Dr Lucia Romani

Dr Lucia Romani

Senior Lecturer

MDS, MPH, PhD

Medicine & Health
The Kirby Institute

Lucia Romani is an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and Group Leader of the Global Health Trial Group at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney and a Senior Research Fellow at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She has over 15 years’ experience leading and collaborating on implementation research focused on infectious diseases in low and middle-income countries. Lucia has extensive epidemiologic research experience in a diverse range of areas, including large-scale clinical trials and observational studies, mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in resource-poor settings.

Lucia has been awarded over $4.5 million funding as CIA and obtained over 20 grants as Co-CI worth $21 million. In 2018 she received an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship. Lucia is involved in the oversight of 4 large clinical trials, funded by NHMRC and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to control endemic NTDs in the Pacific Islands. In 2019 she was part of the team awarded $10 million from the Macquarie Group to lead a 5-year global program to control scabies in Fiji and Solomon Islands. In 2021 she was part of the team awarded $2.5 million by NHMRC to control NTDs in the Pacific region and in 2022 she obtained $2.2 million as CIA to reduce STI prevalence and adverse maternal and antenatal outcomes in Fiji. In 2022 she obtained an NHMRC Investigator grant (EL2).

Lucia’s research findings have been consistently published in highly regarded international journals: The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The Lancet Infectious Diseases and The Lancet Global Health. Lucia’s excellence in research is also demonstrated by the academic awards, including the 2019 Research Australia Discovery Award, the 2016 UNSW Dean’s Rising Star Award for Research and the 2017 prestigious Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research.

