
Overview
Background
Professor Gita Mishra’s main research area is life course epidemiology and women’s health. She joined the University of Queensland (UQ) in 2010 as the first Professor of Life Course Epidemiology at the School of Public Health. She was subsequently awarded an ARC Future Fellowship (2013-2017), a NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship (2017-2021), and is currently an NHMRC Leadership Fellow (Level 3; 2022-26).
At UQ she is founding Director of the Australian Women and Girls’ Health Research (AWaGHR) Centre that has 30 academics, professional staff, and PhD students. Within the centre, she leads the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Women and Non-Communicable Diseases (CRE WaND) and the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) a national flagship study since 1996 that has collected data on over 57,000 women in four age cohorts. Since 2012 she has also led and developed the International collaboration for a Life course Approach to reproductive health and Chronic disease Events(InterLACE) that combines data from more than 800,000 women in 27 studies in 12 countries and has become a leading global resource for robust evidence on reproductive events, including pregnancy loss and the risk of non-communicable diseases.
Professor Mishra is internationally recognized for her expertise in epidemiology and women’s health across the life course. This is especially regarding her research on the links between reproductive characteristics, from menarche to menopause, and non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Her work from ALSWH and InterLACE have contributed significantly to her career total of over 450 scientific papers, book chapters, and reports to inform government policy. As lead editor, Mishra has recently completed the 2nd edition of A life course approach to women’s health – part of the ground-breaking Life Course Series from Oxford University Press – due for publication in early 2023. As a result of successful grant funding, her current research at AWaGHR includes leading projects on endometriosis, menstrual and pelvic pain, and the healthcare experience of women with multimorbidity.
She is actively engaged in research translation and capacity building. In 2018 Professor Mishra led the evidence review for the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030, and recently she chaired the Future Research session at the 2021 RANZCOGWomen’s Health Summit in Canberra. In 2022 she was co-convenor of the Queensland Women’s Health Forum to support research and policy development in the state. Her research is often featured by national and international media organisations. For example, her team’s recent findings on the links between stillbirth and miscarriage and the risk of stroke led to interviews for Reuters, ABC, and BBC. She has also co-authored eight articles on women’s health for The Conversation that have reached over 130,000 readers.
In addition to mentoring postdoctoral researchers, Professor Mishra currently supervises 9 PhD students, with 21 previously completed. These have typically resulted in five or more papers published alongside each dissertation. Many of her students have then gone on to successful research or scientific careers at world-leading institutions.
In 2017, she was elected as a board member for the European Menopause and Andropause Society; received honorary membership of Sigma International, a global nursing organisation; and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS). In 2022 she received the RANZCOG award for Excellence in Women’s Health.
Availability
- Professor Gita Mishra is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Auckland
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Is there a difference in preventive health checks and healthy lifestyle practices based on preconception status? Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
Mekonnen, Alemayehu, Doust, Jenny, Gete, Dereje and Mishra, Gita D. (2025). Is there a difference in preventive health checks and healthy lifestyle practices based on preconception status? Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Preventive Medicine, 192 108227, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2025.108227
2025
Journal Article
Hospitalisations and length of stays in women with endometriosis: a data linkage prospective cohort study
Gete, Dereje G., Dobson, Annette J., Montgomery, Grant W., Baneshi, Mohammad R., Doust, Jenny and Mishra, Gita D. (2025). Hospitalisations and length of stays in women with endometriosis: a data linkage prospective cohort study. eClinicalMedicine 103030, 103030. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.103030
2024
Journal Article
Assessing the Accuracy of Cardiovascular Disease Prediction Using Female-Specific Risk Factors in Women Aged 45 to 69 Years in the UK Biobank Study
Doust, Jenny, Baneshi, Mohammad Reza, Chung, Hsin-Fang, Wilson, Louise Forsyth and Mishra, Gita Devi (2024). Assessing the Accuracy of Cardiovascular Disease Prediction Using Female-Specific Risk Factors in Women Aged 45 to 69 Years in the UK Biobank Study. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 17 (12) e010842, 1-9. doi: 10.1161/circoutcomes.123.010842
