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Linda is a biostatistician who was employed at the Menzies School of Research from 2004 until 2023, when she commenced a PhD and
relocated to Queensland. Having work worked as a software developer for several years prior to joining Menzies, one of Linda’s first
projects at Menzies was the development of a database to manage the B. pseudomallei isolates collected as part of the Darwin Prospective
Melioidosis Study, and other studies of B. pseudomallei. Linda has co-authored more than 30 papers on melioidosis and B. pseudomallei.
Her PhD will assess the extent to which B. pseudomallei Multi Locus Sequence Types (MLST) submitted to Public databases for molecular
typing and microbial genome diversity (PubMLST) can be used to attribute B. pseudomallei geographic origin; assess whether there are
any associations between MLST sequence types and clinical presentations of melioidosis; perform a targeted phylogenetic analysis of a B.
pseudomallei MLST sequence type that has recently emerged and expanded in urban Darwin; and quantify the relationships between
melioidosis incidence and weather events and environmental disturbances in the Top End of the Northern Territory.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Projects
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Spatiotemporal and molecular epidemiologic investigation of Burkholderia pseudomallei and melioidosis
Currie, B. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Ward, L. (Student Investigator)
9/02/23 → …
Project: HDR Project › PhD
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"Putting the power back into community": A mixed methods evaluation of a chronic hepatitis B training course for the Aboriginal health workforce of Australia's Northern Territory
Hosking, K., De Santis, T., Vintour-Cesar, E., Wilson, P. M., Bunn, L., Gurruwiwi, G. G., Wurrawilya, S., Bukulatjpi, S. M., Nelson, S., Ross, C., Stuart-Carter, K. A., Ngurruwuthun, T., Dhagapan, A., Binks, P., Sullivan, R., Ward, L., Schroder, P., Tate-Baker, J., Davis, J. S. & Connors, C. & 1 others, , Jan 2024, In: PLoS One. 19, 1 January, p. 1-23 23 p., e0288577.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Melioidosis in the remote Katherine region of northern Australia
Hodgetts, K., Kleinecke, M., Woerle, C., Kaestli, M., Budd, R., Webb, J. R., Ward, L., Mayo, M., Currie, B. J. & Meumann, E. M., 1 Jun 2022, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 16, 6, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Emergence of Burkholderia pseudomallei sequence type 562, Northern Australia
Meumann, E. M., Kaestli, M., Mayo, M., Ward, L., Rachlin, A., Webb, J. R., Kleinecke, M., Price, E. P. & Currie, B. J., Apr 2021, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 27, 4, p. 1057-1067 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Strongyloides stercoralis seropositivity is not associated with increased symptoms in a remote Aboriginal community
Hansen, M., Bowden, E. R., Currie, B., Ward, L., Andrews, R., Dhurrkay, R. G., Gurruwiwi, G. & Kearns, T., Aug 2021, In: Internal Medicine Journal. 51, 8, p. 1286-1291 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Darwin Prospective Melioidosis Study: A 30-year prospective, observational investigation
Currie, B. J., Mayo, M., Ward, L. M., Kaestli, M., Meumann, E. M., Webb, J. R., Woerle, C., Baird, R. W., Price, R. N., Marshall, C. S., Ralph, A. P., Spencer, E., Davies, J., Huffam, S. E., Janson, S., Lynar, S., Markey, P., Krause, V. L. & Anstey, N. M., Dec 2021, In: The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 21, 12, p. 1737-1746 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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2020 review and revision of the 2015 Darwin melioidosis treatment guideline: Paradigm drift not shift
Sullivan, R. P., Marshall, C., Anstey, N., Ward, L. & Currie, B., Sept 2020, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14, 9, p. 1-13 13 p., e0008659.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Do histopathological features of breast cancer in Australian Indigenous women explain the survival disparity? A two decade long study in the Northern Territory
Read, D. J., Frentzas, S., Ward, L., Paolo, D. I., Chen, S. & Devi, V., Dec 2020, In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology. 16, 6, p. 348-355 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus)
Datasets
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Strongyloides seroprevalence before and after an ivermectin mass drug administration
Kearns, T. (Creator) & Ward, L. (Creator), Charles Darwin University - Datasets, 11 May 2017
DOI: 10.4225/37/58d1d0ce06bba, http://www.menzies.edu.au/page/Our_People/Researchers/Therese_Kearns/
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Scabies Repository
Kearns, T. (Creator) & Ward, L. (Creator), Charles Darwin University - Datasets, 11 May 2017
http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004151 and one more link, http://www.menzies.edu.au/page/Our_People/Researchers/Therese_Kearns/ (show fewer)
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