Mitchell Pratt

Dr Mitchell Pratt is a clinical researcher affiliated with the School of Medicine at the University of Western Australia (UWA). His interests centre on the intersection between population health and paediatric wellbeing, with a focus on examining how social and environmental factors shaped child health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mitchell currently serves as a medical registrar at Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospitals in the Northern Territory, Australia. Mitchell completed his medical degree (Doctor of Medicine) at the University of Western Australia and undertook research with the Kids Research Institute Australia whilst at university. Mitchell was first author of The Unintended Impact of COVID-19 Associated Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on Paediatric Hospital Admissions, published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (2025), which explores how pandemic control measures influenced non-infectious paediatric admissions at Perth Children’s Hospital. His work contributes to the growing body of evidence informing post-pandemic recovery planning and health system resilience. His other publications include Prevalence of respiratory viruses in community-acquired pneumonia in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis, published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health (2022).