S. stercoralis and S. fuelleborni. In Australia, S. stercoralis is the infecting species that disproportionately affects remote Indigenous communities, with the prevalence ranging from 10-60%. The lifecycle and transmission is complex with both a parasitic cycle and a free-living cycle. This is further complicated by autoinfection and the possibility of zoonotic transmission– recent genetic evidence suggests the possibility of a dog reservoir. These factors coupled with less than ideal diagnostics and treatment options (Ivermectin and Albendazole) where there is evidence of treatment failures, the spectre of emerging resistance and their inability to prevent reinfection, all have implications for control and elimination efforts. It is our central thesis that strongyloidiasis is a zoonotic neglected tropical disease of public health importance in Australia and that an integrated interdisciplinary “One Health” approach is required for its elimination.

The National Strongyloides Working Group in Australia 10 workshops on: commendations and recommendations

Understanding preferences for HIV care and treatment in Zambia: evidence from a discrete choice experiment among patients who have been lost to follow-up

From favours to entitlements: community voice and action and health service quality in Zambia

Health and healthcare access among Zambia's female prisoners: a health systems analysis

Use of lot quality assurance sampling surveys to evaluate community health worker performance in rural Zambia: a case of Luangwa district

The Lancet global health commission on high quality health systems—where's the complexity?

Impact of the Lymphatic Filariasis Control Program towards elimination of filariasis in Vanuatu, 1997-2006

A case of Ancylostoma ceylanicum infection occurring in an Australian soldier returned from Solomon Islands

Identification and control of an isolated, but intense focus of lymphatic filariasis on Satawal Island, Federated States of Micronesia, in 2003

The role of academic health centres in building equitable health systems: a systematic review protocol

Title: Becton Dickinson Award
Reseracher: Richard Bradbury (Associate Professor, Tropical Public Health and Medicine)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
Title: Health Systems Global
Reseracher: Thu Nguyen (Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
Title: Coordinator, Higher Degrees by Research , Federation University
Reseracher: Richard Bradbury (Associate Professor, Tropical Public Health and Medicine)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2022
End Date: 01 Jan 2024
Title: Senior Lecturer in Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Federation University
Reseracher: Richard Bradbury (Associate Professor, Tropical Public Health and Medicine)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2020
End Date: 01 Jan 2024
Title: Visiting Professor of Public Health, Slovak Tropical Institute
Reseracher: Richard Bradbury (Associate Professor, Tropical Public Health and Medicine)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019
End Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: Team Lead, Parasitic Diseases Reference Laboratory , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Reseracher: Richard Bradbury (Associate Professor, Tropical Public Health and Medicine)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2016
End Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: Senior Lecturer in Medical Sciences & Discipline Lead for Bachelor of Medical Science (Pathology) , Central Queensland University
Reseracher: Richard Bradbury (Associate Professor, Tropical Public Health and Medicine)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2013
End Date: 01 Jan 2015
Title: MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Scientist Investigator/Laboratory Manager
Reseracher: Richard Bradbury (Associate Professor, Tropical Public Health and Medicine)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2012
End Date: 01 Jan 2013
Title: Lecturer in Medical Microbiology, University of Tasmania School of Medicine
Reseracher: Richard Bradbury (Associate Professor, Tropical Public Health and Medicine)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
End Date: 01 Jan 2012
Title: Medical Scientist/Senior Medical Scientist, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
Reseracher: Richard Bradbury (Associate Professor, Tropical Public Health and Medicine)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2003
End Date: 01 Jan 2010