By Adjunct Professor Asha Clare Bowen

Book Chapters

Smith A; Schauer A; Carapetis JR; Hoy W; McCarthy J; Bowen AC, 2023, 'Morbidity of Scabies in Resource-Limited Countries: Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) and Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis (APSGN)', in Scabies, pp. 175 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26070-4_13

Journal articles

Enkel SL; Wong B; Bowen AC, 2026, 'Challenges and insights in self-swab surveillance for asymptomatic Streptococcus pyogenes carriage', BMC Research Notes, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-026-07715-8

Brophy-Williams S; Anderson AJ; Birru EM; Blyth CC; Bowen AC; Goff Z; Mace A; Sahih M; Salman S; Manning L; Campbell AJ, 2026, 'Subcutaneous Antibiotics-Don't Forget the Kids!', Clinical Infectious Diseases an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 83, pp. e452 - e453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciag224

Ralph AP; Webb R; Parks T; Moreland NJ; Bowen AC; Jones B; Ndagire E; Beaton AZ, 2026, 'Rethinking Rheumatic Fever Diagnosis: Progress, Pitfalls and the Path Towards a Definitive Test', Medical Journal of Australia, 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70296

Bowen AC; Campbell AJ, 2026, 'The Courage to Continue: the Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform Trial for Pediatrics and Youth', Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piag073

Nettleton MR; Shim HEM; Abbotsford J; Goff Z; Hazelton B; O'Brien M; Porter T; Snelling T; Yeoh DK; Bowen AC; Blyth CC; Campbell AJ, 2026, 'The impact of a vancomycin intervention on vancomycin-associated nephrotoxicity in children: a quality improvement initiative', Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 56, pp. 295 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jppr.70076

Pickering J; Barth DD; Wong B; Dalton R; Lawford D; Macarthur R; Kneebone S; Ozies N; Ford A; Cinanni G; Mullane M; Winslow S; Jacky J; Sibosado S; Bedford L; Carapetis J; Bowen AC, 2026, 'The value of molecular point-of-care testing for group A Streptococcal pharyngitis in a remote, nonclinical Australian setting', Cmi Communications, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmicom.2026.105192

Ng TTW; Bowen AC; Walton J; Ricciardo BM, 2026, 'Translating the Eczema Bathing Study: why context and infection burden matter', British Journal of Dermatology, 195, pp. 189 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljag138

Lee TC; Barina LA; Walls G; Goodman AL; Yahav D; Cheng MP; Bonten M; Bowen AC; Boyles T; Daneman N; Ekkelenkamp MB; Ghanem-Zoubi N; Hensgens MPM; Jager NGL; Kaasch AJ; Kouijzer IJE; Lewis RJ; Lumley T; Lye DC; McDonald EG; McKew G; McLean ARD; McMullan BJ; McQuilten ZK; Morpeth SC; Paterson DL; Roberts JA; Robinson JO; Saito H; Scarborough M; Ten Oever J; Turner RM; Tverring J; van Hal SJ; Webb SA; Whiteway LM; Arias CA; Henderson A; Heriot GS; Snelling TL; Afra K; Ali SS; Amit S; Anagnostou NA; Archuleta S; Aston SJ; Athan E; Baharav N; Bai AD; Barber BE; Baskaran A; Berkeley MMA; Best EJ; Bhilave NR; Bloomfield MG; Bond KA; Bostock J; Botheras CL; Boyd MA; Bradshaw SME; Briggs EJ; Britton PN; Campbell AJ; Carr BZ; Chancellor JA; Chen K; Cheong EY; Chew KL; Chia PY; Chomba R; Chong BSW; Clews CJN; Cohen JM; Commons RJ; Cutfield T; Daley P; Daniel DS; Davies J; De P; Denholm JT; Di Virgilio M; Dishon-Benattar Y; Dotel R; Duan EH; Easom N; Eliakim-Raz N; England MM; Fahmy M; Findlater AR; Flanagan KL; Foo EZJ; Foo H; Forster DP; Fralick M; Frazer JL; Gador-Whyte AP; Garnham K; German GJ; Ghosh N; Gisolf EH, 2026, 'Cefazolin for Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia', New England Journal of Medicine, 394, pp. 2329 - 2339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2506905

Summer K; Daw J; Burgess R; Fischer K; Doggett S; Heath CH; Bowles V; Bowen AC; Wyber R, 2026, 'Fabric contamination and effective laundering for managing skin conditions: A systematic review', Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heha.2026.100175

McRae T; Isaac J; Coffin J; Carapetis JR; Walker R; Bowen AC, 2026, 'Person, Provider, Practice and Policy—P4: A framework for two-way learning and aboriginal community-led health promotion and evaluation', Dialogues in Health, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2026.100302