2024
Journal Article
What happens after menopause? (WHAM): A prospective controlled study of vasomotor symptoms and menopause-related quality of life 24 months after premenopausal risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO)
Hickey, Martha, Trainer, Alison H., Krejany, Efrosinia O., Brand, Alison, Domchek, Susan M., Soo, Vanessa Pac, Braat, Sabine and Mishra, Gita D. (2024). What happens after menopause? (WHAM): A prospective controlled study of vasomotor symptoms and menopause-related quality of life 24 months after premenopausal risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO). Gynecologic Oncology, 191, 201-211. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2024.10.007
2024
Journal Article
Editorial: Opportunities and challenges of human preconception research
Kahn, Linda G., Loo, Evelyn, Mishra, Gita D. and Stanford, Joseph B. (2024). Editorial: Opportunities and challenges of human preconception research. Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 6 1508151. doi: 10.3389/frph.2024.1508151
2024
Conference Publication
Joint associations of sleep and daily step count with cardiometabolic health markers: a pooled analysis of the ProPASS consortium
Bian, Angel, N Ahmadi, Matthew, Biswas, Raaj Kishore, Blodgett, Joanna, Atkin, Andrew, Chan, Hsiu-Wen, Cruz, Borja del Pozo, Suorsa, Kristin, Bakker, Esmee, Pulsford, Richard, Mielke, Gregore, Johansson, Peter, Hettiarachchi, Pasan, Koemel, Nicholas, Thijssen, Dick, Stenholm, Sari, Mishra, Gita, Teixeira Pinto, Armando, Rangu, Vegar, Sherar, Lauren, Ekelund, Ulf, Hughes, Alun, Lee, I-Min, Cistulli, Peter, Holtermann, Andreas, Koster, Annemarie, Hamer, Mark and Stamatakis, Emmanuel (2024). Joint associations of sleep and daily step count with cardiometabolic health markers: a pooled analysis of the ProPASS consortium. American Heart Association's 2024 Scientific Sessions and the American Heart Association's 2024 Resuscitation Science Symposium, Chicago, IL United States, 16–18 November 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. doi: 10.1161/circ.150.suppl_1.4123804
2024
Journal Article
Device-Measured 24-Hour Movement Behaviors and Blood Pressure: A 6-Part Compositional Individual Participant Data Analysis in the ProPASS Consortium
Blodgett, Joanna M., Ahmadi, Matthew N., Atkin, Andrew J., Pulsford, Richard M., Rangul, Vegar, Chastin, Sebastien, Chan, Hsiu-Wen, Suorsa, Kristin, Bakker, Esmée A., Gupta, Nidhi, Hettiarachchi, Pasan, Johansson, Peter J., Sherar, Lauren B., del Pozo Cruz, Borja, Koemel, Nicholas, Mishra, Gita D., Eijsvogels, Thijs M.H., Stenholm, Sari, Hughes, Alun D., Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, Ekelund, Ulf, Lee, I-Min, Holtermann, Andreas, Koster, Annemarie, Stamatakis, Emmanuel, Hamer, Mark, Savelberg, Hans, de Galan, Bastiaan, van de Kallen, Carla and Thijssen, Dick H.J. (2024). Device-Measured 24-Hour Movement Behaviors and Blood Pressure: A 6-Part Compositional Individual Participant Data Analysis in the ProPASS Consortium. Circulation, 151 (2), 159-170. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.124.069820
2024
Journal Article
Geographical variation in osteoporosis in Australian women: a longitudinal analysis over 23 years
Jones, A. R., Enticott, J., Ebeling, P. R., Mishra, G. D., Teede, H. J. and Vincent, A. J. (2024). Geographical variation in osteoporosis in Australian women: a longitudinal analysis over 23 years. Archives of Osteoporosis, 19 (1) 106, 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s11657-024-01463-7
2024
Conference Publication
Quality of Life Changes for Endometriosis Patients from the Australian National Endometriosis Clinical and Scientific Trials Registry
Shyamsunder, A.M., Ng, C.H.M., Niekerk, L.V., Nesbitt-Hawes, E., Mishra, G.D., Montgomery, G. and Abbott, J. (2024). Quality of Life Changes for Endometriosis Patients from the Australian National Endometriosis Clinical and Scientific Trials Registry. 53rd Global Congress on MIGS, New Orleans, LA United States, 16-19 November 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2024.09.924
2024
Journal Article
Menopause age and type and dementia risk: a pooled analysis of 233 802 women
Dobson, Annette J., Xu, Zhiwei, Wilson, Louise F., Chung, Hsin-Fang, Sandin, Sven, Van der Schouw, Yvonne T., Demakakos, Panayotes, Weiderpass, Elisabete and Mishra, Gita D. (2024). Menopause age and type and dementia risk: a pooled analysis of 233 802 women. Age and Ageing, 53 (11) afae254. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afae254
2024
Journal Article
An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent model of primary health care
Harfield, Stephen, Azzopardi, Peter, Mishra, Gita D. and Ward, James S. (2024). An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent model of primary health care. Medical Journal of Australia, 221 (10), 512-515. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52484
2024
Journal Article
SAHELI: Study and Action on Hysterectomy: Evidence on women’s health through the life course in India. Protocol for a mixed-methods study
