Senior Project Coordinator
BSc
Ainslie leads the coordination of the STopping Acute Rheumatic Fever Infections to Strengthen Health (STARFISH) project, a NHMRC Synergy grant which brings together a team of international researchers to answer critical questions about the transmission of Strep A and the prevention of Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF). Caused by Strep A throat and skin infections, ARF can lead to rheumatic heart disease which is the leading cause of cardiovascular inequality between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians.
With her skills in project management, communication and research administration, Ainslie is motivated to contribute to tangible improvements in health outcomes for Australian Aboriginal children, who experience some of the highest rates of Strep A infections, ARF and rheumatic heart disease globally.
Ainslie holds a Bachelor of Science in Population Health and Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing from the University of Western Australia. She previously supported the Koolungar Moorditj Healthy Skin project to understand more about the skin health of urban-living koolungar (children) in Western Australia, and the Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP) Trial which aims to identify the best treatment options for staph infections.
Ainslie has a passion for working with communities and researchers to not only make new and important discoveries but to translate these discoveries into real-world innovation and impact.
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Publications
January 2024
Describing skin health and disease in urban-living Aboriginal children: co-design, development and feasibility testing of the Koolungar Moorditj Healthy Skin pilot project
Indigenous children in colonised nations experience high rates of health disparities linked to historical trauma resulting from displacement and dispossession, as well as ongoing systemic racism. Skin infections and their complications are one such health inequity, with the highest global burden described in remote-living Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (hereafter respectfully referred to as Aboriginal) children. Yet despite increasing urbanisation, little is known about the skin infection burden for urban-living Aboriginal children.
Aboriginal Health & Wellbeing Subsite: Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Subsite: END RHD Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Strep A Pathogenesis and Diagnostics Strep A & ARF Therapeutics -
Education and Qualifications