Fall N; Bowen AC; Buonfiglio S; Francis JR; Gorman C; Fonseca Mendoza R; Fernandes E; Moreland NJ; Pereira Nunes MC; Sable C; Sadiq M; Shannon CP; Parks T; Ralph A; Sanyahumbi A; Sarnacki R; Tebbutt S; Webb R; Carapetis J; Beaton AZ, 2026, 'Acute Rheumatic Fever Diagnostic Network (ARC Network) clinical recruitment protocol', BMJ Open, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114968

Taye BW; Cannon J; Van Beneden C; Bowen AC; Engel M; Baker MG; Guy RL; Lamagni T; Carapetis J; Moore HC, 2026, 'Country-level and global burden of diseases caused by group A Streptococcus: protocol for a multicountry epidemiological study', BMJ Open, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107625

Bryant PA; Clifford V; McMullan BJ; Bowen AC; Morgan NJ, 2026, 'A whole of country analysis of antimicrobial stewardship resources, activities and barriers for children in Australian hospitals pre- and post COVID-19', Journal of Hospital Infection, 167, pp. 244 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2025.10.032

Barrow T; Enkel S; Thomas H; Amgarth-Duff I; McRae T; Anderson L; Marsh J; Burgess R; Newton R; Bowen A, 2026, 'Burden and Experiences of Head Lice Infestation Among Children in Western Australia', Journal of Parasitology Research, 2026, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/japr/8631800

Enkel SL; Thomas HMM; Burgess R; Bowen AC, 2026, 'Cost constraints in supporting the Healthy Living Practices in remote Aboriginal communities: A Western Australian perspective', Community Health Equity Research and Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2752535X261458010

Ricciardo BM; Kessaris HL; Nannup N; Tilbrook D; Walton J; Michie C; Farrant B; Poore A; Amgarth-Duff I; Rind N; Douglas R; Ingrey J; Thomas H; Kumarasinghe SP; Carapetis JR; Bowen AC, 2026, 'Koolungar (Children) Moorditj (Strong) Healthy Skin Project Part II: Skin Health in Urban-Living Australian Aboriginal Children', Pediatric Dermatology, 43, pp. 26 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pde.70016

Anpalagan K; Blyth CC; Carapetis JR; Campbell AJ; Bowen AC; Cannon JW, 2026, 'The Hospitalization Cost of Pediatric Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia', Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaf114

Ricciardo BM; Walton J; Nannup N; Tilbrook D; Kessaris HL; Poore A; Ugle T; Michie C; Farrant B; Bridge C; McIntosh K; Kumarasinghe SP; Bowen AC, 2026, 'The Koolungar (Children) Moorditj (Strong) Healthy Skin Project Part I: Conducting First Nations Research in Pediatric Dermatology', Pediatric Dermatology, 43, pp. 20 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pde.70018

Summer K; Anpalagan K; Stacey I; Stiles S; Burgess R; Wade V; Bowen AC; Katzenellenbogen J; Wyber R, 2026, 'Infectious disease outcomes associated with inadequate housing and access to healthy living practices in Australia: a systematic review', BMJ Public Health, 4, pp. e003531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2025-003531

Reid A; Bowen AC; Brennan-Jones CG; Kuthubutheen J, 2026, 'Is targeted cytomegalovirus testing of infants feasible in Western Australia? An observational study', BMJ Public Health, 4, pp. e002013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-002013

Summer K; Burgess R; Bowen A; Wyber R, 2026, 'Understanding the role of fabrics and washing in managing Strep A infections', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 50, pp. 100484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2026.100484

Marpole RM; Blackmore AM; Wilson AC; Cooper MS; Depiazzi J; Langdon K; Moshovis L; Bowen AC; Gibson N, 2025, 'Can Respiratory Hospital Admissions in Children with Cerebral Palsy Be Reduced? A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial (RESP-ACT)', Journal of Pediatrics, 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114755

McQuilten Z; O'Sullivan MVN; Purcell D; Edler P; Meagher N; Alcorn K; Bowen A; Daly J; Foo H; Goulding S; Gosbell I; Hammond N; Hills T; Hoad V; Jha V; Lim LL; McPhee G; Molton J; Morpeth S; Nguyen V; Paterson D; Rees M; Roberts J; Rogers BA; Stewart A; Sasadeusz J; Snelling T; Venkatesh B; Wood E; Davis JS; Tong SYC; Price DJ; Denholm JT, 2025, 'Convalescent plasma in hospitalised patients with COVID-19', Internal Medicine Journal, 55, pp. 2024 - 2032, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.70253

