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Centre of Research Excellence

The END RHD CRE is producing a costed, step-wise strategy to end rheumatic heart disease (RHD) as public health priority in Australia.

Professor Jonathan Carapetis tends to a patient with RHD

The End Rheumatic Heart Disease Centre of Research Excellence (END RHD CRE) was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council in 2014.

Working as part of a national collaboration, the END RHD CRE has produced a costed, step-wise strategy to end rheumatic heart disease (RHD) as a public health priority in Australia. 

The END RHD CRE is the first time that any country has had an opportunity to build a comprehensive, evidence based strategy for ending rheumatic heart disease. The strategy includes an 11-year plan to achieve disease control by 2031, reducing the incidence of acute rheumatic fever and bringing the prevalence of RHD for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians down to the same level as non-Aboriginal Australians. This project represents a tremendous challenge and an untold opportunity to ‘close the gap’ and end the disparity for our Aboriginal communities.

Collaborating Institutions

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University of Western Australia logo
Murdoch Children's Research Institute logo
Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute logo
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Investigators

Chief Investigators

Professor Jonathan Carapetis AM
Professor Dawn Bessarab
Professor Alex Brown
Professor Bart Currie
Ms Heather D’Antoine
Professor Nick de Klerk
Dr Dan McAullay
Professor Graeme Maguire
Associate Professor Anna Ralph
Associate Professor Andrew Steer

Associate Investigators

Professor David AThe Kidsnson
Dr Samantha Colquhoun
Associate Professor Vicki Krause
Professor Christopher Reid
Professor Thomas Snelling
Dr Stephanie Trust
Dr Gavin Wheaton
Dr Rosemary Wyber