Our dedicated team of clinical and research nurses have enrolled over 300 participants with and without ARF in Australia and New Zealand.
We will continue to enrol participants until December 2021. Partnering with the Accelerator team at The Kids Research Institute Australia, we are looking to commence analysis mid-2022 using the latest systems biology multi-omics and antibody profiling technology to identify a reliable marker for ARF.
August 2021: Capacity building program in Australia
Left to right: Tasha Cole, Mark Mayo, Erin Gargan
The Aboriginal Governance Committee oversees a community-based capacity building program that provides mentoring and career development opportunities for young Indigenous adults living in the Northern Territory.
The START study has supported two young Indigenous researchers to complete a laboratory traineeship at Menzies School of Health Research. Under the guidance of chief investigator Mark Mayo, Tasha Cole and Kyran Kuzio have completed their Certificate III in Laboratory Skills. Previous trainee, Erin Gargan, also provided support and mentorship to Tasha and Kyran during their traineeships.
Left to right: Tasha, Kyran
June 2021: Recruitment in New Zealand
Recruitment in New Zealand ran from May 2019 through to June 2021, with a total of 115 participants enrolled.
Participants were recruited from two Auckland-based study sites. The first site, Starship Children’s Hospital, is New Zealand’s first hospital built exclusively for the health needs of children and young people. Starship provides a wide range of complex medical, surgical, cardiac and mental health services for children throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific.
The second study site, Kidz First Children’s Hospital is purpose built to deliver family centred health care and serve the culturally diverse Counties Manukau community.