Jack Richards
Group Head, NHMRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Infectious
Public Health
Burnet Institute
Australia
Biography
A Laboratory Head, Infectious Diseases Physician and NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow with Burnet, Dr Richards' research seeks to identify antibody responses that confer protection from symptomatic malaria and subsequent malaria vaccine development. He has ongoing collaborations in Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste and continues to practice as an Infectious Diseases Physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Research Interest
He has a particular interest in vector-borne diseases, tropical and travel medicine. These activities are combined with an interest in public health, especially in determining approaches that can decrease global inequities in health.
Publications
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Maximizing research study effectiveness in malaria elimination settings: a mixed methods study to capture the experiences of field-based staff. Canavati SE, Quintero CE, Haller B, Lek D, Yok S, Richards JS, Whittaker MA Malar J. 2017 Sep; 16(1):362
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The use of respondent-driven sampling to assess malaria knowledge, treatment-seeking behaviours and preventive practices among mobile and migrant populations in a setting of artemisinin resistance in Western Cambodia. Ly P, Thwing J, McGinn C, Quintero CE, Top-Samphor N, Habib N, Richards JS, Canavati SE, Vinjamuri SB, Nguon C Malar J. 2017 Sep; 16(1):378
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A portable microfluidic Aptamer-Tethered Enzyme Capture (APTEC) biosensor for malaria diagnosis. Fraser LA, Kinghorn AB, Dirkzwager RM, Liang S, Cheung YW, Lim B, Shiu SC, Tang MSL, Andrew D, Manitta J, Richards JS, Tanner JA Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 2017 Oct; Epub ahead of print
