Skin infections disproportionately affect children in Australia’s remote Indigenous communities.
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Team Lead, Healthy Skin and Acute Rheumatic Fever Prevention, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Specialist General Practitioner, and Conjoint Senior Lecturer, UNSW
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Medical Science Research Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate professor, University of Canberra
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Group Leader, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne. Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Children's Hospital, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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PhD Candidate, University of Canberra
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Professor of Pharmacy, University of Tasmania
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Professor and NHMRC Investigator Fellow, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University
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Social Scientist and Aboriginal Senior Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Medical Director, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services, Indigenous Knowledge
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Research Assistant in Pharmacy, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Skin Health, The Kids Research Institute Australia