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Members

Brief History

2023 – Present Adjunct Professor, International Open Laboratory (The University of Queensland), Gunma University Initiative for Advanced Research (GIAR)
2019 – Present Director, of National Health and Medical Research (NHMRC) Centre of Research Excellence on women and Non-Communicable Diseases
2018 – 2023 Deputy Head of School, School of Public Health, the University of Queensland
2014 – Present Director of Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health
2007 – March 2024 Division Head, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
2009 – 2010 MRC Programme Leader, MRC Lifelong Health and Ageing, UCL, UK Reader in Statistical Epidemiology and Public Health Royal Free & University College Medical School, UK
2007 – 2009 MRC Senior Research Scientist, MRC Lifelong Health and Ageing, UCL, UK
2004 – 2007 Women’s Health Senior Research Fellow, MRC National Survey of Health and Development, UCL UK
2001 – 2004 Senior Scientist, MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK

Main Achievements

Books

  • A Life Course Approach to Women’s Health, 2nd edn
    Mishra Gita, Rebecca Hardy, and Diana Kuh (eds). (20) A Life Course Approach to Women’s Health, 2nd edn, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Selected Papers

  • Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Age at Natural Menopause and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Postmenopausal Women: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Data From 13 Cohort Studies
    Chung HF, Dobson AJ, Hayashi K, Hardy R, Kuh D, Anderson DJ, van der Schouw YT, Greenwood DC, Cade JE, Demakakos P, Brunner EJ, Eastwood SV, Sandin S, Weiderpass E, Mishra GD. (2023). Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Age at Natural Menopause and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Postmenopausal Women: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Data From 13 Cohort Studies. Diabetes Care. dc231209. doi: 10.2337/dc23-1209.
  • Infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, and risk of stroke
    Liang C, Chung HF, Dobson AJ, Hayashi K, van der Schouw YT, Kuh D, Hardy R, Derby CA, El Khoudary SR, Janssen I, Sandin S, Weiderpass E, Mishra GD. (2022) Infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, and risk of stroke: pooled analysis of individual patient data of 618 851 women. BMJ. 2022 Jun 22;377:e070603. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-070603.
  • Pre-pregnancy lifestyle characteristics and risk of miscarriage: the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health
    Magnus MC, Hockey RL, Håberg SE, Mishra GD. (2022) Pre-pregnancy lifestyle characteristics and risk of miscarriage: the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 22(1):169. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04482-9
  • Prevalence and incidence of endometriosis in Australian women: a data linkage cohort study
    Rowlands IJ, Abbott JA, Montgomery GW, Hockey R, Rogers P, Mishra GD. (2020). Prevalence and incidence of endometriosis in Australian women: a data linkage cohort study. BJOG. 28(4):657-665. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16447.
  • Age at natural menopause and risk of incident cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of individual patient data. Lancet Public Health.
    Zhu D, Chung HF, Dobson AJ, Pandeya N, Giles GG, Bruinsma F, Brunner EJ, Kuh D, Hardy R, Avis NE, Gold EB, Derby CA, Matthews KA, Cade JE, Greenwood DC, Demakakos P, Brown DE, Sievert LL, Anderson D, Hayashi K, Lee JS, Mizunuma H, Tillin T, Simonsen MK, Adami HO, Weiderpass E, Mishra GD. (2019). Age at natural menopause and risk of incident cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of individual patient data. Lancet Public Health. 4(11):e553-e564. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30155-0.
  • Body mass index and age at natural menopause: an international pooled analysis of 11 prospective studies
    Zhu D, Chung HF, Pandeya N, Dobson AJ, Kuh D, Crawford SL, Gold EB, Avis NE, Giles GG, Bruinsma F, Adami HO, Weiderpass E, Greenwood DC, Cade JE, Mitchell ES, Woods NF, Brunner EJ, Simonsen MK, Mishra GD. (2018). Body mass index and age at natural menopause: an international pooled analysis of 11 prospective studies. Eur J Epidemiol. 33(8):699-710. doi: 10.1007/s10654-018-0367-y.
  • Before the beginning: nutrition and lifestyle in the preconception period and its importance for future health
    Stephenson J, Heslehurst N, Hall J, Schoenaker DAJM, Hutchinson J, Cade JE, Poston L, Barrett G, Crozier SR, Barker M, Kumaran K, Yajnik C, Baird J, Mishra GD. (2018). Before the beginning: nutrition and lifestyle in the preconception period and its importance for future health. Lancet. 2018 May 5;391(10132): 1830-1841. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30311-8.
  • Early menarche, nulliparity and the risk for premature and early natural menopause
    Mishra GD, Pandeya N, Dobson AJ, Chung HF, Anderson D, Kuh D, Sandin S, Giles GG, Bruinsma F, Hayashi K, Lee JS, Mizunuma H, Cade JE, Burley V, Greenwood DC, Goodman A, Simonsen MK, Adami HO, Demakakos P, Weiderpass E. (2017). Early menarche, nulliparity and the risk for premature and early natural menopause. Hum Reprod. 679-686. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dew350.PMCID: PMC5850221
  • The prevalence and risk factors of dysmenorrhea
    Ju H, Jones M, Mishra GD. (2014). The prevalence and risk factors of dysmenorrhea. Epidemiol Rev 36(1):104-13.

    Awards

     

    2022 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Excellence in Women’s Health Award
    2022 – 2026 NHMRC Leadership Fellow
    2019 Commendation for excellence in leadership, The University of Queensland
    2019 – 2021 Member of Advisory Board, European Menopause and Andropause society
    2018 Leader of the Year Award, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
    2017 – 2022 NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship
    2017 – 2019 Elected Board member of the European Menopause and Andropause society
    2017 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
    2017 Honorary membership (Award) of Sigma Theta Tau International – The Honor Society of Nursing
    2013 – 2017 Australian Research Council Future Fellowship
    2015 Team Award for excellence and innovation in public health research. Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australia.

     

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