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Associate Professor Heidi Smith-Vaughan has researched at Menzies since 1990. She is a microbiologist passionate about growing the next generation of biomedical scientists, and particularly building capability among those with least opportunity.
At Menzies she currently holds several research and administration roles. As Principal Research Fellow with the Child Health Division she works with local, national and international teams generating biological outcomes for clinical trials. She has attracted >60 grants as chief investigator to the value >$36 million and published >120 papers. In her role as Associate Director of Research (HDR and ethics) she coordinates ~65 Master by Research and PhD candidates studying through Menzies and CDU.
Heidi developed the biomedical pathways model at Menzies which culminated in her co-leading the new Ramaciotti Regional and Remote Health Sciences Training Centre which aims to develop a sustainable, local, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander biomedical and health sciences workforce in the Northern Territory. She also leads HealthLAB, a hands-on health education lab that travels to schools and communities across the NT and encourages healthy lifestyles and pathways into health sciences. To date >13,000 Territorians have participated in HealthLAB.
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A multi-centre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of 10 valent-pneumococcal-Protein D conjugate vaccine in reducing respiratory exacerbations in children aged ≥ 18 months with suppurative lung disease
O'Grady, K.-A. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Chang, A. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Grimwood, K. (Chief Investigator C), Morris, P. (Chief Investigator D), Smith-Vaughan, H. (Chief Investigator E), MULHOLLAND, E. (Chief Investigator F), Torzillo, P. (Chief Investigator G), Cripps, A. (Chief Investigator H), Wood, N. (Chief Investigator I) & Revell, A. (Chief Investigator J)
1/01/12 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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Bacterial pathogens in the upper and lower airways of Indigenous children with chronic lung disease – pilot study of the role of Moraxella catarrhalis
Hare, K. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Chang, A. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B) & Smith-Vaughan, H. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B)
1/07/16 → 30/06/18
Project: Research
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Bacteriology of bronchiectasis in Australian Indigenous children
Smith-Vaughan, H. (Other) & Hare, K. (Student Investigator)
1/01/12 → 30/09/13
Project: Research
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Can a pneumococcal H. influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV) reduce the frequency of NTHi infection in the lower airway ....
Chang, A. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Smith-Vaughan, H. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B) & Yerkovich, S. (Chief Investigator C)
1/06/11 → 31/12/13
Project: Research
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Centre for Research Excellence in Lung Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children
Chang, A. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Brown, N. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Byrnes, C. (Associate Investigator), Crengle, S. (Associate Investigator), Currie, B. (Associate Investigator), Ellis, K. (Associate Investigator), Hoffman, L. (Associate Investigator), LEE, B. (Associate Investigator), PATERSON, B. A. (Associate Investigator), SINGLETON, R. (Associate Investigator), Smith-Vaughan, H. (Associate Investigator), Yerkovich, S. (Associate Investigator), MULHOLLAND, E. (Chief Investigator C), O'Grady, K.-A. (Chief Investigator D), Grimwood, K. (Chief Investigator E), Morris, P. (Chief Investigator F), Leach, A. (Chief Investigator G), Upham, J. (Chief Investigator H), Torzillo, P. (Chief Investigator I), D'Antoine, H. (Chief Investigator J) & Wong, J. (Project Manager)
1/11/12 → 31/10/17
Project: Research
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Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous Children's Healthy EARs (ICHEAR)
Leach, A. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Cheng, A. (Associate Investigator), D'Antoine, H. (Associate Investigator), Jeffries-Stokes, C. (Associate Investigator), Kong, K. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Marsh, R. (Associate Investigator), Nelson, S. (Associate Investigator), Pearson, G. (Associate Investigator), Reath, J. (Associate Investigator), Silburn, S. (Associate Investigator), Smith-Vaughan, H. (Associate Investigator), Thornton, R. B. (Associate Investigator), Morris, P. (Chief Investigator C), Richmond, P. C. (Chief Investigator D), Gunasekera, H. (Chief Investigator E), Brown, N. (Chief Investigator F), Lehmann, D. (Chief Investigator G), Torzillo, P. (Chief Investigator H), MULHOLLAND, E. (Chief Investigator I) & Chang, A. (Chief Investigator J)
1/12/14 → 30/11/19
Project: Research
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Community based surveillance of bacterial respiratory pathogens in the NT & WA
Leach, A. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Smith-Vaughan, H. (Co Investigator/Chief Investigator B), Andrews, R. (Chief Investigator C), Riley, T. (Chief Investigator D) & O'Grady, K.-A. (Chief Investigator E)
1/01/09 → 31/12/12
Project: Research
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Azithromycin to prevent acute lower respiratory infections among Australian and New Zealand First Nations and Timorese children (PETAL trial): study protocol for a multicentre, international, double-blind, randomised controlled trial
McCallum, G. B., Byrnes, C. A., Morris, P. S., Grimwood, K., Marsh, R. L., Chatfield, M. D., Bowden, E. R., Schutz, K. L., Sarmento, N., Fancourt, N., Francis, J., Zhao, Y., Vieira, A., Hare, K. M., Bonney, D., Trenholme, A., Lawrence, S., Marwick, F., Karvonen, B. & MacLennan, C. & 5 others, , 5 Feb 2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 2, p. 1-10 10 p., e097455.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Implementation of a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for microbiology in Timor-Leste: challenges, mitigation strategies, and end-user experiences
Oakley, T., Vaz, J., da Silva, F., Allan, R., Almeida, D., Champlin, K., da Silva, E. S., Tilman, A. J., Marr, I., Smith-Vaughan, H., Yan, J. & Francis, J. R., Dec 2025, In: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 25, 1, p. 32 1 p., 32.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Relationship between IL-17_A and pneumococcal carriage in children aged under two years: data from a randomised controlled trial in Vietnam
Toh, Z. Q., Ma, Y. Y., Temple, B., Anderson, J., Far, H. H., Phan, T. V., Dai, V. T. T., Huu, T. N., Toan, N. T., Bright, K., Nation, M. L., Ortika, B. D., Nguyen, C., Smith-Vaughan, H., Satzke, C., Mulholland, K. & Licciardi, P. V., Dec 2025, In: Cytokine. 198, p. 1-7 7 p., 157094.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Complete genome sequence of Oligella urethralis MSHR-50412PR, isolated from an ear discharge swab of a child with chronic suppurative otitis media
Mandal, P. K., Cleanthous, A., Rigas, V., Kleinecke, M., Lawrence, K., Leach, A. J., Smith-Vaughan, H., Morris, P. S., Beissbarth, J. & Marsh, R. L., Feb 2024, In: Microbiology Resource Announcements. 13, 2, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Disparities in perioperative mortality outcomes between First Nations and non-First Nations peoples in Australia: protocol for a systematic review and planned meta-analysis
Waugh, E. B., Hare, M. J. L., Story, D. A., Romero, L., Mayo, M., Smith-Vaughan, H. & Reilly, J. R., Dec 2024, In: Systematic Reviews. 13, 1, p. 1-7 7 p., 208.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, , Jun 2024, In: PLoS Medicine. 21, 6, p. 1-15 15 p., e1004375.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Can non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae carriage surveillance data infer antimicrobial resistance associated with otitis media?
Bowman-Derrick, S., Harris, T. M., Beissbarth, J., Kleinecke, M., Lawrence, K., Wozniak, T. M., Bleakley, A., Rumaseb, A., Binks, M. J., Marsh, R. L., Morris, P. S., Leach, A. J. & Smith-Vaughan, H., Mar 2023, In: Pediatric Investigation. 7, 1, p. 13-22 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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