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Dr Bushra Nasir
Dr

Bushra Nasir

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Overview

Background

Dr. Bushra Nasir is the Director of the Medical Research Futures Fund in Primary Health Care Digital Innovations - ID-INSPIRED and a mid-career researcher with a substantial career trajectory in health research. Her expertise and instrumental involvement in multiple large-scale grants are demonstrated through numerous top-tier publications, media and news citations, and recognition in national and international policy documents. She has contributed to developing several global health policy recommendation publications, including a World Health Organisation review investigating the retention of the health workforce in rural and remote areas. Her contribution to this discipline is further substantiated by her peer-review activities and international and national collaborations with wide outreach and engagement initiatives.

Her collaborative networking qualities contribute to numerous roles in various research committees, including as a previous Chair of the Faculty of Medicine Early Career Researcher Committee. Her work has also resulted in increased research capacity building in regional and rural South East Queensland, supporting clinicians, medical students and educators, and other healthcare service providers conducting clinical and epidemiological research projects. She is also a research mentor and member of several national organisations. Her ongoing leadership, management, networking, and knowledge expertise, contribute to the progress of research practices with academics, experts, and clinical scientists.

Availability

Dr Bushra Nasir is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University

Research interests

  • Epidemiology and Public Health

  • Chronic Disease

  • Mental Health

  • Rural Health

Research impacts

Dr Nasir has secured ~$15M in funding; ~$9.5M as CI, and ~$9M through the MRFF scheme in the past five years. Her existing and ongoing collaborations are pivotal toward their success in producing consumer-focused, community-integrated meaningful outcomes. She has made significant contributions to knowledge through translation, a significant project being the I-ASIST project, launched by Minister Ken Wyatt, and named as NHRMC, 10 of the Best (14th Edition, 2023). Dr Nasir's exemplary discipline engagement and development of service delivery have contributed to developing national and international industry partnerships, particularly with industry partners (e.g., LivingWorks Australia and Suicide Prevention Australia). Dr Nasir has memberships with the Australian and New Zealand Society of Mental Health (2015-current) and Suicide Prevention Australia (2017-current) and is a professional leader with the National Suicide Prevention Network (2015-current), and regional and local health and mental health committees that establish governance and research integrity.

Works

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62 works between 2010 and 2025

61 - 62 of 62 works

2010

Conference Publication

Perianal disease combined with NOD2 genotype predicts need for IBD-related surgery in Crohn's disease patients from a population-based cohort

Nasir, B. F., Griffith, L. R., Nasir, A., Roberts, R. L., Barclay, M. L., Gearry, R. B. and Lea, R. (2010). Perianal disease combined with NOD2 genotype predicts need for IBD-related surgery in Crohn's disease patients from a population-based cohort. Gold Coast Health and Medical Research Conference 2010, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 2-3 December, 2010. Nathan, QLD, Australia: Griffith Health Institute.

Perianal disease combined with NOD2 genotype predicts need for IBD-related surgery in Crohn's disease patients from a population-based cohort

2010

Conference Publication

Envirogenomic risk profiling to predict clinical outcomes in Crohn's disease patients

Nasir, B. F., Griffith, L. R., Nasir, A., Roberts, R. L., Gearry, R. and Lea, R. (2010). Envirogenomic risk profiling to predict clinical outcomes in Crohn's disease patients. BDC 2010: Inaugural Biomarker Discovery Conference 2010, Shoal Bay, NSW, Australia, 6-10 December, 2010.

Envirogenomic risk profiling to predict clinical outcomes in Crohn's disease patients

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2027
    A Culturally Informed Chronic Disease Prevention Model Using Technology and Indigenous Virtual Experience: The THRIVE Project
    NHMRC MRFF Survivorship Care and Collaborative Research Prioritisation (Stream 2)
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    Empowering Indigenous strengths to better health and wellbeing: The co-design and evaluation of a sustainable practice nurse health and wellbeing funding model for chronic disease management [...]
    Goondir Health Services
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2029
    Co-designing Obstructive Sleep Apnoea screening and diagnostic approaches for First Nations Australians: Strengthening clinical pathways with lived-experience support from community champions
    NHMRC MRFF Optimising Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Healing Spirit, Healing Minds: Co-designed healing program to promote social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth.
    NHMRC IDEAS Grants
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2028
    Obstructive sleep apnoea diagnosis and management in First Nations communities: community co-design, local capacity building and place-based models for sustainable success
    NHMRC MRFF EMCR - Early to Mid-Career Researchers
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Digital Health Transformation of Rural Primary Health Care Through an Innovative Digital Indigenous Primary Health Care Delivery Model: ID-INSPIRED
    NHMRC MRFF PHCR - Primary Health Care Digital Innovations
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2020 - 2021
    Improving the Mental Health of Indigenous Australians with Chronic Disease
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Bushra Nasir is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • Chronic Disease Comorbidity, Mental health, Indigenous Health, Rural Health

    Multiple projects in chronic disease, mental health and rural health related research.

Supervision history

Current supervision

Media

Enquiries

Contact Dr Bushra Nasir directly for media enquiries about:

  • Chronic Disease
  • Indigenous Health
  • Mental Health
  • Primary Care
  • Rural Health

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