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Paul Kelly MB.BS(West Aust), DA(UK), FAFPHM, DTM&H(Lon) PhD(Syd) Current Position: Associate Professor, Director - MAE Program Contact Details: (Building 62, ANU map) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia Te: +61 2 6125 5609 F: +61 2 6125 0740 Email

Research Interests

• Clinical and public health aspects of Tuberculosis in under-resourced settings
• Nutrition and TB, ethics and TB
• Health systems development in post-conflict situations
• Refugee health
• Infectious disease epidemiology

Geographic Interests

• Indonesia
• Timor Leste
• Pakistan
• Australia

Selected Recent Publications

Ralph A, Kelly PM , Anstey N. L-arginine and Vitamin D: novel adjunctive immunotherapies in tuberculosis. Trends in Microbiology 2008 Jul;16(7):336-344.

Martins N, Grace J, Kelly PM . TB treatment adherence in Timor Leste: an ethnographic study of barriers and enabling factors. International Union Against TB & Lung Disease 2008;12:532-537.

Selgelid M, Kelly PM , Sleigh A. Ethical challenges in TB control in the era of XDR-TB. International Union Against TB & Lung Disease 2008; 12(3):231-235.

Ardian M, Meokbun E, Siburian L, Malonda E, Waramori G, Penttinen P, Lampuy J, Kenengalem E, Tjitra E, Kelly PM . A partnership for TB control in Timika, Papua Province , Indonesia . Int J Tuberc & Lung Dis 2007;11(10):1101-1107.

Graham S, Jackson Pulver LR, Wang YA, Kelly PM , Laws PJ, Grayson N, Sullivan EA. The urban remote divide for Indigenous perinatal outcomes. Med J Aust 2007;186 (10): 509-512.

Martins N, Kelly PM, Grace J, Zwi A. Reconstructing Tuberculosis Services after Major Conflict: Experiences and Lessons Learned in East Timor . PLOS Med 2006; 3(10):1765-1775.

Zwi AB , Grove NJ , Kelly PM , Gayer M, Ramos-Jimenez P, Sommerfeld J. Child health in armed conflict: time to rethink. Lancet 2006;367 (June 10):1886-1888.

Kelly PM , Ardian M, Waramori G, Anstey NM, Syahrial H,Tjitra E, Bastian I, Maguire GP, Lumb R. A community based TB Drug susceptibility study in Mimika District, Papua , Indonesia . Int J Tuberc & Lung Dis 2006;10(2):167-171.

Davidson N, Burgner D, Skull S, Kelly P , Raman S, Silove D, Steel Z, Vora R, Smith M. An issue of access: Delivering equitable health care for newly arrived refugee children in Australia . Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2004;40(9):569-575.

Kelly PM , Scott L, Krause V. Tuberculosis in East Timorese refugees: implications for health care needs in East Timor. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2002; 6(11):980-987.

Kelly PM . Local problems, local solutions: improving tuberculosis control at the district level in Malawi . Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2001;79(2):111-117.

Zwi AB , Martins J, Grove NJ , Wayte K, Martins N, Kelly P. Timor Leste health sector resilience and performance in time of instability. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. August, 2007. http://www.sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/SPHCMWeb.nsf/resources/Resilience_Report.pdf/$file/Resilience_Report.pdf

Oldenburg B, Kelly P , MacDougall C, O'Brien M, Zwi A, Ritchie J, Chenhall R, Wilson A. Building capacity to improve public health in Australia - Case studies of academic engagement. Australian Network of Academic Public Health Institutions, January, 2005.