END RHD Centre of Research Excellence

NHRMC funded Centre of Research Excellence which will develop an endgame for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia.

To do this, we will:

- put the individuals and communities living with RHD at the centre of the work of the END RHD CRE and hold ourselves ultimately accountable to them.

- collate existing research knowledge, identify gaps and grasp the effect of potential interventions.

- commit to excellence in basic science and research translation which will amplify the impact of research in other fields and strengthen the health system of Australia.

- commit to identifying a set of costed, step-wise interventions which are most likely to reduce the incidence of ARF and the prevalence of RHD for Indigenous Australians to the same level as non-Indigenous Australians.

- focus the resources of the END RHD CRE on supporting research participation, convening stakeholders, developing a cohesive network and seeding research projects that can leverage additional funding from other sources.

- strive for the END RHD CRE to be a ‘single point of entry’ for students, researchers and collaborators working to understand and address RHD in Australia.