Desai, Sapna, Govil, Dipti, Nambiar, Devaki, Sinha, Hemali Heidi, Roy, Archana, Vora, Kranti, Lakshmi, Josyula K, Kumari, Archana, Mishra, Gita D and Bhatla, Neerja (2024). SAHELI: Study and Action on Hysterectomy: Evidence on women’s health through the life course in India. Protocol for a mixed-methods study. Wellcome Open Research, 9, 584. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23084.1
2024
Journal Article
Reflections on The Lancet menopause Series – Authors' reply
Brown, Lydia, Hunter, Myra S, Crandall, Carolyn J, Connors, Hadine Joffe, Hickey, Martha, Doust, Jennifer, La Croix, Andrea, Mishra, Gita D and Sivakami, Muthusamy (2024). Reflections on The Lancet menopause Series – Authors' reply. The Lancet, 404 (10460), 1307-1308. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01712-4
2024
Journal Article
Reflections on The Lancet menopause Series Authors' reply
Brown, Lydia, Hunter, Myra S., Crandall, Carolyn J., Connors, Hadine Joffe, Hickey, Martha, Doust, Jennifer, La Croix, Andrea, Mishra, Gita D. and Sivakami, Muthusamy (2024). Reflections on The Lancet menopause Series Authors' reply. Lancet, 404 (10460), 1307-1308. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01709-4
2024
Journal Article
Meat consumption and incident type 2 diabetes: an individual-participant federated meta-analysis of 1·97 million adults with 100 000 incident cases from 31 cohorts in 20 countries
Li, Chunxiao, Bishop, Tom R. P., Imamura, Fumiaki, Sharp, Stephen J., Pearce, Matthew, Brage, Soren, Ong, Ken K., Ahsan, Habibul, Bes-Rastrollo, Maira, Beulens, Joline W. J., den Braver, Nicole, Byberg, Liisa, Canhada, Scheine, Chen, Zhengming, Chung, Hsin-Fang, Cortés-Valencia, Adrian, Djousse, Luc, Drouin-Chartier, Jean-Philippe, Du, Huaidong, Du, Shufa, Duncan, Bruce B., Gaziano, J. Michael, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Goto, Atsushi, Haghighatdoost, Fahimeh, Härkänen, Tommi, Hashemian, Maryam, Hu, Frank B., Ittermann, Till ... Wareham, Nicholas J. (2024). Meat consumption and incident type 2 diabetes: an individual-participant federated meta-analysis of 1·97 million adults with 100 000 incident cases from 31 cohorts in 20 countries. The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 12 (9), 619-630. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(24)00179-7
2024
Journal Article
Associations between factors in childhood and young adulthood and childlessness among women in their 40s: A national prospective cohort study
Jin, Chuyao, Tooth, Leigh R., Xu, Xiaolin and Mishra, Gita D. (2024). Associations between factors in childhood and young adulthood and childlessness among women in their 40s: A national prospective cohort study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 360, 26-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.05.113
2024
Journal Article
Factors associated with handgrip strength across the life course: A systematic review
Ribeiro, Leticia W., Berndt, Sara, Mielke, Gregore I., Doust, Jenny and Mishra, Gita D. (2024). Factors associated with handgrip strength across the life course: A systematic review. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 15 (6), 1-11. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13586
2024
Conference Publication
Residential exposure to green and non-photosynthesising vegetation: comparative effects on academic performance in a longitudinal study of Australian children
Ahmed, Salma, Knibbs, Luke, Moss, Katrina, Mouly, Tafzila, Yang, Ian and Mishra, Gita (2024). Residential exposure to green and non-photosynthesising vegetation: comparative effects on academic performance in a longitudinal study of Australian children. ISEE 2024: 36th Annual Conference of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology, Santiago, Chile, 25-28 August 2024. Research Triangle Park, NC United States: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. doi: 10.1289/isee.2024.0749
2024
Journal Article
Choices of measures of association affect the visualisation and composition of the multimorbidity networks
Baneshi, Mohammad Reza, Dobson, Annette and Mishra, Gita D. (2024). Choices of measures of association affect the visualisation and composition of the multimorbidity networks. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24 (1) 157, 157. doi: 10.1186/s12874-024-02286-3
2024
Journal Article
A novel method to monitor rheumatoid arthritis prevalence using hospital and medication databases
Koller-Smith, Louise, Mehdi, Ahmed, March, Lyn, Tooth, Leigh, Mishra, Gita D. and Thomas, Ranjeny (2024). A novel method to monitor rheumatoid arthritis prevalence using hospital and medication databases. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 26 (1) 133, 133. doi: 10.1186/s13075-024-03366-x
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the health of women born in 1946-51 over time
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Annette Dobson, Dr Reza Baneshi
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Doctor Philosophy
Infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, and non-communicable diseases across lifespan
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Annette Dobson, Dr Hsin-Fang Chung
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding physical functioning and associated factors among Australian women in their fifth decade
