Professor Carapetis has been Director of the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin since 2006.

He is a paediatrician, infectious diseases and public health physician and a leading mind in the Australian health field, with particular expertise in Indigenous child health. 

As Director of Australia’s leading Indigenous health research institute, he is forging new directions in research and training to tackle the big problems in Indigenous health. 

Amongst his many accolades, Professor Carapetis was named as Northern Territory Australian of the year and was a finalist for Australian of the Year for 2008. He has been named as one of Australia’s top 100 brains in Cosmos magazine and attended the Prime Minister's 20:20 summit in Canberra in 2008.