Phone
+61 (0)2 9385 3675
Location
Level 6, Wallace Wurth Building UNSW Sydney
  • Book Chapters | 2023
    Welch E; Yeon J; Whitfeld MJ; Romani L, 2023, 'Scabies Mass Treatment in Resource-Poor Countries', in Scabies, pp. 419 - 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26070-4_28
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Akpan E; Thean LJ; Baskota R; Mani J; Mow M; Kama M; Tuicakau M; Kado J; Romani L; Kaldor J; Engelman D; Steer AC; Carvalho N, 2024, 'Costs of primary healthcare presentations and hospital admissions for scabies and related skin infections in Fiji, 2018–2019', PLOS Global Public Health, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003706
    Journal articles | 2024
    Le B; Clarke NE; Hii SF; Byrne A; Khattak A; Lake S; Lazu E; Wickham S; Wand H; Olsen N; Zendejas-Heredia PA; Sokana O; Romani L; Engelman D; Nasi T; Boara D; Kaldor J; Steer A; Traub R; Nery SV, 2024, 'Effectiveness of one and two doses of ivermectin mass drug administration in reducing the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in Western Province, Solomon Islands: a cluster-randomised, before-after analysis', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100942
    Journal articles | 2024
    Mitchell E; Tavui A; Andersson S; Lake S; Koroivueti A; Koroivueta J; Kaurasi R; Bechu V; Kaldor J; Steer A; Romani L, 2024, 'Acceptability of a nationwide scabies mass drug administration (MDA) program in Fiji: a qualitative interview-based study', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101194
    Journal articles | 2024
    Mitchell E; Wallace M; Marshall J; Whitfeld M; Romani L, 2024, 'Scabies: current knowledge and future directions', Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2024.1429266
    Journal articles | 2024
    Murhandarwati EH; Probandari A; Kusumasari RA; Ferdiana A; Kustanti CY; Dewi K; Tarmizi SN; Wulandari LPL; Schierhout G; Romani L; Kaldor J; Nery SV, 2024, 'Effect of preventive chemotherapy for neglected tropical diseases in Indonesia from 1992 to 2022: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Tropical Medicine and International Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.14057
    Journal articles | 2023
    Jittamala P; Monteiro W; Smit MR; Pedrique B; Specht S; Chaccour CJ; Dard C; Giudice PD; Khieu V; Maruani A; Failoc-Rojas VE; Sáez-de-Ocariz M; Soriano-Arandes A; Piquero-Casals J; Faisant A; Brenier-Pinchart M-P; Wimmersberger D; Coulibaly JT; Keiser J; Boralevi F; Sokana O; Marks M; Engelman D; Romani L; Steer AC; von Seidlein L; White NJ; Harriss E; Stepniewska K; Humphreys GS; Kennon K; Guerin PJ; Kobylinski KC, 2023, 'Correction to: A systematic review and an individual patient data meta-analysis of ivermectin use in children weighing less than fifteen kilograms: Is it time to reconsider the current contraindication? (PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15, 3, e0009144, 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009144)', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17, pp. e0011053, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011053
    Journal articles | 2023
    Lake SJ; Engelman D; Zinihite J; Sokana O; Boara D; Nasi T; Gorae C; Osti MH; Phelan S; Parnaby M; Grobler AC; Schuster T; Andrews R; Whitfeld MJ; Marks M; Romani L; Steer AC; Kaldor JM, 2023, 'One versus two doses of ivermectin-based mass drug administration for the control of scabies: A cluster randomised non-inferiority trial', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011207
    Journal articles | 2022
    Lake SJ; Engelman D; Sokana O; Nasi T; Boara D; Marks M; Whitfeld MJ; Romani L; Kaldor JM; Steer AC; Carvalho N, 2022, 'Health-related quality of life impact of scabies in the Solomon Islands', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 116, pp. 148 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trab096
    Journal articles | 2022
    Lake SJ; Kaldor JM; Hardy M; Engelman D; Steer AC; Romani L, 2022, 'Mass Drug Administration for the Control of Scabies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 75, pp. 959 - 967, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac042
    Journal articles | 2022
    Le B; Clarke N; Hii SF; Byrne A; Zendejas-Heredia PA; Lake S; Sokana O; Khattak A; Romani L; Engelman D; Nasi T; Boara D; Kaldor J; Steer A; Traub R; Nery SV, 2022, 'Using quantitative PCR to identify opportunities to strengthen soil-transmitted helminth control in Solomon Islands: A cross-sectional epidemiological survey', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010350
    Journal articles | 2022