Bryant PA; Bartlett AW; Bowen A; Caukill E; Connell T; Fairhead L; Ford TJ; Francis JR; Giles ML; Hilder M; Griffin P; Khatami A; Mansour Y; Masterton S; McFaul C; McMullan B; Mohr C; Potter C; Ritchie B; Snelling T; Vasilunas N; Walls T; Palasanthiran P; Shepherd K; Nourse C, 2025, 'Follow-up and Outcomes of Infants Perinatally-exposed to HIV in a Low-prevalence Setting: The Multicenter Children's HIV Exposure Study 2', Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaf109

Tavlian S; Osowicki J; Xie O; Marks M; Goodman AL; Morpeth S; Walls G; Hensgens M; Daneman N; Jamrozik E; Bowen AC; Davis JS; Tong SYC; Gibney KB, 2025, 'From random care to randomized clinical trials of patients with invasive streptococcal infections—research prioritisation and areas of equipoise', Cmi Communications, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmicom.2025.105137

Boyles T; Bowen AC; Chomba R; Nel J; Davis JS; Tong SYC, 2025, 'Inclusion of a low- and middle-income country site in the Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform trial: experiences from Johannesburg', Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 31, pp. 1948 - 1950, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2025.06.032

Pickering J; Barth DD; Wong B; McKinnon E; Mullane M; Whelan A; Mikucki A; Dalton R; Ford A; Cinanni G; Joseph J; Hayes AJ; Davies MR; Whitcombe A; Moreland NJ; Bedford L; Winslow S; Jacky J; Macarthur R; Kneebone S; Ozies N; Lawford D; Carapetis J; Bowen AC, 2025, 'Longitudinal surveillance of group A streptococcal pharyngitis and impetigo in remote Western Australian school children informs acute rheumatic fever prevention', Plos Global Public Health, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0005398

Mahar RK; McGlothlin A; Dymock M; Barina L; Bonten M; Bowen A; Cheng MP; Daneman N; Goodman AL; Lee TC; Lewis RJ; Lumley T; McLean ARD; McQuilten Z; Mora J; Paterson DL; Price DJ; Roberts J; Snelling T; Tverring J; Webb SA; Yahav D; Davis JS; Tong SYC; Marsh JA; Whiteway L; Walls G; van Hal S; Scarborough M; Saito H; Robinson O; Morpeth S; Lye D; Hensgens M; Heriot G; Cosgrove C; Boyles T, 2025, 'Statistical documentation for multi-disease, multi-domain platform trials: our experience with the Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform trial', Trials, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08684-8

MacDonald B; Sodhi-Berry N; Stacey I; Robinson M; Carapetis J; Bowen AC; Budgeon C; Nedkoff L; Katzenellenbogen JM, 2025, 'Trends in incident acute rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease in Indigenous youth in Western Australia: a retrospective cohort study', BMJ Open, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107621

Enkel SL; Clements C; Thomas HMM; McRae T; Amgarth-Duff I; Mullane M; Wiese L; Bedford L; Lansbury N; Carapetis JR; Bowen AC, 2025, '“You can't heal yourself in that setting and you wouldn't expect other people in this country to”: Yarning about housing and environmental health in remote Aboriginal communities of Western Australia', Health and Place, 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103563

Zhu Y; Zimmermann P; Yeoh DK; Xia Y; Sáfadi MAP; Semple MG; Saner C; Rodrigues F; Ritz N; Padmanabhan S; Jarovsky D; Gilks CF; Cormier SA; Chokephaibulkit K; Chew KY; Burgner D; Buonsenso D; Brizuela ME; Britton PN; Bowen AC; Almeida FJ; Short KR, 2025, 'The Association Between Obesity and COVID-19 Severity in Children Differed Between SARS-CoV-2 Variants: A Multicountry Hospital-based Observational Study', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 44, pp. 1084 - 1093, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000004956

Enkel SL; Thomas HMM; Famlonga R; Purdie M; Nocketta C; Purdie S; Bray E; McRae T; Ford A; Gibbs T; Bridge C; Bowen AC, 2025, 'Berrembi Jarragboo-Boorroo Wajawoorroo Men'Gawoom Gijam (Gija Healthy Skin Story): Two-Way Learning for Healthy Skin', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70111

Chen J; Mei A; Jacques A; Ricciardo B; Bowen A, 2025, 'Therapeutic potential of plant-based therapies in pediculosis capitis: Systematic review and meta-analysis', Plos Global Public Health, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004841

Chandrasekaran P; Bowen A; Jones CA; Sung V; Clark JE; Britton PN; Palasanthiran P; Waight E; Gillespie AN; Sheedy HS, 2025, 'Longitudinal observational research study: establishing the Australasian Congenital Cytomegalovirus Register (ACMVR)', BMJ Open, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095636

