Jonathan Carapetis (original) (raw)

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.

Executive Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia (Telethon Kids Institute)

2012 → …

Consultant Paediatrician, Perth Children’s Hospital

• 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

• Rheumatic Heart Disease

• Infectious disease prevention

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

• Infectious diseases epidemiology

• therapeutics

• acute rheumatic fever

• STREP A

• Vaccines

• Describing skin health and disease in urban-living Aboriginal children: co-design, development and feasibility testing of the Koolungar Moorditj Healthy Skin pilot project

Ricciardo, B. M., Kessaris, H. L., Nannup, N., Tilbrook, D., Farrant, B., Michie, C., Hansen, L., Douglas, R., Walton, J., Poore, A., Whelan, A., Barnett, T. C., Kumarasinghe, P. S., Carapetis, J. R. & Bowen, A. C., Dec 2024, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 10, 1, 14 p., 6.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Excess Deaths Associated with Rheumatic Heart Disease, Australia, 2013–2017

Stacey, I., Seth, R., Nedkoff, L., Wade, V., Haynes, E., Carapetis, J., Hung, J., Murray, K., Bessarab, D. & Katzenellenbogen, J., Jan 2024, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 30, 1, p. 146-150 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Hearing loss in Australian First Nations children at 6-monthly assessments from age 12 to 36 months: Secondary outcomes from randomised controlled trials of novel pneumococcal conjugate vaccine schedules

Leach, A. J., Wilson, N., Arrowsmith, B., Beissbarth, J., Mulholland, K., Santosham, M., Torzillo, P. J., McIntyre, P., Smith-Vaugha, H., Skull, S. A., Oguoma, V. M., Chatfield, M. D., Lehmann, D., Brennan-Jones, C. G., Binks, M. J., Licciardi, P. V., Andrews, R. M., Snelling, T., Krause, V. & Carapetis, J. & 2 others, , 3 Jun 2024, In: PLoS Medicine. 21, 6 , 15 p., e1004375.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• "Hurts less, lasts longer"; a qualitative study on experiences of young people receiving high-dose subcutaneous injections of benzathine penicillin G to prevent rheumatic heart disease in New Zealand

Cooper, J., Enkel, S. L., Moodley, D., Dobinson, H., Andersen, E., Kado, J. H., Barr, R. K., Salman, S., Baker, M. G., Carapetis, J. R., Manning, L., Anderson, A. & Bennett, J., 14 May 2024, In: PLoS One. 19, 5, 11 p., e0302493.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 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. R. (Creator) & Shield, J. (Creator), DRYAD, 12 Oct 2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.014v6, https://zenodo.org/record/4995922
Dataset

• Profiling the immune response to Strep A infection to design better vaccines for RHD prevention.

Fulurija, A. (Investigator 01), Frost, H. (Investigator 02), Barnett, T. (Investigator 03), Pickering, J. (Investigator 04), Carapetis, J. (Investigator 05) & Steer, A. (Investigator 06)
Department of Health (Western Australia)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research

• "Good paths for health hearts" bringing choice and flexibility to long-acting penicillins for rheumatic heart disease

Manning, L. (Investigator 01), Pearson, G. (Investigator 02), Carapetis, J. (Investigator 03), Barr, R. (Investigator 04), Haynes, E. (Investigator 05), Katzenellenbogen, J. (Investigator 06), Gilles, M. (Investigator 07), Kado, J. (Investigator 08), Salman, S. (Investigator 09) & Hla, T. K. (Investigator 10)
Department of Health (Western Australia)
15/05/23 → 14/05/26
Project: Research

• Good paths for healthy hearts: bringing choice and flexibility to long-acting penicillins for rheumatic heart disease

Manning, L. (Investigator 01), Pearson, G. (Investigator 02), Carapetis, J. (Investigator 03), Barr, R. (Investigator 04), Haynes, E. (Investigator 05), Katzenellenbogen, J. (Investigator 06), Ralph, A. (Investigator 07), Wade, V. (Investigator 08), Gilles, M. (Investigator 09), Francis, J. (Investigator 10) & Yan, J. (Investigator 11)
Medical Research Future Fund MRFF
1/01/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Research

• 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. (Investigator 01), Middleton, B. (Investigator 02), Danchin, M. (Investigator 03), Jones, M. (Investigator 04), Leach, A. (Investigator 05) & Carapetis, J. (Investigator 06)
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research