    Miller KM; Carapetis JR; Cherian T; Hay R; Marks M; Pickering J; Cannon JW; Lamagni T; Romani L; Moore HC; Van Beneden CA; Barth DD; Bowen AC; Carapetis J; Van Beneden C; Kaslow D; Cherian T; Lamagni T; Engel M; Cannon J; Moore H; Bowen A; Seale A; Kang G; Watkins D; Kariuki S, 2022, 'Standardization of Epidemiological Surveillance of Group A Streptococcal Impetigo', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9, pp. s15 - s24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac249
    Journal articles | 2022
    Mitchell E; Kelly-Hanku A; Krentel A; Romani L; Robinson LJ; Nery SV; Kaldor J; Steer AC; Bell S, 2022, 'Community perceptions and acceptability of mass drug administration for the control of neglected tropical diseases in Asia-Pacific countries: A systematic scoping review of qualitative research', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010215
    Journal articles | 2022
    Mow M; Thean LJ; Parnaby M; Mani J; Rafai E; Sahukhan A; Kama M; Tuicakau M; Kado J; Romani L; Engelman D; Whitfeld M; Kaldor J; Steer A; Carvalho N, 2022, 'Costs of mass drug administration for scabies in Fiji', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010147
    Journal articles | 2022
    Osti M; Sokana O; Lake S; Whitfeld MJ; Boara D; Nasi T; Dauer S; Marks M; Romani L; Kaldor J; Steer AC; Engelman D, 2022, 'The body distribution of scabies skin lesions', JEADV Clinical Practice, 1, pp. 111 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jvc2.26
    Journal articles | 2022
    Rainima-Qaniuci M; Lepaitai HB; Bhagirov R; Padmasiri E; Naseri T; Thomsen R; Won KY; Brant TA; Dodd E; Nua MT; Utu F; Tufa A; Chutaro E; Camacho J; Suiaunoa-Scanlan L; Thean LJ; Mani J; Hardy M; Samuela J; Romani L; Kaldor J; Steer AC; Faktaufon D; Bechu V; Naqio F; Sosene V; Sekihara M; Otaki J; Buhagiar TS; Yajima A, 2022, 'The Importance of Partnership in the Rollout of Triple-Drug Therapy to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis in the Pacific', The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 106, pp. 39 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-1085
    Journal articles | 2022
    Thean LJ; Romani L; Engelman D; Wand H; Jenney A; Mani J; Paka J; Cua T; Taole S; Silai M; Ashwini K; Sahukhan A; Kama M; Tuicakau M; Kado J; Parnaby M; Carvalho N; Whitfeld M; Kaldor J; Steer AC, 2022, 'Prevention of bacterial complications of scabies using mass drug administration: A population-based, before-after trial in Fiji, 2018–2020', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100433
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hardy M; Samuela J; Kama M; Tuicakau M; Romani L; Whitfeld MJ; King CL; Weil GJ; Grobler AC; Robinson LJ; Kaldor JM; Steer AC, 2021, 'Individual Efficacy and Community Impact of Ivermectin, Diethylcarbamazine, and Albendazole Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis Control in Fiji: A Cluster Randomized Trial', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73, pp. 994 - 1002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab202
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hardy M; Samuela J; Kama M; Tuicakau M; Romani L; Whitfeld MJ; King CL; Weil GJ; Schuster T; Grobler AC; Engelman D; Robinson LJ; Kaldor JM; Steer AC, 2021, 'Community control strategies for scabies: A cluster randomised noninferiority trial', PLoS Medicine, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003849
    Journal articles | 2021
    Jittamala P; Monteiro W; Smit MR; Pedrique B; Specht S; Chaccour CJ; Dard C; Giudice PD; Khieu V; Maruani A; Failoc-Rojas VE; Sáez-De-ocariz M; Soriano-Arandes A; Piquero-Casals J; Faisant A; Brenier-Pinchart MP; Wimmersberger D; Coulibaly JT; Keiser J; Boralevi F; Sokana O; Marks M; Engelman D; Romani L; Steer AC; von Seidlein L; White NJ; Harriss E; Stepniewska K; Humphreys GS; Kennon K; Guerin PJ; Kobylinski KC, 2021, 'A systematic review and an individual patient data meta-analysis of ivermectin use in children weighing less than fifteen kilograms: Is it time to reconsider the current contraindication?', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009144
    Journal articles | 2021
    Lake SJ; Engelman D; Sokana O; Nasi T; Boara D; Grobler AC; Osti MH; Andrews R; Marks M; Whitfeld MJ; Romani L; Kaldor JM; Steer AC, 2021, 'Defining the need for public health control of scabies in Solomon islands', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009142
    Journal articles | 2021