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jenny Doust, Dr Gregore Iven Mielke
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Doctor Philosophy
Mothers' preventive health care, from preconception to pregnancy, and its adverse pregnancy and child health outcomes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jenny Doust, Dr Dereje Gete
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Doctor Philosophy
Early life exposures and longitudinal Endometriosis symptoms Study
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Reza Baneshi, Professor Jenny Doust
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding voluntary childlessness among Australian women: From socio-demographic and health behaviour characteristics to subsequent health-related quality of life and mental health service use
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Leigh Tooth
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Doctor Philosophy
Reproductive Health and Non-communicable Disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Annette Dobson, Dr Hsin-Fang Chung
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Doctor Philosophy
Causes and Consequences of Hysterectomy: Trends in India and Australia
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Early life exposures and longitudinal Endometriosis symptoms Study
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ingrid Rowlands, Professor Jenny Doust
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Doctor Philosophy
Early life exposures and longitudinal Endometriosis symptoms Study
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jenny Doust, Dr Reza Baneshi
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Doctor Philosophy
The impact of infertility and fertility treatment on womens working lives across the life course
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Katrina Moss, Dr Reza Baneshi
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Doctor Philosophy
Rheumatoid Arthritis in Australian Women
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ahmed Mehdi, Associate Professor Leigh Tooth, Professor Ranjeny Thomas
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Doctor Philosophy
Environmental burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Strengthening primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people living in urban southeast Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor James Ward
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Doctor Philosophy
Essays in Applied Health Economics and Econometrics: The Impact of Non-Communicable Diseases among Women and Children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Luke Connelly, Professor Brenda Gannon
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Studying the effects of genetic factors on the female reproductive lifespan
Principal Advisor
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
The role of pre-pregnancy dietary patterns on adverse birth outcomes, child health, and well-being
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Michael Waller
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Postpartum depression in Australia: an exploration of profiles and characteristics
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Leigh Tooth
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
The reproductive lifespan and cardiometabolic health in women
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hsin-Fang Chung, Dr Michael Waller
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
The burden of multimorbidity on Australian women: Associations with health related quality of life and health service use
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Michael Waller
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Reproductive ageing in women and cardiovascular disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hsin-Fang Chung
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The Development, Progression, and Risk Factors of Multimorbidity in Australian Women
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Middle-aged women with a hysterectomy: an exploration of trends, characteristics and mid-life health experiences
Principal Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The role of diet in the prevention of maternal pregnancy complications
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The magnitude, long-term trend and lifestyle risk factors of dysmenorrhea and premenstrual syndrome
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Social inequalities in body weight trajectory among young women: The role of reproductive events
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Leigh Tooth
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
The Association Between Maternal and Childhood Environmental Exposures and Mental Health and Cognitive Function of Australian Children.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The influence of pre-pregnancy weight and weight changes on pregnancy complications and child growth and development
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Leigh Tooth
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