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Media Resources
In our labs and in the field, Burnet has been responsible for knowledge gains and innovations that have changed the way global health challenges are managed. But our role isn’t simply to come up with technical solutions. It’s to make sure those solutions are reaching the people who need them most. Explore the resources below to learn more about what we do, how we do it, and the difference it's making towards a more equitable world.
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Burnet has a critical mass of experts working in world-class facilities to generate the ideas and innovations that will help us eliminate disease, prepare for future pandemics, and change the way we support the health of mothers, babies and young people around the world. The peer-reviewed publications we’re sharing here are part of our contribution to worldwide action on health equity.
VIEW ALL RESEARCHMukooza E, Schausberger B, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Aung A, Kerschberger B, Ciglenecki I, Dube L, Wringe A
- AIDS care
- 08 Aug 2023
Dietze P
- American Journal of Public Health
- 01 Jul 2023
GBD 2019 Child and Adolescent Communicable Disease Collaborators
- 29 Jun 2023
Zhang W, Rowntree LC, Muttucumaru R, Damelang T, Aban M, Hurt AC, Auladell M, Esterbauer R, Wines B, Hogarth M, Turner SJ, Wheatley AK, Kent SJ, Patil S, Avery S, Morrissey O, Chung AW, Koutsakos M, Nguyen TH, Cheng AC, Kotsimbos TC, Kedzierska K
- Clinical & Translational Immunology
- 27 Jun 2023
Miller P, Button K, Taylor N, Coomber K, Baldwin R, Harries T, Patafio B, Guala T, Harris N, Curtis A, Karantzas GC, Staiger PK, de Andrade D.
- The Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
- 23 Jun 2023
Quinn P, Munari S, Block K, Walker S, Liberman J, Wallace J, Horyniak D, Oliver J, Hellard M, Fletcher-Lartey S, Gibbs L
- Health Promotion Journal of Australia
- 22 Jun 2023
Livingston M, Room R, Chikritzhs T, Taylor N, Yuen WS, Dietze P
- Addiction
- 22 Jun 2023
Barua P, Duffy MF, Manning L, Laman M, Davis TME, Mueller I, Haghiri A, Simpson JA, Beeson JG, Rogerson SJ
- Journal of Infectious Diseases
- 21 Jun 2023
Kelly SL, Jaoude GJA, Palmer T, Skordis J, Haghparast-Bidgoli H, Goscé L, Jarvis SJ, Kedziora DJ, Abeysuriya R, Benedikt C, Fraser-Hurt N, Shubber Z, Cheikh N, Bivol S, Roberts A, Wilson DP, Martin-Hughes R
- PLOS Global Public Health
- 21 Jun 2023
Patel C, Rendell N, Sargent GM, Ali A, Morgan C, Fields R, Sheel M
- Global Heal Science and Practice
- 20 Jun 2023
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