    Thean LJ; Jenney A; Engelman D; Romani L; Wand H; Mani J; Paka J; Cua T; Taole S; Soqo V; Sahukhan A; Kama M; Tuicakau M; Kado J; Carvalho N; Whitfeld M; Kaldor J; Steer AC, 2021, 'Prospective surveillance for invasive Staphylococcus aureus and group A Streptococcus infections in a setting with high community burden of scabies and impetigo', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 108, pp. 333 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.05.041
    Journal articles | 2021
    Thean LJ; Romani L; Engelman D; Jenney A; Wand H; Mani J; Paka J; Devi R; Sahukhan A; Kama M; Tuicakau M; Kado J; Carvalho N; Whitfeld M; Kaldor J; Steer AC, 2021, 'Prospective surveillance of primary healthcare presentations for scabies and bacterial skin infections in Fiji, 2018-2019', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 105, pp. 230 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1459
    Journal articles | 2021
    Tsoi SK; Lake SJ; Thean LJ; Matthews A; Sokana O; Kama M; Amaral S; Romani L; Whitfeld M; Francis JR; Vaz Nery S; Marks M; Kaldor JM; Steer AC; Engelman D, 2021, 'Estimation of scabies prevalence using simplified criteria and mapping procedures in three Pacific and southeast Asian countries', BMC Public Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12039-2
    Journal articles | 2021
    Welch E; Romani L; Whitfeld MJ, 2021, 'Recent advances in understanding and treating scabies.', Fac Rev, 10, pp. 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.12703/r/10-28
    Journal articles | 2020
    Enbiale W; Ayalew A; Gebrehiwot T; Mulu Y; Azage M; Zachariah R; Romani L; Verdonck K; van Griensven J; de Vries HJC, 2020, 'Does mass drug administration for community-based scabies control works? The experience in Ethiopia', Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 14, pp. 78S - 85S, http://dx.doi.org/10.3855/jidc.11892
    Journal articles | 2020
    Engelman D; Yoshizumi J; Hay RJ; Osti M; Micali G; Norton S; Walton S; Boralevi F; Bernigaud C; Bowen AC; Chang AY; Chosidow O; Estrada-Chavez G; Feldmeier H; Ishii N; Lacarrubba F; Mahé A; Maurer T; Mahdi MMA; Murdoch ME; Pariser D; Nair PA; Rehmus W; Romani L; Tilakaratne D; Tuicakau M; Walker SL; Wanat KA; Whitfeld MJ; Yotsu RR; Steer AC; Fuller C, 2020, 'The 2020 IACS Consensus Criteria for the Diagnosis of Scabies.', British Journal of Dermatology, 183, pp. 808 - 820, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjd.18943
    Journal articles | 2020
    Hardy M; Samuela J; Kama M; Tuicakau M; Romani L; Whitfeld MJ; King CL; Weil GJ; Grobler AC; Robinson LJ; Kaldor JM; Steer AC, 2020, 'The safety of combined triple drug therapy with ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine and albendazole in the neglected tropical diseases co-endemic setting of fiji: A cluster randomised trial', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008106
    Journal articles | 2020
    Lake SJ; Phelan SL; Engelman D; Sokana O; Nasi T; Boara D; Gorae C; Schuster T; Grobler AC; Osti MH; Andrews R; Marks M; Whitfeld MJ; Romani L; Kaldor J; Steer A, 2020, 'Protocol for a cluster-randomised non-inferiority trial of one versus two doses of ivermectin for the control of scabies using a mass drug administration strategy (the RISE study)', BMJ Open, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037305
    Journal articles | 2020
    Marks M; Gwyn S; Toloka H; Kositz C; Asugeni J; Asugeni R; Diau J; Kaldor JM; Romani L; Redman-Maclaren M; MacLaren D; Solomon AW; Mabey DCW; Steer AC; Martin D, 2020, 'Impact of Community Treatment with Ivermectin for the Control of Scabies on the Prevalence of Antibodies to Strongyloides stercoralis in Children', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71, pp. 3226 - 3228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa584
    Journal articles | 2020
    Marks M; Romani L; Sokana O; Neko L; Harrington R; Nasi T; Wand H; Whitfeld MJ; Engelman D; Solomon AW; Kaldor JM; Steer AC, 2020, 'Prevalence of scabies and impetigo 3 years after mass drug administration with ivermectin and azithromycin', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70, pp. 1591 - 1595, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz444
    Journal articles | 2020
    Mitchell E; Bell S; Thean LJ; Sahukhan A; Kama M; Koroivueti A; Kaldor J; Steer A; Romani L, 2020, 'Community perspectives on scabies, impetigo and mass drug administration in Fiji: A qualitative study', PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 14, pp. e0008825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008825
    Journal articles | 2020
