Professor Meghan Bohren
Gender and Women’s Health, Head
Research Focus: Maternal health; Women's health; Sexual & reproductive health rights
Professor Meghan Bohren is Unit Head of the Gender and Women's Health Unit. She is the Co-Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Women's Health. She holds a National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leadership Fellowship and Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship, and previously held an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.
Professor Bohren leads domestic and international research projects and collaborates with multi-disciplinary teams to better integrate the voices of women, families, and healthcare workers into the design, measurement, and implementation of public health and clinical interventions. Her work has been used to inform multiple World Health Organization guidelines, including postpartum haemorrhage, intrapartum care for a positive pregnancy experience, antenatal corticosteroids and tocolytic therapies for preterm birth management.
Professor Bohren leads primary mixed-methods, implementation research and systematic reviews related to improving women's experiences with pregnancy and childbirth care, and works primarily with groups who are disadvantaged by systems of power. She has a particular interest in using innovative qualitative research methods to bring community and health worker voices to public health and clinical guideline development.