Gender and Women's Health Unit
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A/Prof Meghan Bohren
Research Overview
We aim to advance the health of women in Australia and internationally, to reduce inequity and create positive change. Through research, teaching and public engagement, our work contributes to a robust knowledge base about the health effects of gender inequity and its intersection with social, economic and cultural factors.
We are a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Women’s Health and work in partnership with scholars and agencies in the Asia-Pacific region to increase regional research capacity.
We are an interdisciplinary team with expertise in public health, health services research, social psychology, sociology, geography, medical anthropology, epidemiology, evaluation, and applied ethics. We teach, supervise graduate research students, and conduct research across a range of areas related to gender, health and society. Our current research focuses on violence against women; sexual, reproductive and maternal health and rights; women’s health, and the environment and health. We use qualitative, quantitative, participatory, and mixed methods, and evidence synthesis in our work. We have strong credentials in community engagement and in contributing to the translation of research into change in policy and practice.
Staff
- Dr Shahinoor Akter
Research Fellow
- Sarah Bergman
Research Assistant
- Associate Professor Karen Block
Senior Research Fellow
- Gemma Tarpey-Brown
Research Assistant
- Dr Lauren Carpenter
Research Fellow
- Isabel Chung
Research Assistant
- Martha Vazquez Corona
Research Assistant
- Erin Davis
Research Fellow
- Alya Hazfiarini
Research Assistant
- Jess Kirwan
Research Assistant
- Dr Mridula Shankar
Research Fellow
- Ilundi Tinga
Research Assistant
- Genevieve Walker
Research Assistant
- Dana Young
Research Fellow
- Rana Islamiah Zahroh
Research Assistant
Research Projects
- Analysing Safety and Place in Immigrant and Refugee Experience
- Multicultural and Settlement Services for Women Experiencing Violence
- Faith communities supporting healthy family relationships
- Listening for Change
- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Women's Health
- kNOwVAWdata: Measuring Violence against Women in the Asia Pacific
- Sexual and gender-based violence in the refugee crisis
- W-DARE
- More than the sum of my parts
- Improving quality of maternity care for women globally
- STARS: Standing Together Against Racism in Sport
- Structural Barriers to Accessing Response Services for Gender-Based Violence Survivors
- FAIR - Family violence affecting children from immigrant & refugee backgrounds
School Research Themes
Disparities, disadvantage and effective health care
Key Contact
For further information about this research, please contact Unit Head A/Prof Meghan Bohren
Department / Centre
Nossal Institute for Global Health
Unit / Centre
Gender and Women's Health Unit
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