    Thean LJ; Jenney A; Engelman D; Romani L; Wand H; Mudaliar J; Paka J; Cua T; Taole S; Sahukhan A; Kama M; Tuicakau M; Kado J; Carvalho N; Whitfeld M; Kaldor J; Steer AC, 2020, 'Hospital admissions for skin and soft tissue infections in a population with endemic scabies: A prospective study in Fiji, 2018-2019', PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 14, pp. e0008887, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008887
    Journal articles | 2019
    Engelman D; Cantey PT; Marks M; Solomon AW; Chang AY; Chosidow O; Enbiale W; Engels D; Hay RJ; Hendrickx D; Hotez PJ; Kaldor JM; Kama M; Mackenzie CD; McCarthy JS; Martin DL; Mengistu B; Maurer T; Negussu N; Romani L; Sokana O; Whitfeld MJ; Fuller LC; Steer AC, 2019, 'The public health control of scabies: priorities for research and action', The Lancet, 394, pp. 81 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31136-5
    Journal articles | 2019
    Marks M; Toloka H; Baker C; Kositz C; Asugeni J; Puiahi E; Asugeni R; Azzopardi K; Diau J; Kaldor JM; Romani L; Redman-Maclaren M; Maclaren D; Solomon AW; Mabey DCW; Steer AC, 2019, 'Randomized Trial of Community Treatment with Azithromycin and Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration for Control of Scabies and Impetigo', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68, pp. 927 - 933, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy574
    Journal articles | 2019
    Romani L; Marks M; Sokana O; Nasi T; Kamoriki B; Cordell B; Wand H; Whitfeld MJ; Engelman D; Solomon AW; Kaldor JM; Steer AC, 2019, 'Efficacy of mass drug administration with ivermectin for control of scabies and impetigo, with coadministration of azithromycin: a single-arm community intervention trial', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19, pp. 510 - 518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30790-4
    Journal articles | 2019
    Romani L; Whitfeld MJ; Koroivueta J; Kama M; Wand H; Tikoduadua L; Tuicakau M; Koroi A; Andrews RM; Kaldor JM; Steer AC, 2019, 'Mass drug administration for scabies - 2 years of follow-up', New England Journal of Medicine, 381, pp. 186 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc1808439
    Journal articles | 2019
    Weil GJ; Bogus J; Christian M; Dubray C; Djuardi Y; Fischer PU; Goss CW; Hardy M; Jambulingam P; King CL; Kuttiat VS; Krishnamoorthy K; Laman M; Lemoine JF; O’Brian KK; Robinson LJ; Samuela J; Schechtman KB; Sircar A; Srividya A; Steer AC; Supali T; Subramanian S; Group TDOLFIDASS; Kaldor J; Romani L, 2019, 'The safety of double- and triple-drug community mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis: A multicenter, open-label, cluster-randomized study', PLOS Medicine, 16, pp. e1002839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002839
    Journal articles | 2018
    Lydeamore MJ; Campbell PT; Regan DG; Tong SYC; Andrews RM; Steer AC; Romani L; Kaldor JM; McVernon J; McCaw JM, 2018, 'A biological model of scabies infection dynamics and treatment informs mass drug administration strategies to increase the likelihood of elimination', Mathematical Biosciences, 309, pp. 163 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2018.08.007
    Journal articles | 2018
    Marks M; Engelman D; Romani L; Mason D; Sokana O; Kama M; Whitfeld M; Steer AC; Kaldor J, 2018, 'Exploration of a simplified clinical examination for scabies to support public health decision-making', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12, pp. e0006996, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006996
    Journal articles | 2018
    Romani L; Marks M; Sokana O; Nasi T; Kamoriki B; Wand H; Whitfeld MJ; Engelman D; Solomon AW; Steer AC; Kaldor JM, 2018, 'Feasibility and safety of mass drug coadministration with azithromycin and ivermectin for the control of neglected tropical diseases: a single-arm intervention trial', The Lancet Global Health, 6, pp. e1132 - e1138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30397-8
    Journal articles | 2017
    Romani L; Whitfeld MJ; Koroivueta J; Kama M; Wand H; Tikoduadua L; Tuicakau M; Koroi A; Ritova R; Andrews R; Kaldor JM; Steer AC, 2017, 'The epidemiology of scabies and impetigo in relation to demographic and residential characteristics: Baseline findings from the skin health intervention Fiji Trial', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97, pp. 845 - 850, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0753
    Journal articles | 2016
    , 2016, 'Mass Drug Administration for Scabies Control', The New England journal of medicine, 374, pp. 1690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc1600495
    Journal articles | 2016
