Dr Paula Binks

Senior Research Fellow

Qualifications:

PhD, Charles Darwin University, 2025; Bachelor of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, 2005; Bachelor of Science, Flinders University, 1998

Approved level of HDR supervision at Charles Darwin University:

Principal for PhD and Masters by Research, Associate for PhD and Masters by Research

Location:

Adelaide

Biography:

Paula Binks is the Deputy Lead of the Viral Hepatitis research program at Menzies School of Health Research. Paula’s research is dedicated to improving outcomes for First Nations people living with viral hepatitis and liver cancer. 

Research Themes
  1. Binks, P., Gurruwiwi, G.G., Dhurrkay, R.G., Mariyalawuy, S.M., Ross, C., Hosking, K., Tate-Baker, J., Marshall, C., McKinnon, M., Vintour-Cesar, E., Sullivan, R., Davis, J.S., Hefler, M., & Davies, J. (2024). "Talking about something no one wants to talk about" - navigating hepatitis B-related work in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: A decade of learning and growth. Discover Health Systems, 3, 13. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s44250-024-00075-9
  2. Binks, P., Ross, C., Gurruwiwi, G.G., Wurrawilya, S., Alley, T., Vintour-Cesar, E., Hosking, K., Davis, J.S., Hefler, M., & Davies, J. (2024). Adapting and translating the "Hep B Story" App the right way: a transferable toolkit to develop health resources with, and for, Aboriginal People. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.858
  3. Binks, P., Venkatesan, S., Everitt, A., Gurruwiwi, G.G., Dhurrkay, R.G., Bukulatjpi, S. M., Ross, C., Alley, T., Hosking, K., Vintour-Cesar, E., McKinnon, M., Sullivan, R. P., Davis, J. S., Hefler, M., & Davies, J. (2024). An evaluation and refinement of the “Hep B Story” app, tailored to meet the community’s cultural needs. BMC Health Serv Res, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11149-y
  4. Davis, J. S., Sud, A., O'Sullivan, M. V., Robinson, J. O., Ferguson, P. E., Foo, H., van Hal, S. J., Ralph, A. P., Howden, B. P., Binks, P. M., Kirby, A., & Tong, S. Y. (2016). Combination of Vancomycin and beta-Lactam Therapy for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Pilot Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. Clin Infect Dis, 62(2), 173-180. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ808
  5. Hla, T. K., Bukulatjpi, S. M., Binks, P., Gurruwiwi, G. G., Dhurrkay, R. G., & Davies, J. (2020). A "one stop liver shop" approach improves the cascade-of-care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians living with chronic hepatitis B in the Northern Territory of Australia: results of a novel care delivery model. Int J Equity Health, 19(1), 64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-01180-w
  6. Hosking, K., Binks, P., De Santis, T., Wilson, P. M., Gurruwiwi, G. G., Bukulatjpi, S. M., Vintour-Cesar, E., McKinnon, M., Nihill, P., Fernandes, T.-A., Greenwood-Smith, B., Batey, R., Ross, C., Tong, S. Y. C., Stewart, G., Marshall, C., Gargan, C., Manchikanti, P., Fuller, K., Tate-Baker, J.,  Stewart, S., Cowie, B., Allard, N., MacLachlan, J. H., Qama, A., Boettiger, D., Davis, J.S., Connors, C., & Davies, J. (2024). Evaluating a novel model of hepatitis B care, Hep B PAST, in the Northern Territory of Australia: results from a prospective, population-based study. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 48, 101116. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101116
  7. Hosking, K., De Santis, T., Vintour-Cesar, E., Wilson, P. M., Bunn, L., Gurruwiwi, G. G., Wurrawilya, S., Bukulatjpi, S. M., Nelson, S., Ross, C., Binks, P., Schroder, P., Davis, J. S., Taylor, S., Connors, C., Davies, J., & Hep, B. P. p. (2023). "The most culturally safe training I've ever had": the co-design of a culturally safe Managing hepatitis B training course with and for the Aboriginal health workforce of the Northern Territory of Australia. BMC Health Serv Res, 23(1), 935. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09902-w
  8. Howell J, C. T., Binks P, Bragg K, Bukulatjpi S, Campbell K, Clark PJ, Carroll M, Davies J, de Santis T, Muller KR, Nguyen B, Olynyk JK, Shackel N, Valery PC, Wigg AJ, George J, Roberts SK. Overcoming disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma outcomes in First Nations Australians: a strategic plan for action. Medical Journal of Australia. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52395
  9. Sullivan, R. P., Bukulatjpi, S. M., Binks, P., Hosking, K., Nundhirribala, P., Vintour-Cesar, E., McKinnon, M., Gurruwiwi, G., Green, A., Davis, J. S., & Davies, J. (2024). “They feel shame sometime, but that is why we need to talk to them…we need to tell them how important it is not to feel shame”: Hepatitis B related shame and improving hepatitis B care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the Top End of. Archives of Public Health, 82(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01389-z
  10. Yuen, L. K. W., Littlejohn, M., Duchene, S., Edwards, R., Bukulatjpi, S., Binks, P., Jackson, K., Davies, J., Davis, J. S., Tong, S. Y. C., & Locarnini, S. (2019). Tracing Ancient Human Migrations into Sahul Using Hepatitis B Virus Genomes. Mol Biol Evol, 36(5), 942-954. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz021

Click here to view more publications by Paula Binks on PubMed. 

  1. MEDIA RELEASE | Nationally recognised hepatitis B tool now available in 11 languages
  2. Hepatitis B DNA Helps Trace History and Movement of First Australians
  3. Hepatitis B virus sheds light on ancient human population movements into Australia
  4. Chronic hepatitis B elimination partnership launched
  5. Katherine Times | Making hepatitis B information more widely available to Indigenous communities
  6. ABC online | Elcho Island researchers bound for Alaska