Anna Ralph

Associate Professor Anna Ralph is the director of Global and Tropical Health at Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Clinical Director of Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia; and a practicing medical specialist in General Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Royal Darwin Hospital. She holds a National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellowship. Her research fields include rheumatic fever / rheumatic heart disease in Australian Indigenous populations, tuberculosis control especially in neighbouring South-East Asian settings, and improving inter-cultural communication between healthcare providers and clients.