    Mason DS; Marks M; Sokana O; Solomon AW; Mabey DC; Romani L; Kaldor J; Steer AC; Engelman D, 2016, 'The Prevalence of Scabies and Impetigo in the Solomon Islands: A Population-Based Survey', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10, pp. e0004803, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004803
    Journal articles | 2016
    Steer AC; Romani L; Kaldor JM, 2016, 'Mass Drug Administration for Scabies Control REPLY', NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 374, pp. 1690 - 1690, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000374843400020&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 2015
    Romani L; Koroivueta J; Steer AC; Kama M; Kaldor JM; Wand H; Hamid M; Whitfeld MJ, 2015, 'Scabies and Impetigo Prevalence and Risk Factors in Fiji: A National Survey', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9, pp. e0003452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003452
    Journal articles | 2015
    Romani L; Steer AC; Whitfeld MJ; Kaldor JM, 2015, 'Prevalence of scabies and impetigo worldwide: A systematic review', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 15, pp. 960 - 967, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00132-2
    Journal articles | 2015
    Romani L; Whitfeld MJ; Koroivueta J; Kama M; Wand H; Tikoduadua L; Tuicakau M; Koroi A; Andrews R; Kaldor JM; Steer AC, 2015, 'Mass drug administration for scabies control in a population with endemic disease', New England Journal of Medicine, 373, pp. 2305 - 2313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1500987
    Journal articles | 2014
    Haar K; Romani L; Filimone R; Kishore K; Tuicakau M; Koroivueta J; Kaldor JM; Wand H; Steer A; Whitfeld M, 2014, 'Scabies community prevalence and mass drug administration in two Fijian villages', International Journal of Dermatology, 53, pp. 739 - 745, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijd.12353
    Journal articles | 2014
    Hannam S; Murray M; Romani L; Tuicakau M; Whitfeld MJ, 2014, 'Kava dermopathy in Fiji: An acquired ichthyosis?', International Journal of Dermatology, 53, pp. 1490 - 1494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijd.12546
    Journal articles | 2013
    Journal articles | 2013
    Whitfeld MJ; Romani L; Steer A, 2013, 'International alliance for the control of scabies. A global approach to a global problem?', AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, 54, pp. 20 - 21, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000319131900063&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 2012
    Chen F; Romani L; Driscoll T; Tuicakau M; Nakolinivalu A; Koroivueta J; Whitfeld M, 2012, 'Evaluation of a Fijian nurse dermatology workshop and train-the-trainers program', AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, 53, pp. 30 - 30, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000304248600084&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
  • Conference Papers | 2019
    Hardy M; Samuela J; Kama M; Tuicakau M; Romani L; Whitfeld M; Kaldor J; Robinson LJ; Steer A, 2019, 'COMMUNITY EFFECTIVENESS AND INDIVIDUAL EFFICACY OF IVERMECTIN, DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE AND ALBENDAZOLE MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS, SCABIES AND SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHS IN FIJI', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, MD, National Harbor, pp. 395 - 395, presented at 68th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), MD, National Harbor, 20 November 2019 - 24 November 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000507364503643&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Preprints | 2019
    Marks M; Gwyn S; Toloka H; Kositz C; Asugeni J; Asugeni R; Diau J; Kaldor JM; Romani L; Redman-MacLaren M; MacLaren D; Solomon AW; Mabey DCW; Steer AC; Martin D, 2019, Impact of community treatment with ivermectin for the control of scabies on the prevalence of antibodies to Strongyloides stercoralis in children, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2019.12.18.19015248
