Kezia Bates
Research Assistant
BMedSci, MGC, MChD, GDCH
kezia.bates@thekids.org.au
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kezia-bates-6a31a3181/Kezia Bates is a paediatric registrar and research assistant with the Strep A Translation team, based remotely at Australian National University in Canberra. She currently works on the STARFISH program, which seeks to address the social and environmental determinants of health underpinning Strep A infections, Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in at risk communities.
Kezia completed her medical training in Canberra and rurally in Bega, New South Wales after training as a genetic counsellor. She is currently completing a Master of Public Health through the University of New South Wales. Kezia has a joint interest in paediatric medicine and public health medicine.
Education and Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medical Science – Australian National University and University of South Australia
- Master of Genetic Counselling – University of Sydney
- Medicinae ac Chirurgiae Doctoranda (MChD, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery) – Australian National University
- Graduate Diploma of Child Health – University of Western Sydney
- Master of Public Health – University of New South Wales (due to complete August 2026)
Awards/Honours
- 2022 NSW Health HETI Rural Medical Trainee Scholarship
- 2020 Bega Cheese Scholarship - recognition of commitment to rural medicine for third year medical students