Dr Seema Mihrshahi

Seema has a background in international health research and has completed both a Masters in Public Health and a PhD in International Health.

Seema has participated in field research projects in three developing countries: Thailand, Bangladesh and Vietnam. The fieldwork for her PhD was undertaken in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where she was involved in a cohort study to assess the effects of feeding practices on child morbidity. An additional part of her research examined the implementation of the recommendations developed by WHO/UNICEF in the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding in Bangladesh.

Past roles have included Research Fellow in the International and Immigrant Health Group at the University of Melbourne and Project Manager of the Childhood Asthma Prevention Study at the Children’s Hospital, Westmead in Sydney.

Seema’s current research interests are in the area of improving the quality of patient care and patient safety in hospitals.