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Thean LJ; Romani L; Sahukhan A; Kama M; Tuicakau M; Devi R; Kado J; Engelman D; Carvalho N; Jenney A; Wand H; Whitfeld M; Andrews R; Kaldor J; Steer A, 2019, 'THE BURDEN OF SCABIES AND BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTIONS IN FIJI', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, MD, National Harbor, pp. 341 - 342, presented at 68th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), MD, National Harbor, 20 November 2019 - 24 November 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000507364503467&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Hardy M; Samuela J; Kama M; Tuicakau M; Romani L; Whitfeld M; Kaldor J; Steer A, 2018, 'TARGETING THREE NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES WITH ONE TRIPLE THERAPY MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION IN FIJI IS SAFE', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, LA, New Orleans, pp. 174 - 174, presented at 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTHM), LA, New Orleans, 28 October 2018 - 01 November 2018, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000461386602559&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Preprints | 2016
    Lydeamore M; Campbell PT; Regan DG; Tong SYC; Andrews R; Steer AC; Romani L; Kaldor JM; McVernon J; McCaw JM, 2016, A biological model of scabies infection dynamics and treatment explains why mass drug administration does not lead to elimination, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1612.03541
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Romani L; Sokana O; Marks M; Nasi T; Wand H; Whitfeld M; Engelman D; Kaldor J; Steer A, 2016, 'FEASIBILITY AND SAFETY OF MASS CO-ADMINISTRATION OF AZITHROMYCIN AND IVERMECTIN MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION: THE AIM STUDY', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, GA, Atlanta, pp. 379 - 380, presented at 65th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), GA, Atlanta, 13 November 2016 - 16 November 2016, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000412851502734&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Romani L; Whitfeld M; Koroivueta J; Kama M; Wand H; Tikoduadua L; Kaldor J; Andrews R; Steer A, 2016, 'LONG-TERM EFFECT OF MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR SCABIES IN FIJI: EXPERIENCE FROM THE SHIFT TRIAL', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, GA, Atlanta, pp. 407 - 408, presented at 65th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), GA, Atlanta, 13 November 2016 - 16 November 2016, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000412851502819&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Abstracts | 2015
    Romani L; Koroivueta J; Steer AC; Kama M; Kaldor JM; Wand H; Hamid M; Whitfeld MJ, 2015, 'Scabies and impetigo prevalence and risk factors in Fiji: a national survey', in AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Vol. 56, pp. 64 - 64, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000352562300170&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Abstracts | 2015
    Romani L; Steer AC; Whitfeld MJ; Kaldor JM, 2015, 'Systematic review of the global prevalence of scabies and impetigo', in AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Vol. 56, pp. 19 - 19, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000352562300053&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Romani L; Whitfeld MJ; Koroivueta J; Kama M; Tikoduadua L; Tuicakau M; Koroi A; Andrews R; Kaldor J; Steer AC, 2015, 'MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION STRATEGIES TO CONTROL SCABIES IN A HIGHLY ENDEMIC POPULATION', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, pp. 162 - 162, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000412844102283&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

 

2021      Emerging Leader Award, The Kirby Institute UNSW Sydney ($10,000)

2019      Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award, The Macquarie Group ($10,000,000)

2019      Griffith Discovery Award, 2019 Research Australia Health & Medical Research Awards (Finalist)

2019      L'Oréal-UNESCO Australia & New Zealand For Women in Science Fellowship (Finalist)

2019      Postdoctoral Researcher Oral Presentation Award – Australian Society of Medical Research NSW 27th Annual Scientific Meeting ($600)

2018      Early Career Research Fellowship – National Health & Medical Research Council ($338,000)

2017      Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research ($10,000)

2016      Dean’s Rising Star Award – Research Student Faculty of Medicine, UNSW

2016      Kirby Institute research student postgraduate prize ($2,000)

2016      Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research (Finalist)

2016      Aileen Plant Memorial Prize in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology ($2,000)

My Research Supervision

PhD randomised controlled trial for control of scabies in resource poor settings

PhD large scale intervention to control neglected tropical diseases