Hirani K; Rwebembera J; Webb R; Beaton A; Kado J; Carapetis J; Bowen A, 2025, 'Acute rheumatic fever', Lancet, 405, pp. 2164 - 2178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00185-0

Enkel SL; Dalton R; Clements C; Thomas HMM; McRae T; Amgarth-Duff I; Mullane M; Wiese L; Bedford L; Lansbury N; Carapetis JR; Wright E; Bowen AC, 2025, '‘Beyond core business’: A qualitative review of activities supporting environmental health within remote Western Australian schools', Dialogues in Health, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2025.100215

Dalton R; Victor E; Thomas HMM; Enkel SL; Uink B; Bennett R; Sibosado S; Bowen AC, 2025, 'Yarning with a remote Aboriginal community about the next steps for achieving healthy skin', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100242

McRae T; McIntosh K; Thomas HM; Enkel S; Ford A; Jacky J; Sibosado S; Mullane M; Whelan A; Dalton R; Coffin J; Carapetis JR; Walker R; Bowen AC, 2025, 'Centralising Local Aboriginal Language and Culture in Healthy Skin Books on the See Treat Prevent (SToP) Trial in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia: A Process and Impact Inquiry', Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/2653-3219.1052

Enkel SL; Wong B; Mikucki A; Ford AJ; O'Brien M; Pallegedara T; Bedford L; Thomas HMM; Lansbury N; Carapetis JR; Barth DD; Pickering J; Bowen AC, 2025, 'The application of environmental health assessment strategies to detect Streptococcus pyogenes in Kimberley school classrooms', Infection Disease and Health, 30, pp. 143 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2024.12.001

Ricciardo BM; Kessaris HL; Cherian S; Kumarasinghe SP; Amgarth-Duff I; Sron D; Oladokun R; Tatian AH; Bowen AC, 2025, 'Healthy skin for children and young people with skin of colour starts with clinician knowledge and recognition: a narrative review', Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 9, pp. 262 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00356-0

McRae T; Isaac J; Thomas H; Enkel S; Ford A; Jacky J; Sibosado S; McIntosh K; Mullane M; Whelan A; Dalton R; Coffin J; Carapetis J; Walker R; Bowen AC, 2025, 'Oombarl Oombarl Joorrinygor—Slowly Slowly Moving Forward: Reflections From a Cross-Cultural Team Working Together on the See, Treat, Prevent (SToP) Trial in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70025

Anpalagan K; Bowen AC; Lamborn L; Roebuck D; Carter T; Cannon JW; Symons C; McNally J; Woods G; McMullan B; Gwee A; Tong SYC; Davis JS; Campbell AJ, 2025, 'Optimising detection of thrombosis in paediatric Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: A prospective interventional sub-study protocol', Infectious Diseases Now, 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idnow.2024.105010

Smith A; Dumbrava R; Ghori NUH; Foster R; Campbell J; Duthie A; Hoyne G; Rademaker M; Bowen AC, 2025, 'An Overview of the Skin Microbiome, the Potential for Pathogen Shift, and Dysbiosis in Common Skin Pathologies', Microorganisms, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13010054

Barth DD; Daw J; Enkel SL; McRae T; Carapetis JR; Wyber R; Bowen AC; Engel ME, 2025, 'It’s not just droplets: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the modes of transmission of Group A Streptococcus', Frontiers in Public Health, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1630054

Wyber R; Summer K; Stacey I; Stiles S; Katzenellenbogen J; Bowen AC; Burgess R, 2025, 'The need for community-controlled tools to monitor health impacts of housing and living conditions in Australia', Frontiers in Public Health, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1509550

Anpalagan K; Campbell A; Bowen A; Cannon J, 2025, 'Cost of hospitalisation for children with staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Western Australia', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 152, pp. 107535, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107535

Boyles DT; Bowen PA; Davis PJ; Tong PS, 2025, 'Experiences and challenges of joining a platform trial of Staph aureus bacteraemia in an LMIC- South Africa's experience of the SNAP trial', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 152, pp. 107588 - 107588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107588

Bowen PA, 2025, 'SToP (See, Treat, and Prevent) activities for impetigo control in remote Western Australia: a cluster randomised, stepped-wedge Trial', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 152, pp. 107725 - 107725, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107725

Ricciardo BM; Kessaris HL; Nannup N; Tilbrook D; Farrant B; Michie C; Hansen L; Douglas R; Walton J; Poore A; Whelan A; Barnett TC; Kumarasinghe PS; Carapetis JR; Bowen AC, 2024, 'Describing skin health and disease in urban-living Aboriginal children: co-design, development and feasibility testing of the Koolungar Moorditj Healthy Skin pilot project', Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01428-6

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